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				Ph.D. Program in Africana Studies
Graduate Ph.D. Overview Pedagogy Faculty Ph.D. Program Summary of Requirements Core Courses Second-Tier Courses First-Year Exam Language Requirements Advising A.M. Paper Ph.D. Oral Examination Ph.D. Dissertation Application Process Contact Us				Program Faculty The faculty of the program Ph.D. represent a broad cross-section of the dynamic academic community at the University of Pennsylvania, giving students the ability to learn in a truly interdisciplinary environment that encompasses the social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, law, business, communication, and education. School of Arts and Sciences Cheikh Anta Mbacke Babou Associate Professor of History Research Interests: African History and the History of Islam in Africa Francophone West Africa from the 19th century Contemporary African diasporas in France and the United States Link to Bio: >> Herman Beavers Associate Professor of English Research Interests: African American and American literature, Jewish-American literature The American South Issues of race, gender, and class in Literature Link to Bio: >> Mary Frances Berry Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought Professor of History Research Interests: African American History History of American Law History of Law and Social Policy Link to Bio: >> Camille Zubrinsky Charles Professor of Sociology and Education Research Interests: Racial inequality Racial attitudes and intergroup relations Racial residential segregation Minorities in higher education Link to Bio: >> Thadious Davis Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought Professor of English Research Interests: African American literature Southern literature with an emphasis on issue of race, region, and gender Link to Bio: >> Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw Associate Professor of the History of Art Research Interests: Race, gender, and class in American art and architecture Link to Bio: >> Robert F. Engs Professor of History Research Interests: The Postbellum era, specifically the responses of the freedpeople and white Southerners to emancipation The roles of education, religion, and of missionaries in the emancipation process Link to Bio: >> Ann Farnsworth-Alvear Associate Professor of History Research Interests: Colombian Choco The history of race in Latin America Link to Bio: >> Larry Gladney Professor of Physics Research Interests: Experimental High Energy Link to Bio: >> Steven Hahn Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of History Research Interests: Comparative history of slavery and emancipation The social and political history of nineteenth-century America History of the American South Link to Bio: >> John L. Jackson, Jr. Richard Perry University Associate Professor of Communication and Anthropology Research Interests: Ethnographic methods in media analysis Impact of mass media on urban life Mediamaking as a form of community-building and proselytizing among religious organizations Globalization and the remaking of ethnic/racial diasporas. Visual studies and theories of reality Racialization and media technology Link to Bio: >> Michael Katz Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History Research Interests: History of American education History of urban social structure and family organization History of social welfare and poverty Link to Bio: >> Lydie E. Moudileno Associate Professor of Romance Languages Research Interests: Francophone studies, with a focus on the literatures of the Caribbean and Sub-saharan Africa Link to Bio: >> Guthrie P. Ramsey, Jr. Associate Professor of Music Research Interests: African-American and American music Jazz Cultural studies Popular music Film studies Historiography Link to Bio: >> Adolph Reed Professor of Political Science Research Interests: American and African American politics and political thought Urban politics American Political Development Link to Bio: >> Timothy Rommen Assistant Professor of Music Research Interests: Caribbean folk, popular sacred music, popular music Critical theory Ethics, Diaspora Intellectual history of ethnomusicology Link to Bio: >> Barbara D. Savage Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought Professor of History Research Interest: Twentieth century African American history History of American religious and social reform movements History of the relationship between media and politics. Link to Bio: >> Rogers M. Smith Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science Research Interests: Public Law American political thought Political Thought Link to Bio: >> Thomas J. Sugrue Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Professor of History and Sociology Research Interests: Twentieth-century American politics Urban history Civil Rights, and race Link to Bio: >> Deborah A. Thomas Associate Professor of Anthropology Research Interests: Nationalism and Globalization The Caribbean Race and Gender Labor Migration Transnationalism and Diaspora Cultural Politics Performance Violence and the Transformation of Space Culture and Political Economy Popular Culture Link to Bio: >> Salamishah Tillet Assistant Professor of English Research Interests: Twentieth-century African-American literature and visual and performance arts Cultural studies Feminism Link to Bio: >> Eve Troutt Powell Associate Professor of History Research Interests: The relationship between Africa and the Middle East History of African slavery in the Nile valley Link to Bio: >> Robert Vitalis Associate Professor of Political Science Research Interests: Race and American International Relations Theory State and Market Formation in Saudi Arabia The Political and Cultural Economy of the World Oil Industry American Expansionism History of International Relations and Development Studies Link to Bio: >> Tukufu Zuberi Lasry Family Professor of Race Relations Professor and Chair of Sociology Faculty Associate Director, Center for Africana Studies Chair, PhD Program in Africana Studies Research Interests: Africana Studies Mortality in Africa Interracial Contact and Social Status South African Migration System Population and Health Sociology Population studies Link to Bio: >> Law School Anita L. Allen Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law Professor of Philosophy Privacy Law, Theory and Values Legal Theory Philosophy Contemporary Ethics and Bioethics Mental Illness Accountability Race Relations Gender and the Law Link to Bio: >> Regina Austin William A. Schnader Professor of Law Research Interests: Torts Insurance Law & Cultural Studies Minority Legal Feminism Environmental Justice Economic Discrimination Law-related Documentary Film Studies Link to Bio: >> Graduate School of Education Vivian Gadsden William T. Carter Professor in Child Development and Education Research Interests: Cultural and social factors affecting learning and literacy across the life-course and within families, Intergenerational learning relationships between literacy in families and issues of culture, race, gender, and poverty in diverse learning contexts Interconnectedness among families' political, cultural, and social histories and racialized identities Link to Bio: >> Marybeth Gasman Associate Professor Research Interests: Philanthropy and historically black colleges Black leadership Contemporary fundraising issues at black colleges African-American giving Link to Bio: >> Shaun R. Harper Assistant Professor Research Interests: Race and gender in higher education Black male college participation and achievement College environments, student outcomes, and engagement Student affairs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities Link to Bio: >> Diana Slaughter-Defoe Constance E. Clayton Professor in Urban Education Research Interests: Urban education Primary education Child development Home/school partnerships Link to Bio: >> Howard C. Stevenson Associate Professor and Chair, Applied Psychology and Human Development Division Research Interests: African-American psychology At-risk youth and high-risk boys Family and parental engagement Racial integration and re-segregation Link to Bio: >> Duane E. Thomas Assistant Professor Research Interests: At-risk children and youth Academic-community partnerships Clinical and educational psychology Violence prevention Link to Bio: >> Wharton School Kenneth L. Shropshire David W. Hauck Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics Research Interests: Sports industry Sports law contracts; antitrust; negotiation and dispute resolution Link to Bio: >> School of Nursing Loretta Sweet-Jemmott van Ameringen Professor in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Research Interests: Designing and evaluating interventions to reduce HIV risk-associated sexual behaviors Health outcomes research including strategies to reduce other behavior-linked health problems, e.g. cancer (smoking), heart disease Link to Bio: >> School of Social Policy and Practice Damon Freeman Assistant Professor Research Interests: African American intellectual history Critical race theory Social policy Social movements Link to Bio: >>