Faculty

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The faculty and staff of the African and Black Diaspora Studies Department are dedicated to the academic success of our students. We strive to provide a friendly learning environment, individual academic advising, and engaging intellectual challenges in order to prepare our graduates to excel in their chosen professions with confidence.

Amor Kohli
Chair of the African and Black Diaspora Studies Department
Associate Professor
akohli@depaul.edu
(773) 325-7865

Faculty

Symone Johnson

• She/Her/Hers
• Assistant Professor
• sjohn271@depaul.edu
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Amor Kohli

• Associate Professor and Department Chair
• akohli@depaul.edu
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Julie Moody-Freeman

• Associate Professor
• jmoodyfr@depaul.edu
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Xorla S. Ocloo

• She/Her/Hers
• Assistant Professor
• xocloo@depaul.edu
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Lori Pierce

• Associate Professor
• lpierce3@depaul.edu
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Ashley Stone

• She/Her/Hers
• Ida B. Wells-Barnett Post Doctoral Fellow
• astone2@depaul.edu
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Taurean J. Webb

• Social Transformation Research Collaborative (STRC) Post Doctoral Fellow
• twebb6@depaul.edu
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Advisory Committee

The African & Black Diaspora Advisory Committee is a rotating group of faculty responsible for the governing and direction of the African & Black Diaspora Department.

Affiliated Faculty

Affiliated faculty are faculty from across DePaul whose teaching and research connect to African & Black Diaspora studies.

Clement Adibe, Political Science
Tera Agyepong, History
Jane Baxter, Anthropology 
Nancy Davis, School of Continuing  and Professional Studies
Marcy Dinius, English 
Martine Green-Rogers, Theatre School
Phyliss Griffin, Theater School
Horace Hall, Education
Stephen Haymes, Education
Stan Chu Ilo, Catholic Studies
Valerie Johnson, Political Science
Billy Johnson-Gonzalez, English
Tracey Lewis-Elligan, Sociology
Ogena Otunnu, History, Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies
Traci Schlesinger, Sociology, In Memoriam
Margaret Storey, History
Darrick Tovar-Murray, Education