Faculty

Core Faculty

Core faculty are tenure-track faculty and lecturers with teaching responsibilities in Africana Studies.

NAME	TITLE	FIELD SPECIALTIES	PHONE	EMAIL
Cynthia Fleming, Ph.D.	Professor	Twentieth Century U.S. Social/Cultural History, particularly the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s; U.S. Race Relations, and Black Educational History	974-2145	cfleming@utk.edu
Raymond Hall, Ph.D.	Lecturer	Africana Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Folklore	974-6719	rhall11@utk.edu
Asafa Jalata, Ph.D.	Professor	Africana studies; global studies; political economy; race and ethnic studies; and social justice and democratic movements	974-7027	ajalata@utk.edu
David W. Jackson, III, Ph.D.	Lecturer	African Studies, African-American History, African-Americans in Iowa and African-American Material Culture	974-0738	djacks27@utk.edu
Gichingiri J. Ndigirigi, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	African, African Diaspora literatues/drama/theater, Postcolonial and transnational studies	974-6942	jndigiri@utk.edu
Wornie Reed, Ph.D.	Director, Professor	Africana Studies, Medical Sociology, Urban Communities, and Criminal and Juvenile Justice	974-5052	wreed5@utk.edu
Addiu Tolesa, Ph.D.	Lecturer	Folklore, Oromo/African Studies, African American Folklore, Linguistics (Socio-Linguistics); History and Geography, Human Rights; and Oromo Education Studies and Research	974-2139	atolesa@utk.edu

Affiliated faculty serve on the Africana Studies Advisory Committee and teach courses that are cross-listed in Africana Studies.