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Abana, Yuxuf A
Lecturer
uxuf@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
AFAS 376 – Global Soccer
AFAS 342 – Writers, Women and the Gods
AFAS 306 – African-American Autobiographies: Women and Their Histories
Fall 2024
AFAS 376 – Global Soccer
AFAS 342 – Writers, Women and the Gods
AFAS 304B – The Social Construction of Race: Blackness
Bacelar da Silva, Antonio J
Assistant Professor
ajbsilva@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
AFAS 280 – Brazilian Identity: Class, Race, and Citizenship
Fall 2024
AFAS 363 – #Black Lives Matter Across The Americas: Race & Racism in Latin America
Bowens, Johnny W
Senior Lecturer
jbowens@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
AFAS 220 – Introduction to African American Studies
AFAS 200 – Introduction to Africana Studies
Fall 2024
AFAS 220 – Introduction to African American Studies
AFAS 160D1 – Introduction to African American Literature
Brokaw, David J
Lecturer
davidbrokaw@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
AFAS 436 – Civil War and Reconstruction, U.S. 1861-1878
Carter, Bryan
Professor
bryancarter@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
AFAS 160D1 – Introduction to African American Literature
Spring 2025
AFAS 160D1 – Introduction to African American Literature
Castro, Johnny
Instructor, Africana Studies
illphonix@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
AFAS 218 – Introduction to Hip-Hop Dance
Spring 2025
AFAS 218 – Introduction to Hip-Hop Dance
Daniels, DeAnna
Assistant Professor
ddaniels1@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
AFAS 200 – Introduction to Africana Studies
Spring 2025
AFAS 303 – Black Womanist Writers
Donahue, Jennifer Lynn
Associate Professor of Practice
jenniferdonahue@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
AFAS 342 – Writers, Women and the Gods
AFAS 423 – Topics in Caribbean Culture, Literature and Identity
AFAS 200 – Introduction to Africana Studies
Spring 2025
AFAS 310 – Afro-Latin American Literature
AFAS 342 – Writers, Women and the Gods
AFAS 423 – Topics in Caribbean Culture, Literature and Identity
Dotson, Jerome
Assistant Professor
jkdotson@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
AFAS 371 – Hip-Hop Cinema
Spring 2025
AFAS 371 – Hip-Hop Cinema
AFAS 441 – The History of African American Women from Slavery to Freedom
AFAS 541 – The History of African American Women from Slavery to Freedom
Gonzalez, Frank
Assistant Professor
fgonzo@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
AFAS 330 – Minority Groups and American Politics
Fall 2024
AFAS 330 – Minority Groups and American Politics
Ijagbemi, Bayo
Professor of Practice
ijagbemi@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
AFAS 302 – Africana Studies Research Approaches
AFAS 160A1 – Traditions and Societies of the World - The Africana Experience
Spring 2025
AFAS 160A1 – Traditions and Societies of the World - The Africana Experience
AFAS 302 – Africana Studies Research Approaches
AFAS 482 – African Americans & U.S. Foreign Policy
Knisely, Kris
Assistant Professor
knisely@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
AFAS 373 – US & Francophone Hip-Hop Cultures
Manriquez, Mariana
Lecturer
manriquez@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
AFAS 260 – Ethnic and Race Relations in the United States
Nava, Alejandro E
Professor
nava@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
AFAS 335 – Rap, Culture and God
Spring 2025
AFAS 335 – Rap, Culture and God
Pierce, Mary L
Lecturer
piercem@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
AFAS 306 – African-American Autobiographies: Women and Their Histories
Spring 2025
AFAS 304A – The Social Construction of Race: Whiteness
AFAS 209 – African American History (1440-1877)
Sanchez, Tani D
Professor of Practice
tsanchez@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
AFAS 371 – Hip-Hop Cinema
Spring 2025
AFAS 371 – Hip-Hop Cinema
W-Charles, Nadia
Assistant Professor
nadiawc@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
AFAS 150B1 – Contemporary Afro Brazil
AFAS 200 – Introduction to Africana Studies
Spring 2025
AFAS 150B1 – Contemporary Afro Brazil
Zenenga, Praise
Department Head
zen08@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
AFAS 218 – Introduction to Hip-Hop Dance
Spring 2025
AFAS 218 – Introduction to Hip-Hop Dance