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Abana, Yuxuf A
Lecturer
uxuf@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
AFAS 342 – Writers, Women and the Gods
AFAS 376 – Global Soccer
AFAS 306 – African-American Autobiographies: Women and Their Histories
Summer 2025
AFAS 304B – The Social Construction of Race: Blackness
AFAS 342 – Writers, Women and the Gods
AFAS 376 – Global Soccer
Fall 2025
AFAS 342 – Writers, Women and the Gods
AFAS 376 – Global Soccer
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Bacelar da Silva, Antonio J
Assistant Professor
ajbsilva@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
AFAS 280 – Brazilian Identity: Class, Race, and Citizenship
Summer 2025
AFAS 363 – #Black Lives Matter Across The Americas: Race & Racism in Latin America
Fall 2025
AFAS 466 – Racism and Resistance in Latin America
AFAS 566 – Racism and Resistance in Latin America
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Bowens, Johnny W
Senior Lecturer
jbowens@arizona.edu
Summer 2025
AFAS 220 – Introduction to African American Studies
AFAS 222 – African American Studies: A History of Ideas
Fall 2025
AFAS 160D1 – Introduction to African American Literature
AFAS 200 – Introduction to Africana Studies
AFAS 220 – Introduction to African American Studies
Spring 2025
AFAS 200 – Introduction to Africana Studies
AFAS 220 – Introduction to African American Studies
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Brokaw, David J
Lecturer
davidbrokaw@arizona.edu
Fall 2025
AFAS 436 – Civil War and Reconstruction, U.S. 1861-1878
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Carter, Bryan
Professor
bryancarter@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
AFAS 160D1 – Introduction to African American Literature
Summer 2025
AFAS 160D1 – Introduction to African American Literature
AFAS 377 – Digital Africana Studies: Experiencing the Harlem Renaissance
AFAS 378 – AfroFuturism and Black Speculative Fiction
Fall 2025
AFAS 160D1 – Introduction to African American Literature
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Castro, Johnny
Instructor, Africana Studies
illphonix@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
AFAS 218 – Introduction to Hip-Hop Dance
Summer 2025
AFAS 218 – Introduction to Hip-Hop Dance
Fall 2025
AFAS 218 – Introduction to Hip-Hop Dance
Caves, Awndrea S
Lecturer, English
ascaves@arizona.edu
Summer 2025
AFAS 306 – African-American Autobiographies: Women and Their Histories
AFAS 320 – The African American Slave Narrative: History and Literature
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Daniels, DeAnna
Assistant Professor
ddaniels1@arizona.edu
Fall 2025
AFAS 200 – Introduction to Africana Studies
Spring 2025
AFAS 303 – Black Womanist Writers
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Donahue, Jennifer Lynn
Associate Professor of Practice
jenniferdonahue@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
AFAS 310 – Afro-Latin American Literature
AFAS 342 – Writers, Women and the Gods
AFAS 423 – Topics in Caribbean Culture, Literature and Identity
Summer 2025
AFAS 304A – The Social Construction of Race: Whiteness
AFAS 310 – Afro-Latin American Literature
AFAS 314 – Caribbean Literature and Culture (West Indies)
AFAS 345 – Caribbean Politics
Fall 2025
AFAS 150B1 – Contemporary Afro Brazil
AFAS 310 – Afro-Latin American Literature
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Dotson, Jerome
Assistant Professor
jkdotson@arizona.edu
Fall 2025
AFAS 444 – Rethinking Race and Health in the United States
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
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Durand, Alain-Philippe
Dean,College of Humanities
adurand@arizona.edu
Summer 2025
AFAS 371 – Hip-Hop Cinema
AFAS 373 – US & Francophone Hip-Hop Cultures
AFAS 376 – Global Soccer
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Gonzalez, Frank
Assistant Professor
fgonzo@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
AFAS 330 – Minority Groups and American Politics
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Ijagbemi, Bayo
Professor of Practice
ijagbemi@arizona.edu
Fall 2025
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
Summer 2025
AFAS 160A1 – Traditions and Societies of the World - The Africana Experience
AFAS 200 – Introduction to Africana Studies
AFAS 220 – Introduction to African American Studies
AFAS 302 – Africana Studies Research Approaches
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Knisely, Kris
Assistant Professor
knisely@arizona.edu
Fall 2025
AFAS 373 – US & Francophone Hip-Hop Cultures
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Nava, Alejandro E
Professor
nava@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
AFAS 335 – Rap, Culture and God
Summer 2025
AFAS 335 – Rap, Culture and God
Fall 2025
AFAS 335 – Rap, Culture and God
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Pierce, Mary L
Lecturer
piercem@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
AFAS 304A – The Social Construction of Race: Whiteness
Summer 2025
AFAS 209 – African American History (1440-1877)
AFAS 441 – The History of African American Women from Slavery to Freedom
Fall 2025
AFAS 200 – Introduction to Africana Studies
AFAS 306 – African-American Autobiographies: Women and Their Histories
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Sanchez, Tani D
Professor of Practice
tsanchez@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
AFAS 371 – Hip-Hop Cinema
Summer 2025
AFAS 371 – Hip-Hop Cinema
Fall 2025
AFAS 371 – Hip-Hop Cinema
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Slemmon, Andrew
Graduate Associate
aslemmon@arizona.edu
Summer 2025
AFAS 351 – Race and Class in Latin America
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Swanson, Lucy
Assistant Professor
lucyswanson@arizona.edu
Fall 2025
AFAS 245 – African Literature Matters
AFAS 543 – Francophone Literature and Cinema
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W-Charles, Nadia
Assistant Professor
nadiawc@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
AFAS 150B1 – Contemporary Afro Brazil
AFAS 314 – Caribbean Literature and Culture (West Indies)
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Zenenga, Praise
Department Head
zen08@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
AFAS 218 – Introduction to Hip-Hop Dance
Summer 2025
AFAS 150B1 – Contemporary Afro Brazil
AFAS 218 – Introduction to Hip-Hop Dance
AFAS 475 – USA & South Africa: Comparative Historical & Political Perspectives
Fall 2025
AFAS 218 – Introduction to Hip-Hop Dance