Roshan Abraham Academic Advisor SIS | Advising
Roshan Abraham (he/him/his) holds a PhD in Classical Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. Before coming to his current position at AU, Roshan was an Assistant Professor of Classics and Religio…
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Center Affiliates
ARPC affiliates are members of our academic community who contribute their expertise to the building of a just and equitable world. Through the empiricism of the academic tradition, they contribute to society’s understanding of race and racism through pedagogy, praxis, research, and policy work in their disciplines.
This interim year, we are opening up the center to actively engaged antiracist staff, such as librarians and advisors, permanently expanding the affiliate program to include their work alongside that of our renowned and expert faculty. ARPC leadership looks forward to supporting connections among all affiliates and promoting their collaborative and individual publications, presentations, coursework, and other antiracist initiatives in their fields.
Horace Bartilow Professor SIS | Environment, Development & Health
Horace A. Bartilow is Professor of International Political Economy and American Foreign Policy. He is a Jamaican born social scientist who received his Ph.D. in 1994 from the State University of New Y…
Esperonto Bean Adjunct Instructor CAS | Performing Arts
Esperonto, MA, is a recent graduate of American University’s School of Communication and serves as Strategic Communications Lead for AU’s Antiracist Research and Policy Center (ARPC). His communicatio…
Meg Bentley Director of STEM Partnerships and Innovation CAS | Biology
I earned a PhD in Molecular Biology and Genetics from Northwestern University studying the role of protein ubiquitination and the APC/C complex in Drosophila melanogaster. After research and teaching …
Marcelo Bohrt Asst Professor SIS - School of International Service
Marcelo Bohrt is a sociologist interested in racial politics and statecraft in the Americas. His primary area of research investigates the role of racial ideas and racial politics in the making and tr…
Melanie Bullock Director, Center for Leadership & Community Engagement SA | Center for Leadership and Community Engagement
Melanie Bullock is a higher education administrator committed to developing people who will in turn transform their organizations, their communities, and the world. She received her Bachelor of Arts d…
Raychelle Burks Provost Associate Professor CAS | Chemistry
After working in a crime lab, Dr. Burks returned to academia, teaching, and forensic science research. An analytical chemist, she enjoys the challenge of developing detection methods for a wide-variet…
TaLisa Carter Associate Professor SPA | Justice, Law & Criminology
Dr. TaLisa J. Carter has dedicated her life to understanding the interactions of deviance, social organizations, colorism, and race/ethnicity. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Justic…
Ernesto Castaneda Director, Center for Latin American and Latino Studies
Amanda Choutka Senior Professorial Lecturer CAS | Literature
Amanda Choutka holds a M.F.A. in Creative Writing from American University and a B.A. in English and Creative Writing from Dickinson College. She is working on a novel. Amanda Choutka's teaching and r…
Mali Collins Assistant Professor CAS | Critical RGC Studies
Mali Collins’ research areas include Black motherhood studies, Black archival studies, 20th and 21st century literature and art, medical humanities, digital technology, and reproductive health and jus…
Matthew Collinson Adjunct Instructor SPA | Other Operations and Administration
Matt Collinson is an adjunct professor in the School of Public Affairs’ department of Justice Law and Criminology, where he teaches an undergraduate class on the history and purpose of the legal syste…
Kyle Dargan Associate Professor CAS | Literature
Kyle Dargan is currently an Associate Professor of literature and Asst. Director of creative writing at American University, as well as the founder and editor of POST NO ILLS magazine. He also works a…
Angela Davis Distinguished Professor of Law Emerita
Angela J. Davis, Distinguished Professor of Law Emerita at American University Washington College of Law, is an expert in criminal law and procedure with a specific focus on prosecutorial power and…
Omi Davis-Smith Assistant Professor CAS | Performing Arts
A multifaceted artist-scholar, Dr. Omilade Davis-Smith has worked the majority of her life as a dancer, educator and performer. Omi earned a PhD in Dance from Temple University with a specialization i…
Omekongo Dibinga Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations
Dr. Omékongo Dibinga is the UPstander. His life’s mission is to inspire all across the globe to take a stand when they witness an injustice, no matter how small or large. He is a motivational speaker,…
Tim Doud Professor CAS | Art
Tim Doud’s paintings and drawings address two seemingly distinct bodies of work, one figurative and one abstract. These bodies of works serve as a backdrop to broader discussions around constructed id…
Mariam Durrani Professorial Lecturer SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations
Dr. Mariam Durrani is a decolonial feminist, political anthropologist, and multimodal mediamaker. Her scholarship and advocacy are located at the intersection of global racialization, migration, Musli…
N. Jeremi Duru Professor WCL | General Academics & Research
Professor N. Jeremi Duru teaches several sports law courses as well as civil procedure, and he is among the nation’s foremost sports law authorities. He is a co-author of one of the field’s premier…
Nika Elder Associate Professor CAS | Art
Nika Elder specializes in the art of the United States from the colonial period to the present, including African-American art and the history of photography. Her current research and courses examine …
Lia Epperson Professor WCL | General Academics & Research
Lia Epperson is a Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law and a nationally recognized expert in the areas of constitutional law, civil rights, and education policy. Publis…
Eileen Findlay Professor CAS | Critical RGC Studies
Eileen Findlay graduated from Oberlin College and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where she held a Jacob Javits fellowship. Both her books, 'We Are Left Without a Father Here': Masculinity, Dome…
Anthony Fontes Associate Professor SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations
Anthony W. Fontes, geographer and ethnographer, writes and teaches about violence, migration and forced displacement, transnational illicit economies, mass incarceration, and the politics of security …
Zephi Francis Project Director - BJA Projects SPA | Other Operations and Administration
Zephi Francis is a Project Director in the School of Public Affairs and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Sociology at American University. Since 2017, he has been involved in research on trea…
Garrett Graddy-Lovelace Provost Associate Professor SIS | Environment, Development & Health
Garrett Graddy-Lovelace researches and teaches agricultural policy and agrarian geography. Her work focuses on domestic and international contexts and impacts of US food and farm policy--from critical…
Neisha-Anne Green Senior Director, Academic Support UEAS | Eagle Learning Center
Academic Interests: Social Justice Pedagogy, Writing Center Theory and Practice, Writing Center Tutor EducationWhat began as volunteer work has blossomed into passion for Neisha-Anne. Outside of her g…
Llezlie Green Professor WCL - Clinical Program
Llezlie L. Green is a Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law. She is currently the Director of the Civil Advocacy Clinic and teaches Critical Race Theory. She has also taugh…
Sonya Grier Professor KSB | Marketing
Professor Grier is an interdisciplinary scholar with diverse expertise across private, government, and non-profit sectors. Her research examines marketplace topics related to race, with a focus on enh…
Saagar Gupta Assistant Director Community-Based Learning & Spec Programs SA | Center for Leadership and Community Engagement
Saagar (Saw-GRR) Gupta now manages the Service-Learning programs at American University, including the Community-Based Learning Courses (CB) and Community-Service Learning Programs (CSLP). Saagar firs…
Sarah Iverson Assistant Professor CAS | Sociology
Sarah Iverson's work is motivated by novel and enduring questions in sociology: How do people create collective meaning in institutional settings? How do these meanings inform action? What role doe…
Janice Iwama Associate Professor SPA | Justice, Law & Criminology
Dr. Janice Iwama is an Associate Professor in the Department of Justice, Law & Criminology at American University in Washington, D.C. She received her Ph.D. in Criminology and Justice Policy from Nort…
Derrick Jefferson Communication Librarian LIB | University Library
Jermaine Jones Professorial Lecturer CAS | Literature
Jermaine Jones is the author of From Poverty to Prosperity: A Ghetto Exit Strategy as a Rite of Passage, which won the Best Male Author/Best Nonfiction book of the Year Award. His orations, publicatio…
Christina Juhasz-Wood Professorial Lecturer CAS | Critical RGC Studies
Christina Juhász-Wood is a Professorial Lecturer in the American Studies Program where she teaches courses on American culture and history, poverty, and critical refugee studies. Her work focuses on s…
Keith Leonard Associate Professor CAS | Literature
Keith D Leonard is the author of Fettered Genius: The African American Bardic Poet from Slavery to Civil Rights. His publications, presentations, and courses have revolved around his study of…
Nabina Liebow Director of CAS Leadership Program and Senior Professorial Lecturer CAS | Philosophy/Religion
Nabina Liebow (she/her) is the College of Arts and Sciences Leadership and Ethical Development Program Director (CAS LEAD) and a Senior Professorial Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Religi…
Nicole Lorenzo Assistant Professor CAS | Psychology
Dr. Lorenzo studies relationships between parenting and early childhood social-emotional and behavioral functioning. The goal of her research is to aid in the early identification of children at risk …
Kimberly Luchtenberg Assistant Professor KSB | Finance/Real Estate
Kimberly Luchtenberg’s research interests include real estate finance and household finance. Her research has been published in Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Journal of Real Estate Res…
Manissa Maharawal Assistant Professor CAS | Anthropology
I am a cultural anthropologist and critical geographer whose work focuses on eviction, race, displacement and the spatial and temporal dynamics of contemporary urban social movements I am broadly inte…
Juliana Martinez Associate Professor CAS | World Languages and Cultures
Professor Martínez focuses on the intersection of violence and body politics in Latin America. Her two main areas of research are: representation of historical violence recent cultural production; and…
Preeti Menon Part-Time Practitioner in Residence SPA | Other Operations and Administration
As a Practitioner-in Residence at American University’s School of Public Affairs (SPA), Preeti Menon oversees training and technical assistance initiatives. She is passionate about bringing collaborat…
Martyn Oliver Faculty Chair, AU Core CAS | Critical RGC Studies
Martyn was born and raised in southern Minnesota. In addition to Washington State and Boston, his studies also took him to Scotland, Lebanon, Austria, and Morocco. His work explores the construction o…
Suzanne Persard Assistant Professor CAS | Critical RGC Studies
Suzanne C. Persard (PhD, Emory University) is Assistant Professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies in the Department of Critical Race, Gender and Culture Studies at American University, Facult…
Randolph Persaud Prof Emeritus
He holds a PhD in Political Science with a specialization in international relations and comparative politics. He also holds a B.A (Hons) in Political Science and World History. Professor Persaud has …
Eugene Pringle Senior Professorial Lecturer SOE | Online Partner Programs (OLP)
Malini Ranganathan Associate Professor SIS | Environment, Development & Health
Malini Ranganathan is Associate Professor in the School of International Service at American University, and a political ecologist and geographer by training. She is a faculty affiliate of the Depa…
Gautham Rao Associate Professor CAS | History
Gautham Rao is a legal historian of early America and the United States. He joined the Department of History at American University in 2012 after previously teaching at Rutgers/NJIT and completing a p…
Mubbashir Rizvi Professorial Lecturer CAS | Anthropology
My research and teaching interests span social movements, political ecology, racial capitalism in South Asia and its diasporas. My book, The Ethics of Staying: Social Movements and Land Rights in Paki…
Sybil Roberts Director of African American and African Diaspora Studies CAS | Performing Arts
Sybil R. Williams has spent the past twelve years cultivating her craft as a playwright and dramaturg. Her work has been professionally produced by Chicago’s ETA Creative Arts Theatre; New York’s Nati…
Elizabeth Rule Assistant Professor CAS | Critical RGC Studies
Dr. Elizabeth Rule (enrolled citizen of the Chickasaw Nation) is an Assistant Professor of Critical Race, Gender, and Culture Studies at American University in Washington, DC. Rule’s research on issue…
Aarushi Sahejpal Professorial Lecturer KSB | General Academics & Research
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Tazreena Sajjad Assistant Professor SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations
Tazreena Sajjad is Assistant Professor of Migration Politics in the Department of Peace, Human Rights and Cultural Relations (PHRCR) at the School of International Service (SIS), American University. …
Thurka Sangaramoorthy Professor and Department Chair, Anthropology CAS | Anthropology
Dr. Thurka Sangaramoorthy is a cultural and medical anthropologist and global health expert with over 25 years of experience in community-engaged ethnographic research across the United States, Africa…
Brenda Smith Professor of Law Emerita
Brenda V. Smith is professor of law at the American University Washington College of Law and Director of the Community Economic Development Law Clinic. From 2018-2020, Smith served as Senior Associ…
Amanda Taylor SIS | Finance & Personnel Administration
Dr. Taylor's research and teaching focus on the intersection of culture, power, and education in domestic and international contexts. She earned her doctorate of education and her master's in educatio…
Marnie Twigg Senior Professorial Lecturer CAS | Literature
Ximena Varela Associate Professor CAS | Performing Arts
Ximena Varela is a distinguished researcher, educator, and consultant with over 25 years of experience in arts management curricular design, museum management, international cultural policy, managemen…
Salvador Vidal-Ortiz Associate Professor Emeritus
Dr. Vidal-Ortiz's scholarship cuts across racialization, sexuality, gender, migration and religion; his work is interdisciplinary. He coedited two award winning books: …
Tracy Weitz Professor CAS | Sociology
Tracy A. Weitz PhD, MPA (she/her), is a professor of sociology and Director for the Center on Health, Risk, and Society at American University in Washington, DC. Her current research addresses how ins…
Nina Yamanis Professor and Associate Dean for Graduate Education, SIS SIS | Environment, Development & Health
Dr. Nina Yamanis studies how social and structural determinants are linked to health disparities globally and locally, and designs community-based interventions to reduce these disparities. She has wo…
Perry Zurn Provost Associate Professor CAS | Philosophy/Religion
Perry Zurn is Provost Associate Professor of Philosophy at American University. Zurn researches primarily in political philosophy, critical theory, and lgbtq (esp. trans) studies and collaborates in p…