AADSRC History
The History of African American and Diaspora Studies
| 1969 | Afro-American Studies Program listed in academic bulletin; joint program between Vanderbilt, Fisk, and Scarritt Bennett Center; presided over by committee |
| 1971–1975 | Akbar Muhammad, Director |
| 1975–1976 | Robert C. Williams, Acting Director |
| 1977–1978 | Clement Cottingham, Director |
| 1978–1985 | Robert C. Williams, Director |
| 1987–1994 | Jimmie L. Franklin, Director |
| 1990–1991 | Program changes name to African American Studies |
| 1994–1995 | Lewis V. Baldwin, Director |
| 1996–1998 | Francis Dodoo, Director |
| 1998-1999 | Sheila Smith McCoy, Interim Director |
| 1999-2000 | Yolette Jones, Interim Director |
| 2000–2003 | Lucius T. Outlaw, Director |
| 2003-2004 | Beverly Moran, Interim Director |
| 2004–2011 | Tracy D. Sharpley-Whiting, Director |
| 2005–2006 | Program changes name to African American and Diaspora Studies |
| 2011–2012 | Program adds Research Center and founds journal, Palimpsest |
| 2011-2012 | Tiffany Patterson, Interim Director |
| 2012–2014 | Victor Anderson, Director |
| 2014–2017 | Tracy D. Sharpley-Whiting, Director |
| 2014 | Research Center named in honor of Callie House |
| 2017-2018 | David Ikard, Director (August 2017 - February 2018) |
| 2018-2022 | Tracy D. Sharpley-Whiting, Chair, *Department of African American and Diaspora Studies |
| 2022-present | Tiffany R. Patterson, Chair |
