Faculty

	Victor Anderson John Frederick Oberlin Theological School Professor of Ethics and Society Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies Professor of Divinity	Email 615.343.6390
	Brandon R. Byrd Associate Professor of History Associate Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies Chancellor Faculty Fellow	Email 615.322.9370
	Michael Eric Dyson University Distinguished Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies University Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Society in the Divinity School Centennial Chair in African American and Diaspora Studies
	David Ikard Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies	Email
	Matthew Pessar Joseph Mellon Assistant Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies	Email 615.343.6282
	Tiffany Ruby Patterson Chair of African American and Diaspora Studies Associate Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies Associate Professor of History	Email
	Yolanda Pierce Dean of the Divinity School Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies	Email 615.322.7311
	Alice Randall Andrew Mellon Professor of Humanities Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies Writer-in-Residence	Email
	Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting Vice Provost of Arts, Libraries, and Global Engagement Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Distinguished Chair in the Humanities Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies Professor of French Director of the Callie House Research Center	Email
	Claudine Taaffe Associate Chair of African American and Diaspora Studies Principal Senior Lecturer of African American and Diaspora Studies Director of Undergraduate Studies Associate Director of the Callie House Research Center	Email
	Gilman W. Whiting Associate Chair of African American and Diaspora Studies Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies Director of Graduate Studies Director of the Scholar Identity Institute	Email