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Victor Anderson
Professor of Ethics and Society
Oberlin Theological School Chair
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(615) 343-6390
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Brandon R. Byrd
Associate Professor of History
Associate Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies
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Benson Hall 201
Michael Eric Dyson
University Distinguished Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies
Centennial Chair in African American & Diaspora Studies
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David Ikard
Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies
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Matthew Joseph
Mellon Assistant Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies
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Tiffany Ruby Patterson
Chair of African American and Diaspora Studies
Associate Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies
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Yolanda Pierce
Professor of Religion and Literature
Dean of Divinity
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Alice Randall
Writer in Residence of African American and Diaspora Studies
Andrew W. Mellon Chair in the Humanities
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Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting
Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies and Professor of French
Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Distinguished Chair in the Humanities, Vice Provost for Arts and Libraries
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Claudine Taaffe
Principal Senior Lecturer of African American and Diaspora Studies
Associate Chair of African American and Diaspora Studies
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Gilman W. Whiting
Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies
Associate Chair of African American and Diaspora Studies
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