Faculty

The faculty associated with UCLA's African Studies Center is kept below. For center visiting scholars, click here.

Some of these links are still being inputted and updated; please be patience (each faculty member can also be reached through their respective department). For any additions or changes, please contact African Studies Center.

Faculty (*core)

Anthropology

• Edgerton, Robert*
• Goldschmidt, Walter* (Emeritus)
• Fiske, Alan Page*
• Hale, Sondra*
• Hammond, Peter (Emeritus)
• Kennedy, Gail
• Maquet, Jacques
• Plummer, Thomas*
• Silk, Joan
• Simons, Anna*
• Weisner, Thomas*

Art History/Design

• Nelson, Steven*
• Shapira, Nathan (Emeritus)
• Strother, Zoe Sara*

Biology

• Van Valkenburgh, Blaire

Economics

• Lal, Deepak*
• Thomas, Duncan

Education

• Blurton-Jones, Nicolas
• Jamison, Dean
• Mukudi, Edith*

English

• Behdad, Ali
• Willie Kgositsile

Ethnomusicology

• DjeDje, Jacqueline*
• Ladzekpo, Kobla* (Lecturer)
• Francisco Aguabella (Visiting)

Film and Television

• Gabriel, Teshome*

Fowler Museum of Cultural History

• Roberts, Mary (Polly) Nooter*
• Ross, Doran

French

• Lionnet, Francoise*
• Thomas, Dominic R*

Geography

• Carney, Judith
• Hale, Gerry * (Emeritus)
• Orme, Antony
• Walter, Hartmut*

Geophysics

• Davis, Paul M

History

• Alpers, Edward*
• Apter, Andrew*
• Ehret, Christopher*
• Hill, Robert*
• Lydon, Ghislaine*
• Posnansky, Merrick * (Emeritus)
• Worger, William*

Law

• Abel, Richard

Library and Information Science

• Bell-Gam, Ruby (Africana Bibliographer)*

Linguistics and African Languages

• Hinnebusch, Thomas*
• Hilda Koopman*
• Kirsner, Robert S
• Schuh, Russell*
• Zilungile C. Sosibo*

Political Science

• Keller, Edmond*
• Lofchie, Michael*
• Posner, Daniel N.*
• Sklar, Richard L * (Emeritus)

Public Health/Community Health Sciences

• Galal, Osman*
• Harrison, Gail*
• Neumann, Alfred* (Emeritus)
• Neumann, Charlotte*

Theater

• Robinson, Beverly J.*

World Arts and Cultures

• Waterman, Chris
• Cosentino, Donald*
• Roberts, Allen F. (Director JSCASC)*
• Ross, Doran (Guest Faculty)
• Teresita Dome-Perez (Guest Faculty) 

Visiting Scholars

• Kwame Labi, Art Historian and Fulbright Visiting Scholar from the University of Ghana, Legon Institute for African Studies. 
• Susanna Wing, Visiting Scholar, UCLA Department of Political Science
• Nwando Achebe, Visiting Scholar, UCLA Department of History