Kamau Kemayó
African-American Studies
Department Chair
Assistant Professor of African-American Studies
Ph.D. American Studies, St. Louis University
Email: kemayo.kamau@uis.edu
Office: UHB 3030
Phone: (217) 206-8248
Research Interests: Literature
Angela Winand
Assistant Professor of African-American Studies
Ph.D. American Culture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Email: awina2@uis.edu
Office: UHB 3033
Phone: (217) 206-8331
Research Interests: History of Creoles of color in New Orleans and Washington, D.C., with a special interest in gender
Rachell Anderson
Associate Professor of Human Services
Psy.D. Psychology, Adler School of Professional Psychology
Email: anderson.rachell@uis.edu
Office: BRK 337
Phone: (217) 206-7572
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Hugh Harris
Associate Professor of Political Studies
Email: harris.hugh@uis.edu
Office: PAC 356
Phone: (217) 206-7883
William Jordan
Associate Professor of Legal Studies, Applied Study
Email: jordan.william@uis.edu
Office: PAC 336
Phone: (217) 206-7880
Marcellus Leonard
Director of the Center for Teaching & Learning
Associate Professor of English
D.A. Teaching Writing, Illinois State University
Email: leonard.marcellus@uis.edu
Office: BRK 472
Phone: (217) 206-7452
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Deborah McGregor
Associate Professor of History and Women's Studies
Ph.D. History, Binghamton University
Email: mcgregor.deborah@uis.edu
Office: UHB 3063
Phone: (217) 206-7439
Livinus Odozor
Assistant Professor of English
Ph.D. English, University of Toronto
Email: lodoz2@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-8335
Office: UHB 3073
Research Interests: World literatures in English, African literature, Postcolonial literature and theory, Caribbean literature, cultural studies, contemporary theory and textual studies, the modern novel.
James Stuart
Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
Ph.D. Anthropology, University of California at Riverside
Email: stuart.james@uis.edu
Annette Van Dyke
Professor of English, Women's Studies, and Interdisciplinary Studies
Ph.D. American Studies, University of Minnesota
Email: vandyke.annette@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-7420
Office: UHB 3025
Research Interests: Multicultural American women's literatures; Native American literature and women's spirituality; African-American, Asian-American, Latina, and lesbian literatures.
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Luz Solano
Adjunct
Professor of African-American Studies and Spanish Language
Email: SUNRISE1127@msn.com
Office: UHB 3017
Phone: (217) 206-6092
Research Interests: Caribbean History and Culture
Jan Droegkamp
Emerita Professor of African-American Studies, Liberal Studies, Individual Option, and Women's Studies
Ed.D., University of Massachusetts
Email: jdroe1@uis.edu
Office: UHB 3028
Phone: (217) 206-7418
Research Interests: Women across cultures and South African women
Durward Long
Professor Emeritus of Economic History
Email: long.durward@uis.edu
Office: CBM 51
Phone: (217) 206-7434
