Africana Studies: Program Committee

McKinley E. Melton (joined Rhodes faculty in 2024). Professor and Chair of Africana Studies. B.A., Duke University; Ph.D, University of Massachusetts Amherst. (Africana Studies, African American Literature and Culture).

Katherine Clay Bassard (2021). Professor of English and Africana Studies. B.A., Wake Forest University; M.A., Virginia Commonwealth University; Ph.D., Rutgers University. (Africana Studies, African American Literature and Culture).

Cara Djonko-Moore (2018). Associate Professor and Chair of Educational Studies. B.A., Northwestern University; M.A., University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., Temple University. (Culturally Responsive Pedagogy, Urban Education).

Charles Hughes (2012). Associate Professor of History and Urban Studies; The J.J. McComb Chair in History. B.A., M.A., and Ph.D., University of Wisconsin. (African American History, Popular Music and Culture, Twentieth-century United States).

Charles W. McKinney, Jr. (2004). Professor of History. B.A., Morehouse College; M.A. and Ph.D., Duke University. (African American History, Civil Rights Studies, Twentieth-century United States).

Samson Ndanyi (2018). Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies.  B.S. and M.S., Towson University; M.A., Morgan State University; Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington. (African History, African American Studies, African Diaspora Studies, World History).