Takkara Brunson tbrunson@tamu.edu Associate Professor History

• Diaspora Studies
• Gender / Sexuality
• History of Race & Ethnic Theories / Studies
• Latin America & the Caribbean
• Cuba

Robert Durán rjduran@tamu.edu Director of Graduate Admissions Associate Professor Sociology

• Latina/o/x/e Studies / Mexican American Studies / Chicano/o/x Studies
• Critical Race Methods & Methodology / Research Methods
• Crime / Law

Ira Dworkin idworkin@tamu.edu Associate Professor English

• Africana Studies / African American Studies / Black Studies
• Diaspora Studies
• Anticolonialism
• Transnationalism

Sarah Gatson gatson@tamu.edu Associate Professor Sociology

• Intersectionality / Intersectional Racism
• Black Feminist Theory
• Critical Race Theory
• Race/Ethnicity & Citizenship
• History of Race & Ethnic Theories / Studies

Rebecca Hankins rhankins@tamu.edu Professor Global Languages & Cultures

• Africana Studies / African American Studies / Black Studies
• Religion
• Popular Culture
• Islam
• Pluralism

Amir Jaima ajaima@tamu.edu Assistant Professor Philosophy

• Black Aesthetics
• Black Male Studies
• Africana Philosophy

Alain Lawo-Sukam lawosukam@tamu.edu Coordinator of Africana Studies Program Associate Professor Global Languages & Cultures

• Expressive Culture / Art / Material Culture
• Hispanic Studies
• Afro-Hispanic Studies / African-Hispanic Studies

Kristan Poirot poirot@tamu.edu Executive Associate Head Associate Professor Communication & Journalism

• Activism / Social Movements
• Gender / Sexuality
• Intersectionality / Intersectional Racism
• Black Freedom Movements
• Black Feminist Theory

George Allen O. Villanueva gvillanueva@tamu.edu Doctoral Program Coordinator Associate Professor Communication & Journalism

• Racial / Ethnic / Ethnoracial Equity & Inequality
• Discourse / Communication
• Activism / Social Movements
• Diaspora Studies
• Asian American Studies / Asian Studies
• Justice / Social Justice
• Expressive Culture / Art / Material Culture
• Urban Studies