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  [### Daniel E. Agbiboa

 ](/people/daniel-e-agbiboa) <danielagbiboa@fas.harvard.edu>John and Ruth Hazel Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, and Associate Professor of African and African American Studies

 

 

 Daniel E. Agbiboa is Associate Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University, where he also serves as Faculty Associate of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Affiliate Faculty of the Bloomberg Center for Cities... 

 

 

      ![Daniel Agbiboa](/sites/g/files/omnuum8896/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/aaas/files/thumbnail_daniel_e._agbiboa_official_copy_1.jpg?itok=eV-B_DIe) 

 

 

 

   [### Francis Akutey-Baffoe

 ](/people/francis-akutey-baffoe) [francis\_akuteibaffoe@fas.harvard.edu](mailto:francis_akuteibaffoe@fas.harvard.edu)African Language Program Preceptor

 

 

 Francis Akutey-Baffoe is from Kumasi in Ghana. He is a Preceptor of African Languages in the Department of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Twi and Sociology, as well as a master’s degree in... 

 

 

      ![Francis Akutey-Baffoe](/sites/g/files/omnuum8896/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/aaas/files/francis_akutey.jpg?itok=yPkoyPVN) 

 

 

 

   [### Emmanuel K. Akyeampong

 ](/people/emmanuel-k-akyeampong) <akyeamp@fas.harvard.edu>Ellen Gurney Professor of History and Professor of African and African American Studies;

 

 

 Professor Akyeampong joined the History faculty at Harvard upon receiving his Ph.D. in African History from the University of Virginia in 1993. He received his master's degree at Wake Forest University in North Carolina in 1989, where he concentrated on... 

 

 

      ![Emmanuel Akyeampong](/sites/g/files/omnuum8896/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/aaas/files/emmanuel_k._akyeampong.jpg?itok=3yOf1MOp) 

 

 

 

   [### Paulina L. Alberto

 ](/people/paulina-l-alberto)On Sabbatical Fall 2026-Spring 2027

Professor of African and African American Studies and of History

Director of Graduate Studies

 

 

 On Leave Fall 2026-Spring 2027 Office Hours: Sign-Up Available via Canvas. Paulina L. Alberto is a historian of Afro-Latin American lives, thought, and politics as they unfolded in the aftermath of slavery, particularly in Brazil and Argentina. Her work... 

 

 

      ![Paulina Alberto](/sites/g/files/omnuum8896/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/aaas/files/paulina_alberto_0.jpeg?itok=EfYkv-qd) 

 

 

 

   [###  Amsale (Amy) Alemu

 ](/people/amsale-amy-alemu) <aalemu@g.harvard.edu>African and African American Studies with a primary field in History

 

 

 Amsale (Amy) Alemu is a Ph.D. Candidate at Harvard University in the Department of African and African American Studies with a primary field in History. Her dissertation research is on the political imaginaries of transnational movements through a history... 

 

 

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   [### Aabid Allibhai

 ](/people/aabid-allibhai)African and African American Studies, with a primary field in History

 

 

 Aabid Allibhai is a PhD candidate in the Department of African and African American Studies, with a primary field in history. Education: PhD Candidate, African and African American Studies, Harvard University (2018–) AM Candidate, History, Harvard... 

 

 

      ![Aabid Allibhai](/sites/g/files/omnuum8896/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/aaas/files/aabid_allibhai_-_news_1_0_0_0.jpg?itok=H69ggESm) 

 

 

 

   [### Ali S. Asani

 ](/people/ali-s-asani) <aliasani@fas.harvard.edu>Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies

Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures

On Leave

 

 

 Professor Asani holds a joint appointment between NELC and the Study of Religion. He also serves on the faculty of the Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies. He has taught at Harvard since 1983, offering instruction in a variety of languages such as... 

 

 

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   [### George Aumoithe

 ](/people/george-aumoithe) <gaumoithe@fas.harvard.edu>On Leave AY 2026-27

Assistant Professor of History and of African and African American Studies

 

 

 Office Hours: On Zoom by appointment, typically Thursdays at 3 PM George Aumoithe, BA (Bowdoin), MA, MPhil, PhD (Columbia), RYT-200 (Yoga Alliance), is a scholar-artist and historian of the 20th century United States. Professor Aumoithe joins Harvard as a... 

 

 

      ![George Aumoithe](/sites/g/files/omnuum8896/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/aaas/files/george_aumoithe_-_headshot_1.jpg?itok=4r_CJJqE) 

 

 

 

   [### Tim Barnicle

 ](/people/tim-barnicle) <timothybarnicle@g.harvard.edu>African and African American Studies, with a primary field in Sociology and a secondary field in History

 

 

 Tim Barnicle is a PhD candidate in the Department of African and African American Studies with a primary field in Sociology and a secondary field in History. 

 

 

      ![Tim Barnicle](/sites/g/files/omnuum8896/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/aaas/files/tim_barnicle_copy.png?itok=QjidCR1Y) 

 

 

 

   [### Robert H. Bates

 ](/people/robert-h-bates) <robert.bates.harvard.edu@gmail.com> Eaton Professor of the Science of Government and Professor of African and African American Studies 

 

 

 Robert H. Bates is Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard University. His research focuses on the political economy of development, particularly in Africa, and on violence and state failure. Bates has conducted field work in Zambia, Sudan... 

 

 

      ![Robert Bates](/sites/g/files/omnuum8896/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/aaas/files/robert_bates.jpg?itok=giBFnaEn) 

 

 

 

   [### Eli Bernhardt

 ](/people/eli-bernhardt) [eli\_bernhardt@fas.harvard.edu](mailto:eli_bernhardt@fas.harvard.edu)Coordinator of Academic Affairs and Communications

Assistant to the Chair

Pronouns: they, them, theirs

 

 

 In Office: Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays Eli assists with faculty searches and reviews, updates the website, assists the department's chair, and circulates news through the department's mailing lists and newsletter. Pronouns: they/them/theirs 

 

 

      ![Eli Bernhardt](/sites/g/files/omnuum8896/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-05/bernhardt.jpeg?itok=VD6W78cb) 

 

 

 

   [### Robin Bernstein

 ](/people/robin-bernstein) <rbernst@fas.harvard.edu>Dillon Professor of American History and Professor of African and African American Studies and of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality

Director of the Program in American Studies

 

 

 I am a cultural historian who specializes in U.S. racial formation from the nineteenth century to the present. A graduate of Yale's doctoral program American Studies and an elected member of the American Antiquarian Society, I am the Dillon Professor of... 

 

 

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