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Claudine Gay

Wilbur A. Cowett Professor of Government and of African and African-American Studies

I am professor of Government and of African and African-American Studies. Previously I had served as the Dean of Social Science for the Faculty...

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CGIS Knafel 431
Harvard University
1737 Cambridge St. Department of Government
Cambridge, MA 02138
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Jarvis R. Givens

Associate Professor of Education
Faculty Affiliate, African and African-American Studies

Jarvis R. Givens is an Associate Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) and the Suzanne Young Murray Assistant Professor at the...

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Office: Gutman 447
Faculty Assistant: Annemari Korte, annemari_korte@gse.harvard.edu
p: 617.496.4827
Office Hours: By appointment
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Anya Henry

Joint Concentration:
History and Literature
African American Studies
Anya Henry (she/her) is a junior living in Lowell House and is pursuing a joint concentration in History and Literature and African American Studies.  Her... Read more about Anya Henry
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Huey Hewitt

African American Studies with a primary field in History and a secondary field in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality

Huey Hewitt is a doctoral candidate in African American Studies with a primary field in History and a secondary field in Studies of Women, Gender, and...

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Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham

Victor S. Thomas Professor of History and of African and African American Studies

Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of History and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. She held the...

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Department of African and African American Studies
12 Quincy St. Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
Fax: (617) 496-0862
p: (617) 495-7828
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Jennifer L. Hochschild

Henry LaBarre Jayne Professor of Government and Professor of African and African American Studies
Member of the Faculty of Education; Harvard College Professor; Member of the Faculty at the John F. Kennedy School of Government

On leave Fall 2023 & Spring 2024

Jennifer Hochschild is the Henry LaBarre...

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Government Department
1737 Cambridge St. CGIS, N-412
Cambridge, MA 02138
Fax: (617) 495-0438
p: (617) 496-0181
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Biodun Jeyifo

Professor of African and African American Studies and of Comparative Literature

Scholarly and Professional Interests: African and Caribbean 'Anglophone' literatures; theatrical theory and dramatic literature, Western and non-Western;...

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Department of African and African American Studies
12 Quincy St. Harvard University
Barker Center 258
Cambridge, MA 02138
Fax: (617) 496-2871
p: (617) 384-9418
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Walter Johnson

Winthrop Professor of History and Professor of African and African American Studies

Walter Johnson's work focuses on slavery, capitalism, and, increasingly, imperialism in the nineteenth century. His first book, Soul by Soul (...

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Center for Government and International Studies
1730 Cambridge St. CGIS South Bldg. S420
Cambridge, MA 02138
Fax: (617) 496-0621
p: (617) 496-0621
Ella Jones

Ella Jones

Joint Concentration:
History and Literature
African American Studies
Ella Jones (she/her) is a sophomore living in Cabot House and is pursuing a joint concentration in History & Literature and African & African American... Read more about Ella Jones