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Charles K. Ross
Director, African-American Studies Program
Associate Professor of African-American Studies and History
Ph.D., Ohio State University
African-American, U.S. 20th century, Sports
Office 309 Longstreet Hall
Telephone: 915-5978
cross@olemiss.edu


Ethel Young-Minor
Associate Professor of English and African-American Studies
Ph.D., Bowling Green State University
African American literature
Office: 208 Bondurant W
Telephone: 915-7688
eyoungmi@olemiss.edu


Erin D. Chapman
Assistant Professor of History and African American Studies
Ph.D., Yale University
20th Century African-American History, Race & Gender, US Culture
Office 314 Longstreet Hall
Telephone: 915-5977
echapman@olemiss.edu


Kirk Johnson
Assistant Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies
Ph.D, Sociology, University of Illinois
African American News
Office: 315 Longstreet & 116 Leavell Hall
Telephone: 915-6505
kjohnson@olemiss.edu


Marvin King
Assistant Professor of Political Science and African American Studies
Ph.D, Political Science University of North Texas. BA, Government, University of Texas
African-American Politics, Interest Groups, and Political Parties
Office: 211 Lester Hall
Telephone: 915-7403
marvin@olemiss.edu


Jesse Scott
Assistant Professor of English and African American Studies
Ph.D, American Studies University of Maryland.
MA, Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University.
BA, English, Virginia Commonwealth University
20tth Century African American Literature, African American Studies,
American Studies, & Popular Culture.
Office: 304 Longstreet
Telephone: 915-1479
jjscott@olemiss.edu



James F. Payne
Associate Professor of African-American Studies and History (Emeritus)
Ph.D., University of California-Irvine
African-American, U.S. 20th century, Black Education
jfpayne@olemiss.edu

Charles W. Eagles,
Professor of History
Ph.D., University of North Carolina
20th Century U.S., Civil Rights and Southern
Office: 321 Bishop
Telephone: 915-7733
eagles@olemiss.edu


Betty Crouther,
Associate Professor of Art
Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia
Nineteenth and twentieth century American art / Black American Art
Office: 301 Old Chemistry
Telephone: 915-7647
arpate@olemiss.edu


David Warren Steel,
Associate Professor of Music and Southern Culture
Ph.D. University of Michigan
Music history, Organ
Office:315 Barr
Telephone: 915-5181
mudws@olemiss.edu


Adetayo Alabi,
Assistant Professor of English
Ph.D. University of Saskatchewan
Postcolonial Studies (African, African-American and Caribbean)
Autobiographical genre in comparative Black Studies
Office: C216 Boundurant
Telephone: 915-6948
aalabi@olemiss.edu


George Worlasi Kwasi Dor,
Barksdale Assistant Professor of Music and Ethnomusicology
Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh
Sub-Saharan African music, African music theory
Office: 237 Meek
Telephone: 915-7269 
gwkdor1@olemiss.edu


Adam Gussow,
Assistant Professor of English and Southern Studies
Ph.D. Princeton University
African American literature, Southern literature, Blues and Jazz literary and cultural studies
Office: C213 Boundurant
Telephone: 915-7333
agussow@olemiss.edu


Jeff Jackson,
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Ph.D.University ofTexas
Race/ethnicity, Development and Globalization
Office: 205 Leavell
Telephone: 915- 7421
jacksonj@olemiss.edu


Angela Hornsby-Gutting,
Assistant Professor of History
Ph.D., North Carolina, Chapel Hill
African American, Gender, 20th century south
Office: 303 Bishop
Telephone: 915- 5360
ahornsby@olemiss.edu


Mohammad Bashir Salau,
Assistant Professor of History
Ph.D., York University, Canada
Sub Saharan Africa
Office: 328B Bishop
Telephone: 915- 5751
bashir@olemiss.edu