Our People

​​John Baugh

• Professor of Psychology, Anthropology, Education, English, Linguistics, and African and African-American Studies

• E-mail: jbaugh@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5960

​John Bowen

• Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology

• E-mail: jbowen@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5680

Sheretta Butler-Barnes

• Associate Professor of Social Work

Carol Camp Yeakey

• Professor of Education, Urban Studies, International and Area Studies, African and African American Studies, and American Culture Studies
• Founding Director of the Center on Urban Research & Public Policy and the Interdisciplinary Program in Urban Studies

• E-mail: cyeakey@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-6241

​Lingchei Letty Chen

• ​Chair of East Asian Languages and Cultures
• Professor of Modern Chinese Language and Literature Affiliate Professor of Comparative Literature Interim Director of Graduate Studies

• E-mail: llchen@wustl.edu

Adrienne Davis

• Vice Provost, William M. Van Cleve Professor of Law, Director of the Black Sexual Economies Project for the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Work and Social Capital, Founder & Coordinator of the Law & Culture Initiative

Ebony M. Duncan-Shippy

• Assistant Professor of Education
• Affiliate Faculty, Sociology and the Interdisciplinary Program in Urban Studies

• E-mail: duncane@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-6101

​Mary Ann Dzuback​

• Associate Professor Emerita of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
• Associate Professor Emerita of Education and History (by courtesy)

• E-mail: madzubac@wustl.edu

​Gerald Early

• Professor of English and of African & African American Studies

• E-mail: glearly@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4008

Rowhea Elmesky

• Director of Graduate Studies
• Associate Professor of Education

• E-mail: relmesky@wustl.edu

​Steven Fazzari

• Professor of Economics and Sociology

• E-mail: fazz@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5693

James L. Gibson

• E-mail: jgibson@wustl.edu

Clarissa Rile Hayward

• Associate Chair of Political Science
• Professor of Political Science, Philosophy (By Courtesy), and Urban Studies (Affiliate)

• E-mail: chayward@wustl.edu

David Konig

• ​Professor Emeritus of the Department of History

• E-mail: konig@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314 935-5459 (History); 314-935-9113 (Law School)

William Lowry

• Professor Emeritus of Political Science

• E-mail: lowry@wustl.edu

Kimberly Norwood

• Henry H. Oberschelp Professor of Law
• Professor of Law and Professor of African & African American Studies

​Shanti Parikh

• Chair of African and African-American Studies
• Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology and of African and African-American Studies

• E-mail: shanti.parikh@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-8755

Sunita Parikh

• Associate Professor of Political Science

• E-mail: saparikh@wustl.edu

​Timothy Parsons

• ​Professor of History and of African and African-American Studies

• E-mail: tparsons@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4974

Michelle Purdy

• Associate Professor of Education
• Affiliated Faculty, African and African-American Studies, Urban Studies, and Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Equity

• E-mail: mpurdy@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-8724

​Nancy Reynolds​

• ​Associate Professor of History, of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies (Affiliate), and of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies (Affiliate)

• E-mail: nreynolds@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4167

Will R. Ross

• Associate Dean for Diversity, Professor of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Senior Fellow at the Washington University Center for Health Policy

• E-mail: rossw@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-362-6861

Vetta L. Sanders Thompson

• E. Desmond Lee Professor of Racial and Ethnic Diversity, Associate Dean for Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity

Brenda Thacker

• Administrative Assistant

• E-mail: bthacker@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-6878

Karen Tokarz

• Charles Nagel Professor of Public Interest Law & Public Service
• Professor of African & African-American Studies, Negotiation & Dispute Resolution Program Director, and Civil Rights & Community Justice Clinic

James​ Wertsch

• Director Emeritus of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology Professor of Global Studies

• E-mail: jwertsch@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-9015

Rafia Zafar

• Professor of English, African and African-American Studies, and American Culture Studies

• E-mail: zafar@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-3465