{"id":38,"date":"2018-01-17T06:03:55","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T06:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/africanstudies\/facultystaff\/"},"modified":"2024-05-30T08:37:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T13:37:33","slug":"facultystaff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/africanstudies\/facultystaff\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty &amp; Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These faculty are members of the steering committee for the African Studies concentration. Links direct you to faculty profile pages in their home department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-45\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hilary Chart\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2018\/01\/h-chart-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/anthropology\/facultystaff\/hilarychart\/\">Hilary Chart<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Visiting Instructor\n         <\/li>\n\t               <li class=\"position-description\">Socio-cultural anthropology, political economy, capitalism, development, business, work, education, cities, gender, race, ethnography, Africa, United States<\/li>\n\t\t   \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:hchart@macalester.edu\" >hchart@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-99\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Moustapha Diop\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2021\/02\/DiopWeb-140x0-c-default-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/french\/facultystaff\/elhadjidiop\/\">Moustapha Diop<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Visiting Assistant Professor, French\n         <\/li>\n\t               <li class=\"position-description\">Sub-Saharan African Francophone Studies<\/li>\n\t\t   \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:ediop@macalester.edu\" >ediop@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6490<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-47\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Erik Larson\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2018\/01\/eriklarson-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/sociology\/facultystaff\/eriklarson\/\">Erik Larson<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Professor of Sociology\n         <\/li>\n\t      \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:larsone@macalester.edu\" >larsone@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6309<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-48\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sowah Mensah\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2018\/01\/sowahmensah-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/music\/facultystaff\/sowahmensah\/\">Sowah Mensah<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Director of the African Music Ensemble\n         <\/li>\n\t      \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:mensah@macalester.edu\" >mensah@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6184<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-49\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lisa Mueller\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2018\/01\/muellerheadshot2-150x0-c-default.png\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/politicalscience\/facultystaff\/lisamueller\/\">Lisa Mueller<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Assistant Professor of Political Science\n         <\/li>\n\t               <li class=\"position-description\">Comparative politics, African politics, behavioral and development economics, and research methods.<\/li>\n\t\t   \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:lmueller@macalester.edu\" >lmueller@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6692<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-50\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"David Chioni Moore\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2018\/01\/davidmoore-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/internationalstudies\/facultystaff\/davidmoore\/\">David Chioni Moore<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Associate Professor, International Studies and English\n         <\/li>\n\t               <li class=\"position-description\">Literary interactions in the Black Atlantic world, notably Africa, the Caribbean, and African America; post-colonial and\/as the post-Soviet; comparative literature; cultural theory; globalization.<\/li>\n\t\t   \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:mooredc@macalester.edu\" >mooredc@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6242<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-51\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bill Moseley\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2018\/01\/billmoseley-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geography\/facultystaff\/billmoseley\/\">Bill Moseley<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Professor\n         <\/li>\n\t               <li class=\"position-description\">Political ecology, tropical agriculture, environment and development policy, and livelihood security<\/li>\n\t\t   \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:moseley@macalester.edu\" >moseley@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6126<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-52\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jessica Pearson\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2018\/01\/JPP-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/history\/facultystaff\/jessicapearsonpatel\/\">Jessica Pearson<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Assistant professor\n         <\/li>\n\t               <li class=\"position-description\">History, Modern Europe, Public Health, Decolonization<\/li>\n\t\t   \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:jpearso4@macalester.edu\" >jpearso4@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>Old Main 300, 651-696-6665<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-53\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ahmed Samatar\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2018\/01\/ahmedsamatar-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/internationalstudies\/facultystaff\/ahmedsamatar\/\">Ahmed Samatar<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            James Wallace Professor of International Studies\n         <\/li>\n\t               <li class=\"position-description\">Global political economy; political and social theory; African politics; leadership and the state; Somali studies; Islam and globalization.<\/li>\n\t\t   \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:samatar@macalester.edu\" >samatar@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6564<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-55\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t      <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/history\/facultystaff\/lindasturtz\/\">Linda Sturtz<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Professor &#038; Chair, History\n         <\/li>\n\t               <li class=\"position-description\">early North America, British Caribbean, Atlantic world<\/li>\n\t\t   \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:lsturtz@macalester.edu\" >lsturtz@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>Old Main 307, 651-696-6548<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-56\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jo\u00eblle Vitiello\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2018\/01\/joellevitiello-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/french\/facultystaff\/joellevitiello\/\">Jo\u00eblle Vitiello<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Professor, French and Francophone Studies\n         <\/li>\n\t               <li class=\"position-description\">Focuses on 20th-21st-century French and francophone literature and culture; Haitian literature and culture; French and Francophone Cinema; Postcolonial identities; Immigration; Violence in France and the francophone world.<\/li>\n\t\t   \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:vitiello@macalester.edu\" >vitiello@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6412<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-57\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Karl R. 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