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	Akinwumi Ogundiran Professor & Chair Africana Studies Africana Studies aogundir@uncc.edu
Research Interests: • African/African Diaspora Archaeology • Cultural History and Material Culture • State and Society in Atlantic Africa • Rituals and Social Memory • African Modernities Website: http://www.africana.uncc.edu/full-time-faculty/21-ogundiran-akin.html Community Involvement: • The African Diaspora Consortium of Charlotte-Mecklenburg • Juneteenth Festival of the Carolinas • The Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts & Culture • Charlotte Teachers Institute


	Tanure Ojaide Frank Porter Graham Professor Africana Studies 138 Garinger tojaide@uncc.edu
Research Interests: African/Pan-African Literatures, World & Postcolonial Literatures, Oral Traditions of Africa and the African Diaspora,and Creative Writing (Poetry). Website: http://africana.uncc.edu/content/view/24/73/ Community Involvement: International Black Writers of Charlotte and North Carolina Writers' Network.


	Thomas Rogers Assistant Professor Africana Studies Garinger 137 trogers3@uncc.edu
Research Interests: Modern Latin American History, Brazil and the Caribbean, Histories of race, labor, and the environment Website: http://africana.uncc.edu/content/view/26/51/ Community Involvement: Participated in programming with International House and the Latin American Coalition


	Debra Smith Assistant Professor Africana Studies 129 Garinger debrasmi@uncc.edu
Research Interests: African-Americans in Communication and Popular Culture, Minority Images in Media, African-American Contemporary Folklore, Teaching Strategies utilizing Popular Culture, Rap Music, Language and Power, Media Literacy Website: http://africana.uncc.edu/content/view/25/73/ Community Involvement:


	Robert Smith Assistant Professor Africana Studies 133 Garinger robsmith@uncc.edu
Research Interests: African American History, U.S. Legal History, American History Website: http://africana.uncc.edu/content/view/27/49/ Community Involvement: Multiple programmatic efforts with the Afro-American Cultural Center, Levine Museum of the New South, Charlotte Museum of History, International House and Generation Engage


	Dorothy Smith-Ruiz Associate Professor & Interim Chair Africana Studies 130 Garinger dsruiz@uncc.edu
Research Interests: Factors Contributing to Changes in American Family Structure; Stress and Custodial Grandparenting; Ethnicity and Family Caregiving for Children and youth with chronic disease; Transnational Families; Work and Occupations; Social Policy and Families. Website: http://africana.uncc.edu/content/view/28/73/ Community Involvement: The Africana Studies Department faculty and staff participate in a number of activities and programs at the Afro-American Cultural Center, International House, the Charlotte Museum of History, and the Levine Museum of the New South. Professor Ruiz volu


	Veronica Walker Associate Professor Africana Studies 134 Garinger vnwalker@uncc.edu
Research Interests: Foreign Policy of African States, International Relations, African Politics, African Economic Development, Pan-Africanism and the Black World Website: http://africana.uncc.edu/content/view/29/52/ Community Involvement: