Faculty and Staff

Chair and Associate Professor

Thomas Bynum, Ph.D.
Department Chair and Associate Professor
216.523.7211 | t.l.bynum@csuohio.edu

Full-Time Africana Studies Faculty

Adrienne Gosselin, Ph.D. 
Faculty Africana Studies
216.687.3962 | a.gosselin@csuohio.edu
 

Courtesy Appointed Africana Studies Faculty

Gregory Conerly, Ph.D. | Department of History
Courtesy Appointed Faculty Africana Studies
216.687.3928 | g.conerly@csuohio.edu

Kathy Curnow, Ph.D. | Department of Art & Design
Courtesy Appointed Faculty Africana Studies
216.687.2105 | k.curnow@csuohio.edu

Frederick (Jeff) Karem, Ph.D. | Department of English
Courtesy Appointed Faculty Africana Studies
216.687.6979 | f.karem@csuohio.edu

Meshack Owino, Ph.D. | Department of History
Courtesy Appointed Faculty Africana Studies
216.523.7264 | m.owino@csuohio.edu

Mamadou Seck, Ph.D. | School of Social Work
Courtesy Appointed Faculty Africana Studies
216.523.7513 | m.seck@csuohio.edu

Karen Sotiropoulos, Ph.D. | Department of History
Courtesy Appointed Faculty Africana Studies
216.687.3940 | k.sotiropoulos@csuohio.edu
 

Part-Time Africana Studies Faculty

Joann Hall, MSSA, LISW-S, Ph.D.
Part-Time Instructor
216.687.3655 || j.g.hall22@csuohio.edu

Anna Jones, LISW-S
Part-Time Instructor
216.687.3655 || a.brightharp@csuohio.edu 

Paula Mickens-English, Ph.D.
Part-Time Instructor
216.687.3655 || p.mickens-english@csuohio.edu 

Eric Siler, M.F.A.
Part-Time Instructor
216.687.3655 || e.siler@csuohio.edu

Donna M. Whyte, Ph.D.
Part-Time Instructor
216.687.3655 || d.whyte@csuohio.edu

Africana Studies Staff

Prester Pickett, M.F.A.
Coordinator of the Howard A. Mims African-American Cultural Center
216.687.3656 || p.pickett@csuohio.edu

Karla Kennedy
Administrative Secretary
k.kennedy55@csuohio.edu