Faculty and Staff

Chair and Associate Professor
Dr. Thomas Bynum

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

Africana Studies

Mailing Address
Cleveland State University
Dept. of Africana Studies
2121 Euclid Ave., AST
Cleveland, Ohio 44115

Campus Location
Berkman Hall (BH)
1899 E. 22nd Street, Rm. 137

Contact
Phone: 216.687.3655
Fax: 216.687.5446
africanastudies@csuohio.edu