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Faculty/Staff

Africana Studies Department - Faculty/Staff

Lewis Rosengarten

Title(s):

  • EOP Director Emeritus
  • Lecturer, Doctor of Music
  • Adjunct Lecturer

Department(s):

  • Africana Studies Department
  • Educational Opportunity Program (EOP)

Michael Tillotson

Michael Tillotson

Title(s):

  • Professor

Department(s):

  • Africana Studies Department

Elizabeth Bittel (they/them)

Elizabeth Bittel (they/them)

Title(s):

  • Internship Coordinator
  • Assistant Professor

Department(s):

  • Sociology/Anthropology Department

Additional Info:

  • Specializations: Environmental Sociology, Social Dimensions of Disasters and Hazards, Environmental Justice, Ethnographic Methods, Sri Lanka, Body Modification (Tattooing)
  • Courses: Introduction to Sociology, Methods of Social Research I, Environmental Sociology, Environmental Justice, Social Dimensions of Disaster
  • Affiliated Departments: International Studies, Africana Studies

Mary A. Cannito-Coville

Mary A. Cannito-Coville

Title(s):

  • Associate Professor

Department(s):

  • Sociology/Anthropology Department

Additional Info:

  • Specializations: Collateral consequences of mass incarceration, youth involvement in gangs, the school-to-prison pipeline.
  • Courses: Sociology of policing, Corrections, Sociology of violence, and Crime & Inequality.
  • Affiliated Departments: Africana Studies

Whitney Hargett

Whitney Hargett

Title(s):

  • Administrative Assistant 1

Department(s):

  • Political Science Department

Richard L Harris

Richard L Harris
Email Richard L Harris (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Lecturer I

Department(s):

  • Africana Studies Department

Nikolay R Karkov

Nikolay R Karkov
607-753-2727 (Office Phone)
Email Nikolay R Karkov (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Associate Professor

Department(s):

  • Philosophy Department

Additional Info:


Yomee Lee

Yomee Lee
607-753-5573 (Office Phone)
Email Yomee Lee (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Professor

Department(s):

  • Africana Studies Department
  • Kinesiology Department

Avanti Mukherjee

Avanti Mukherjee

Title(s):

  • Associate Professor

Department(s):

  • Economics Department

Christopher R Ortega

Christopher R Ortega
607-753-5512 (Office Phone)
Email Christopher R Ortega (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Associate Professor

Department(s):

  • Africana Studies Department
  • Communication and Media Studies Department

Susan J Rayl

Susan J Rayl
607-753-5457 (Office Phone)
Email Susan J Rayl (Work Email)

Title(s):

  • Associate Professor

Department(s):

  • Africana Studies Department
  • Kinesiology Department

Additional Info:

  • Research Interest: African American Sport History

Prof. Bekeh Ukelina (He, him)

Title(s):

  • Director, Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies
  • Professor

Department(s):

  • Africana Studies Department
  • Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies (CGIS)
  • History Department

Additional Info: