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African American and African Studies Faculty
African American and African Studies is an interdisciplinary concentration and draws on faculty from various disciplines.
Kathryn Boswell
Area of Specialization: Africa; conflict, displacement, and resettlement; material culture studies
PhD: Indiana University
- Office: Liebowitz Center for International Studies, 2nd floor
- (413)-644-4299
- kboswell@simons-rock.edu
- Faculty Bio
Joan DelPlato
Area of Specialization: 19th-century Orientalist art, The Harriet Tubman Series of Jacob Lawrence
PhD: UCLA
- Office: Daniel Arts Center, 130
- (413)-528-7412
- delplato@simons-rock.edu
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Brendan Mathews
Area of Specialization: Creative writing (fiction), contemporary literature
MFA: University of Virginia
- Office: Hall College Center, 2nd floor
- (413)-644-4281
- bmathews@simons-rock.edu
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John Myers
Area of Specialization: Jazz, composition, ethnomusicology, animation, guitar performance
PhD: University of Maryland at Baltimore
- Office: Daniel Arts Center, 131
- (413)-528-7213
- johnm@simons-rock.edu
- Faculty Bio | Website
Francisca Oyogoa
Area of Specialization: Labor, African American studies, globalization
PhD: University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Office: Hall College Center, 2nd floor
- (413)-644-4958
- foyogoa@simons-rock.edu
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