Affiliated Faculty
The allied programs in the Department of Critical Race, Gender, and Cultural Studies include Affiliated Faculty. Affiliated Faculty status allows faculty to have a recognized relationship to a department or program outside their formal appointment.
Affiliated faculty status is appropriate for faculty who have teaching or scholarly expertise relevant to the affiliate department and its programs. This will often mean regularly teaching a core course and/or important electives within the department of affiliation. Or, it may reflect relevant professional experience, scholarship, or creative activity that substantially enriches the experiences of students in the affiliate department.
Affiliated status is conferred by the Chair of the affiliated department, in consultation with the relevant program director.
Africana Studies

Abel Amado
Assistant Professor
Political Science & International Relations
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Sheldon George
Professor and Chair of English
English
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Dawna M. Thomas
Professor and Chair of Sociology
Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies
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Janie Ward
Professor and Interdisciplinary Program Director
Africana Studies and Education
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Lynn Perry Wooten
President of Simmons University
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Lena Zuckerwise
Assistant Professor
Political Science & International Relations
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Asian Studies

Shirong Luo
Associate Professor
Philosophy
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Jyoti Puri
Professor and Hazel Dick Leonard Chair
Sociology
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Niloufer Sohrabji
Professor
Economics
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Abel Amado
Assistant Professor
Political Science & International Relations
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Jyoti Puri
Professor and Hazel Dick Leonard Chair
Sociology
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Women's and Gender Studies

Diane Grossman
Professor and Chair; Honors Program Director, Mockler Chair, Faculty Senate President, Interdisciplinary Program Director
Philosophy
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Kelly Hager
Interim Dean of the Undergraduate Program
English
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Lena Zuckerwise
Assistant Professor
Political Science & International Relations
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Briana Martino
Assistant Professor
Communications
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Dawna M. Thomas
Professor and Chair of Sociology
Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies
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Suzanne Leonard
Professor and Interdisciplinary Program Director
EnglishCritical Race, Gender, and Cultural Studies
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Heather Hole
Associate Professor and Director Arts Administration Program
Art and Music
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Gender and Cultural Studies

Sarah Leonard
Associate Professor and Acting Chair, Department of Critical Race, Gender and Cultural Studies
History and Critical Race, Gender and Cultural Studies
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Saher Selod
Associate Professor
Sociology
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Briana Martino
Assistant Professor
Communications
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Jyoti Puri
Professor and Hazel Dick Leonard Chair
Sociology
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