Africana Studies

Faculty and Staff

Director & Associate Professor
ThomasBynumThomas Bynum, Ph.D.
Department Chair & 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
Anne Berry, M.F.A. | Department of Art & Design
Courtesy Appointed Faculty Africana Studies
216.687.2143 | a.h.berry@csuohio.edu
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
Barbara G. Hoffman, Ph.D. | Department of Anthropology
Courtesy Appointed Faculty Africana Studies
216-687-3549 || B.hoffman@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
Jose Sola, Ph.D. | Department of History
Courtesy Appointed Faculty Africana Studies
216.532.7189 | j.sola@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
Part-Time Instructor
216.687.3655
Charlotte Ivey, Ph.D.
Part-Time Instructor
216.687.3655
Paula Mickens-English, Ph.D.
Part-Time Instructor
Prester Pickett, M.F.A.
Part-Time Instructor
216.687.3655 || p.pickett@csuohio.edu
Eric Siler, M.F.A.
Part-Time Instructor
216.687.3655
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
LaDonna M. Simmons, B.S., M.A.
Administrative Secretary
216.687.3655 || l.m.simmons71@csuohio.edu