Faculty and Staff

BMC Africana Faculty Listserv

“When our lived experience of theorizing is fundamentally linked to processes of self-recovery, of collective liberation, no gap exists between theory and practice.”
— Audre Lorde

 

Africana Studies Steering Committee

Paul Joseph López Oro

Assistant Professor and Program Director of Africana Studies
Areas of Focus
Black Latin American/U.S. Black Latinx social movements, Black Queer Feminisms, Black Queer Diaspora Studies, Maroon geographies of Centr...
Contact
plopezoro@brynmawr.edu
610-526-5544
Old Library 213
CV (PDF)
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Michael H. Allen

Associate Provost and Professor of Political Science on the Harvey Wexler Chair in Political Science
Areas of Focus
International studies with specializations in international political economy and international law; globalization; African and Caribbean...
Contact
mhallen@brynmawr.edu
610-526-5327
Dalton 100B
CV (PDF)
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Susanna Fioratta

Associate Professor and Chair of Anthropology, Director of the Center for Social Sciences
Areas of Focus
Socio-cultural anthropology; migration; politics and the state; everyday experiences of global economies; Islam; food and taste; West Afr...
Contact
sfioratta@brynmawr.edu
610-526-5419
Dalton 212D
CV (PDF)
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Mary J. Osirim

Professor Emeritus of Sociology
Areas of Focus
Gender and development; economic sociology; immigration; race; ethnic relations; sociology of gender and the family
Contact
mosirim@brynmawr.edu
Dalton
CV (PDF)
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Affiliated BMC Africana Faculty

Linda-Susan Beard

Professor Emeritus of Literatures in English
Areas of Focus
Contemplative intelligence, post-colonial literatures, South African and African-American literature  
Contact
lbeard@brynmawr.edu
English House
CV (PDF)
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Jennie Bradbury

Assistant Professor and Department Co-Chair of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology
Director of Graduate Studies
Areas of Focus
Social complexity in the ancient Near East; the role of "non-optimal" zones; burial traditions and mortuary practices; landscape archaeol...
Contact
jbradbury@brynmawr.edu
610-526-5659
Old Library 214
CV (PDF)
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Chloe Flower

Assistant Professor of Literatures in English
Areas of Focus
Nineteenth- and twentieth-century transatlantic literature and culture; childhood studies; children’s literature; juvenilia; object ...
Contact
cflower@brynmawr.edu
610-526-5403
English House 202
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Jennifer Harford Vargas

Associate Professor of Literatures in English on the Dorothy Nepper Marshall Professorship of Hispanic and Hispanic-American Studies
Co-Director of LAILS
Areas of Focus
Latina/o literary and cultural productions; contemporary U.S. literatures; trans-national American studies
Contact
jharfordva@brynmawr.edu
610-526-5309
English House 205
CV (PDF)
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Alice Lesnick

Term Professor in the Bryn Mawr/Haverford Education Department and Associate Dean for Global Engagement
Areas of Focus
Community-building in education and mentoring; community-based and collaborative learning; conflict resolution and restorative pract...
Contact
alesnick@brynmawr.edu
610-526-7944
CV (PDF)
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C.C. McKee

Assistant Professor of History of Art and Director of the Center for Visual Culture
Areas of Focus
Modern European and colonial art; the Caribbean; contemporary African diasporic art; theories of affect, Black feminism, ecocriticism, an...
Contact
cmckee1@brynmawr.edu
610-526-5652
Old Library 243
CV (PDF)
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Veronica Montes

Associate Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of Latin American, Iberian, and Latina/o Studies
Areas of Focus
Immigration/migration; Latino communities in the U.S.; gender; globalization; qualitative research methods; political economy
Contact
vmontes@brynmawr.edu
610-526-5059
Dalton 200B
CV (PDF)
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Julien Suaudeau

Senior Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies and Program Director of Film Studies
Areas of Focus
History of French colonialism; Critical race theory; Film studies; Creative writing
Contact
jsuaudeau@brynmawr.edu
610-526-6561
Old Library 149
CV (PDF)
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Affiliated Staff

Eric Pumroy

Research Associate
Areas of Focus
History and distribution of books from the Early Modern period.
Contact
epumroy@brynmawr.edu
Old Library 200A
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Arleen A. Zimmerle

Humanities and Media Librarian
Areas of Focus
Africana, Comparative Literature, Creative Writing, Dance, East Asian, Film, French, German, Italian, English, Spanish, Theater &nb...
Contact
azimmerl@brynmawr.edu
610-526-5277
Canaday 111
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Administrative Support Staff

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Africana Studies

Paul Joseph Lopez Oro
Director of Africana Studies
Assistant Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies
Old Library 213
Phone: 610-526-5544
plopezoro@brynmawr.edu