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Diversity Researchers
African American/Black Issues
| NAME | RESEARCH DESCRIPTION | CONTACT INFORMATION |
|---|---|---|
Badiane, Mamadou | Afro-Caribbean cultural identity and representation in literature | Romance Languages and Literatures 882-9419 BadianeM@missouri.edu |
| Baum, Robert | African religious and social history | Religious Studies 882-3066 BaumR@missouri.edu |
| Cameron, Glen T. | Enhancing cancer coverage in black newspapers; field research and in-person interviewing of welfare leavers in Missouri | Strategic Communication 884-2607 CameronG@missouri.edu |
| Campione-Barr, Nicole | Middle-class African American mother-adolescent interactions | Psychological Sciences 884-1681 CampioneBarrN@missouri.edu |
| Cordones-Cook, Juanamaria | Contemporary Spanish American literature and culture with special interest on Afro-Hispanic writers | Romance Languages and Literatures 882-3328 CordonesCookJ@missouri.edu |
| Frisby, Cynthia | Effects of idealized images on perceptions of body esteem among African-American women | Strategic Communication 882-6232 FrisbyC@missouri.edu |
| Gibson, Maya | Interconnections and inter-relationships among Afro-American music (especially jazz), popular music, and issues concerning race, gender, and sexuality; Black American gospel and blues | Music 882-0648 GibsonMC@missouri.edu |
| Harrison, Sheri-Marie | African Diaspora studies | English 882-2728 HarrisonSL@missouri.edu |
| Hoard, Adrienne | Abstraction and the African American aesthetic | Art 882-4547 HoardA@missouri.edu |
| Hudson-Weems, Clenora | Black studies; Africana Womanism | English 882-2783 HudsonWeemsC@missouri.edu |
| Ispa, Jean | Parent-child and teacher-child interaction; family and child care in Russia; Spanking and verbal punishment in low-income white, African America and Mexican American toddlers; inner-city single black mothers' gender-related childbearing expectations and goals | Human Development and Family Studies 882-2796 IspaJ@missouri.edu |
| Kaussen, Valerie M. | Francophone Caribbean literature and culture, French and francophone cinema, cultural studies, and literary theory | Romance Languages and Literatures 882-5045 KaussenV@missouri.edu |
| King, Wilma | African American history; experiences of free African American women before the general emancipation in 1865 | History 882-4612 KingW@missouri.edu |
| Langley, April | 18th- and 19th-century African American and American literature and theory | English 884-9774 LangleyA@missouri.edu |
| Len-Rios, Maria | Underserved audiences and marginalized groups with regard to health reporting, health communication campaigns and crisis communication; representation of women in news and photos; obesity frames in black newspapers and mainstream newspapers | Strategic Communication 884-0111 LenRiosM@missouri.edu |
| Minta, Michael D. | Representation of Black and Latino interests in the U.S. Congress | Political Science 882-7873 MintaM@missouri.edu |
| Okonkwo, Christopher N. | 20th century African American literature and culture; African literature in English; post-colonial theory | English 882-3025 OkonkwoC@missouri.edu |
| Prahlad, Sw. Anand | Contemporary poetry; folkloristics; culture studies of the African Diaspora | English 882-0664 Prahlad@missouri.edu |
| Shonekan, Stephanie | Ethnomusicology; the evolving parallels that exist in the literature and music of Africa and the African Diaspora; black women and life writing; | Music ShonekanS@missouri.edu |
| Thornburg, Kathy | Relations among maternal racial identity, maternal parenting behavior and child outcomes in low-income urban black families; understanding parenting stress among young, low-income, African-American first-time mothers | Human Development and Family Studies 882-9998 ThornburgK@missouri.edu |
