Affiliated Faculty

 

Our Affiliated Faculty are talented Temple University faculty members from other departments and schools who have agreed to work collaboratively with African American Studies to enrich research, teaching and service efforts, as well as assist in departmental procedures and standards. 

 

They are an invaluable resource to our graduate students as subject specialists that are knowledgable in differing methodologies and by serving as advisors, research mentors and examination committee members.

 

Click on the listing below for contact information and subject specialties. 

 

College of Liberal Arts

 

Dr. Carolyn Adams, Department of Geography and Urban Studies

 

 

Dr. Rebecca Alpert, Departments of Religion and Women's Studies

 

 

Dr. Bettye Collier-Thomas, Department of History

• African American History and Women's History

 

 

Dr. Jane Gordon, Department of Political Science

 

 

Dr. Lewis Gordon, Department of Philosophy

 

Dr. Peter Gran, Department of History

• Middle East, Comparative and Political Economy

 

Dr. Wilbert Jenkins, Department of History

• African American History

 

Dr. Susan Klepp, Department of History

• Colonial America, Women, Social History

 

Dr. Terry Rey, Department of Religion

• Educated at universities on four continents, and having lived ten years of his adult life in Zaire and Haiti, Professor Rey specializes in the anthropology and history of African and African diasporic religions. His current research projects focus on Haitian religion in Miami, violence and religion in Central African and Haitian history, and religion on Fifth Street, Philadelphia. Through it all, he maintains a keen interest in the work and influence of French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu.

 

Dr. Wilbert Roget, Prof. of French, Department of French, German, Italian and Slavic

• French, French-based Creole and African Studies

 

Dr. Rickie Sanders, Department of Geography and Urban Studies

• Urban social geography, geographic education/ under represented groups, environment and development

 

Dr. Benjamin Talton, Department of History

• Modern Africa, Imperialism and Resistance, African Diaspora

 

Dr. Harvey Neptune, Department of History

• Transnational, African Diaspora, Modern Latin America

 

Dr. Ralph Taylor, Department of Criminal Justice

• reactions to crime; communities and crime; the incivilities or “broken windows” thesis; person environment interactions such as human territorial functioning, especially as they pertain to issues of crime, fear and disorder; environmental justice; and community and crime impacts on health related outcomes

 

Dr. Teshale Tibebu, Department of History

 

• African History, Comparative History, Third World History

 

School of Social Work

 

Dr. Larry Icard, School of Social Work

 

 

College of Education

 

Dr. James Earl Davis, Education Leadership and Policy Studies, Interim Dean

• My research focuses on gender and schooling outcomes; men, boys and masculinity; sociology of higher education; and applied research methods. I am particularly interested in issues of access and equity in the educational pipeline as they are informed by gender, race, class, and the intersection of these social locations. My work has appeared in various research journals, including the Gender & Society, Urban Education, American Journal of Evaluation, Peabody Journal of Education, Evaluation Review, and Educational Researcher. I am the author of African American Males in School and Society: Policies and Practices for Effective Education (with Vernon C. Polite) and Black Sons to Mothers: Compliments, Critiques, and Challenges for Cultural Workers in Education (with M. Christopher Brown).

 

Dr. Joseph Ducette, Educational Psychology

• Attribution Theory
• Diversity
• Urban Education
• Early Intervention
• Learning Disabilities

 

Dr. Will Jordan, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

• My recent scholarship has focused on conducting empirical research to enhance program and policy development for improving the conditions of education in urban schools. In recent years, I have engaged in a variety of research projects on issues such as high school and postsecondary collaborations, the connection between school leadership content knowledge in mathematics and instructional quality, and interventions to improve failing comprehensive high schools. My primary interests and expertise fall in the areas of sociology of education, urban education, high school reform, resiliency among adolescents of color, and at-risk students.

 

Dr. Portia Hunt, Counseling Psychology

• Multicultural Competencies in Counseling Psychology
• Counselor Training and Skill Development
• Diversity Training in Education, Human Services and Business
• Clinical Supervision

 

Center for the Arts

 

Dr. Kimmika Williams-Witherspoon

• Theatre