Faculty & Staff – Africana Studies

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Director

Chielo Eze Bio

Director of Africana Studies
Professor of Africana Studies

Office: Leighton Hall 423

Phone: 507 222 4497

Email: ceze@carleton.edu

Faculty

Jorge Banuelos ’20 Bio

Predoctoral Fellow in Religion and Africana Studies

Office: Leighton Hall 322

Phone: 507 222 5286

Email: jbanuelos@carleton.edu

Rebecca Brueckmann Bio

Associate Professor of History

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Anna Estes Bio

Director of the Ecology and Anthropology in Tanzania Program and Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies

Phone: 507 222 4991

Email: aestes@carleton.edu

Pamela Feldman-Savelsberg Bio

Broom Professor of Social Demography and Anthropology

Office: Leighton Hall 233

Phone: 507 222 4113

Email: pfeldman@carleton.edu

Andy Flory Bio

Associate Program Director of American Studies
Professor of Music

Office: Weitz Center for Creativity M209

Phone: 507 222 4390

Email: aflory@carleton.edu

Chérif Keïta Bio

William H. Laird Professor of French and the Liberal Arts

Office: Language & Dining Center 357

Phone: 507 222 4433

Email: ckeita@carleton.edu

Daniel Williams Bio

Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Sociology

Office: Leighton Hall 422

Phone: 507 222 5247

Email: dwilliams@carleton.edu

Affiliated Faculty

Sharon Akimoto Bio

Professor of Psychology

Off Campus: Spring 2026, Fall 2026

Office: Olin Hall 131

Phone: 507 222 4503

Email: sakimoto@carleton.edu

Faress Bhuiyan Bio

Associate Professor of Economics

Office: Willis Hall 320

Phone: 507 222 4395

Email: fbhuiyan@carleton.edu

Anita Chikkatur Bio

Chair of Educational Studies
Professor of Educational Studies

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Ryan Dawkins Bio

Assistant Professor of Political Science

Off Campus: Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027

Office: Hasenstab Hall 202

Phone: 507 222 4565

Email: rdawkins@carleton.edu

Anna Estes Bio

Director of the Ecology and Anthropology in Tanzania Program and Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies

Phone: 507 222 4991

Email: aestes@carleton.edu

Adriana Estill Bio

Professor of English and M.A. and A.D. Hulings Professor of American Studies

Office: Laird Hall 215

Phone: 507 222 4901

Email: aestill@carleton.edu

Christina Farhart Bio

Associate Professor of Political Science

Office: Hasenstab Hall 211

Phone: 507 222 5850

Email: cfarhart@carleton.edu

Kambiz GhaneaBassiri Bio

Professor of Religion

Office: Leighton Hall 319

Phone: 507 222 5372

Email: kghaneabassiri@carleton.edu

Xianan Jin Bio

Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations

Office: Hasenstab Hall 317

Phone: 507 222 4117

Email: xjin@carleton.edu

Adam Le Bio

Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science

Office: Hasenstab Hall 305

Phone: 507 222 4680

Email: ale@carleton.edu

Ingrid Luna Bio

Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish

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Cynthia Marrero-Ramos Bio

Assistant Professor of Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies, and Philosophy
Assistant Professor of Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies and Philosophy

Office: Leighton Hall 228

Phone: 507 222 4180

Email: cmarreroramos@carleton.edu

Whitney McClusky Bio

Instructor in Dance

Office: Weitz Center for Creativity 214

Phone: 507 222 4967

Email: wmcclusky@carleton.edu

Dave Schmalenberger Bio

Senior Lecturer in Percussion

Office: Weitz Center for Creativity M026

Phone: 507 222 5354

Email: dschmalenberger@carleton.edu

Student Departmental Advisers

Jonathan Birgen ’26

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Mia Lorenzo ’27

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Matthew Onyango ’28

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Staff

Thomas Nygaard Bio

Administrative Assistant for the Center for Global and Regional Studies

Office: Leighton Hall 424

Phone: 507 222 4588

Email: tnygaard@carleton.edu

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