Faculty & Staff

Director

Daniel Williams Bio

Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Sociology
Director of Africana Studies

Office: Leighton Hall 422

Email: dwilliams@carleton.edu

Faculty

Jorge Banuelos ’20 Bio

Predoctoral Fellow in Religion and Africana Studies

Office: Leighton Hall 322

Email: jbanuelos@carleton.edu

Rebecca Brueckmann Bio

Associate Professor of History

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Elizabeth Durham ’12 Bio

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Office: Leighton Hall 234

Email: edurham@carleton.edu

Chielo Eze Bio

Professor of Africana Studies

Off Campus: Winter 2027

Office: Leighton Hall 423

Email: ceze@carleton.edu

Andy Flory Bio

Professor of Music
Associate Program Director of American Studies

Office: Weitz Center for Creativity M209

Email: aflory@carleton.edu

Irene Kemunto Momanyi Bio

Visiting Assistant Professor of French

Office: Language & Dining Center 357

Email: imomanyi@carleton.edu

Affiliated Faculty

Sharon Akimoto Bio

Professor of Psychology

Off Campus: Spring 2026, Fall 2026

Office: Olin Hall 131

Email: sakimoto@carleton.edu

Faress Bhuiyan Bio

Associate Professor of Economics

Office: Willis Hall 320

Email: fbhuiyan@carleton.edu

Anita Chikkatur Bio

Professor of Educational Studies
Chair 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

Email: rdawkins@carleton.edu

Anna Estes Bio

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

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

Email: aestill@carleton.edu

Christina Farhart Bio

Associate Professor of Political Science

Office: Hasenstab Hall 211

Email: cfarhart@carleton.edu

Kambiz GhaneaBassiri Bio

Professor of Religion

Off Campus: Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027

Office: Leighton Hall 319

Email: kghaneabassiri@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

Office: Leighton Hall 228

Email: cmarreroramos@carleton.edu

Whitney McClusky Bio

Instructor in Dance

Office: Weitz Center for Creativity 214

Email: wmcclusky@carleton.edu

Dave Schmalenberger Bio

Senior Lecturer in Percussion

Office: Weitz Center for Creativity M026

Email: dschmalenberger@carleton.edu

Student Departmental Advisers

JaLynne Bolen ’28

Africana Studies major

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Zaraya Jordan ’27

Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies major · Africana Studies minor

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Mia Lorenzo ’27

Philosophy major · Africana Studies minor

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Staff

Thomas Nygaard Bio

Administrative Assistant for the Center for Global and Regional Studies

Office: Leighton Hall 424

Email: tnygaard@carleton.edu