Africana and Black Studies Faculty

NAME	CONTACT	DISCIPLINE	TITLE
Bobby Cummings, PhD	Phone: (509) 963-1075 Office: Michaelsen 104 Bobby.Cummings@cwu.edu When emailing Dr. Cummings, please use Arial Black font, size 18. English Department	English, Curriculum, Rhetoric and Composition, African American Literature	Program Director/Advisor and Professor
Masonya Bennett, PhD	Phone: (509) 963-1918 Office: Randall Hall 234 Masonya.Bennett@cwu.edu	Research interests: Race and Racialization in Latin America and the Caribbean; Immigration in the U.S. South; Race, space, and place; Material culture and Affect; Identity, Subjectivity and Subject formation in the African Diaspora; Black Popular Culture(s); Comparative Histories of the Black Atlantic; U.S-Central American/Latin American Relations in the early 20th century	Lecturer
Michelle O'Brien, PhD	Office: L&L 403H Michelle.O'Brien@cwu.edu	Teaching interests: Postcolonial literature, critical race studies, interdisciplinary gender studies, and transnational/transpacific literary studies	Assistant Professor of English
Cynthia Pengilly, PhD	Office: L&L 408C Phone: (509) 963-1557 Cynthia.Pengilly@cwu.edu	Teaching interests: Digital Pedagogy, Visual and Cultural Rhetorics, Technical Writing	Assistant Professor of English
Natashia Lindsey, PhD	Office: McConnell 107E Phone: (509) 963-1750 Natashia.Lindsey@cwu.edu	Broadly, her research examines the many intersections of performance and race.	Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts
Andre Dickerson, MA, MBA	Office: SURC 256 Phone: (509) 963-1850 Andre.Dickerson@cwu.edu Center for Leadership and Community Engagement	Born and raised in South Central Los Angeles, he is a first generation college graduate and previous hip-hop recording artist who has performed with superstar artists Snoop Dogg, Lupe Fiasco, Nipsey Hussle, and Chris Brown.	Director, Center for Leadership & Community Engagement
Delores Cleary, PhD	Phone: 509-963-2152/2195 Delores.Cleary@cwu.edu Sociology more information	Sociology, Ethnic Studies, American Indian Studies	Vice President for Inclusivity and Diversity - President's Office
Paulus Pimomo, PhD	Office: L&L 408F Paulus.Pimomo@cwu.edu English Department more information	English, Post Colonial Studies, African American and British Literature	Professor of English
Charles Reasons, PhD, JD	Phone: (509) 963-1779 Office: Ferrell Hall 3rd Floor Charles.Reasons@cwu.edu Law and Justice	Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law	Professor of Law and Justice
Todd Schaefer, PhD	Phone: (509) 963-3675 Office: Psych 413 Todd.Schaefer@cwu.edu Political Science more information	Political Science African Politics, Media	Professor of Political Science
Nelson Pichardo, PhD	Phone: (509) 963-1348 Office: Samuelson 232 Nelson.Pichardo@cwu.edu Sociology more information	Sociology, Ethnic Studies	Professor of Sociology
Teresa Divine, JD, LLM	Phone: (509) 963-3242 Office: Ferrell 343 Teresa.Divine@cwu.edu Law and Justice	Criminal Law, Correctional Law	Associate Professor of Law and Justice
Pedro (Xavier) Cavazos, M.F.A.	Phone: (509) 963-1573 Office: L&L 416-D Pedro.Cavazos@cwu.edu English Department more information	Poetry	Lecturer
Lacy Ferrell, PhD	Phone: (509) 963-1854 Office: L&L 100-G Lacy.Ferrell@cwu.edu History Department more information	Childhood, educaiton, colonialism, and gender. African History	Assistant Professor of History