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Faculty List
The following faculty members teach and/or conduct research on people of the African Diaspora and/or related topics in their respective fields. Click on the faculty member's name to be directed to their webpage.
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Dr. Mohamed Abdelsalam |
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Dr. Marten Brienen Dr. Brienen is interested in African history and African economic development. |
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Dr. Rebecca Brienen |
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Dr. Amy Carreiro |
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Dr. Carlos Cordova |
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N. Juliana Dewitt, M.S. |
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Dr. Gail Gates Understanding the nutrition-related issues of individuals in Africa, developing interventions to address these issues and training African professionals to identify and address these issues |
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Dr. Alyson Greiner |
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Dr. Katherine Hallemeier Dr. Hallemeier is interested in contemporary anglophone African fiction and creative nonfiction, as well as theories of cosmopolitanism and human rights. She currently researches representations of the American dream in literature of Africa and the African Diaspora. |
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Dr. Harounan Kazianga |
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Dr. Dale Lightfoot |
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Dr. Lynne Simpson Dr. Simpson is currently working with the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program to gather interviews from Oklahoma's Black towns. Her most recent writing is on the psychological impact of slavery in current fiction. |
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Dr. Barbara Stoecker Dr. Stoecker's current research focuses on maternal and child nutrition as well as micronutrient status. |
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Dr. Chandra Story Current research intesrest focuses on the intersection of social support and culture in health promotion programs; evaluation and assessment methods. |
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Dr. David Thomas Current research interests focus on the impacts of early nutritional experiences on infant cognition in Ethiopia and the US; and the neural mechanisms underlying cognitive development throughout the lifespan; development of empathy and prosocial behavior in US and cross-culturally. |
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Mr. Lawrence Ware Department of Philosophy 255 Murray lawrence.ware@okstate.edu |
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Dr. Craig Watters |
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Dr. Thomas Wikle |
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Dr. LaRicka Wingate Current interests include interpersonal causes, correlates, and consequences of suicidal behavior. Specifically, resilience, strengths, protective factors, suicide risk assessment, and suicidality in ethnic minority groups. Other interests include protective factors for minority group members and positive psychology. Teaching interests include clinical issues and black psychology. |