Faculty and Staff
Director
Vanessa Quainoo, Ph.D., Communication Studies-AAF
Office: 102H Lippitt Hall
Phone: 401.874.4730
Email: vquainoo@mail.uri.edu
Staff
Lauren Bauer, Sr. Word Processing Typist
Office: 102J Lippitt Hall
Phone: 874-2536
E-mail: l_bauer@mail.uri.edu
Student Help
Keisha Opoku
Tolani Olagundoye
Office: 102 Lippitt Hall
Phone: 874-2536
Graduate Student Volunteer
Alice Odhiambo
Kasa Magazine Consultant
Samuel Aboh
Under Graduate Student Assistant
Ivan Brooks
Faculty with Joint Appointments in Africana Studies
Robert Dilworth, Ph.D., M.F.A., Art-AAF (Professor)
Rae Ferguson, Ph.D., History (Professor)
Gitahi Gititi, Ph.D., English (Professor)
Cynthia Hamilton, Ph.D., Africana Studies
Shanette Harris, Ph.D., Psychology-AAF (Associate Professor)
John McCray, Ph.D., Vice Provost Urban Programs CCE, URI Prov (Associate Professor)
Vanessa Quainoo, Ph.D., Communication Studies-AAF (Associate Professor)
Marie Schwartz, Ph.D., History-AAF (Assistant Professor)
Robert Weisbord, Ph.D., History-AAF (Professor)
Adjunct Faculty
Norman Barber, Ph.D., Education, (Adjunct Faculty)
Angel Green, Ph.D., Literature, (Adjunct Faculty)
Barry O'Connor, (Adjunct Faculty)
Earl Smith, , Assistant Dean-Student Affairs of Arts and Science, (Adjunct Faculty)
Rev. Joseph Quainoo, Ph.D.,URI in Ghana Language Instructor, (Adjunct Faculty)
Some faculty members in the college of Arts and Sciences who do not appear as AAF faculty also offer courses that fulfill the requirements leading to the B.A. in AAF.
