African Studies is interdisciplinary and faculty are in more than 15 different disciplines at Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts. For
a listing of faculty by department click here. Links to faculty’s home departments are provided on each faculty web page. In addition, three of the colleges have departments or programs with a focus on Africa.
Amherst College
Black Studies Department
Department Coordinator: Karla Keyes
Tel: (413) 542-5800
Fax: (413) 542-2133
E-mail: blackstudies@amherst.edu
Mitzi Goheen, Chair
Mailing Address:
Department of Black Studies
Amherst College
AC #2251
Amherst, MA 01002-5000
Shipping Address:
Department of Black Studies
Amherst College
108 Cooper House
86 College Street
Amherst, MA 01002
Mount Holyoke College
African American and African Studies Program
Tel: 413-538-2377/2577
Fax: 413-538-2513
Mount Holyoke College
50 College Street
South Hadley, MA 01075-6402
The Program Office is located in 312 Skinner Hall.
Contacts:
Holly J. Sharac, Senior Administrative Assistant: hsharac@mtholyoke.edu
Holly E. Hanson, Chair: hhanson@mtholyoke.edu
Smith College
African Studies Department
Director: Greg White
Government Department
gwhite@email.smith.edu
Tel: 413-585-3542
Smith College
Northampton, MA 01063
fax: 413-585-3389
Judy H. Fountain, Social Sciences Academic Secretary
(413)585-3602
jfountai@email.smith.edu
413-585-3602
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies
Tel: 413-545-2751
Fax: 413-545-0628
325 New Africa House
180 Infirmary Way
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA 01003-9289 USA
Chair of Department: Professor Amilcar Shabazz
Graduate Program Director: Professor Robert Paul Wolff
Head Secretary: Tricia Loveland
Five College African Studies
** Please note this office is only staffed part time a few hours a week.**
For inquiries about the African Studies Programs please contact, Elliot Fratkin, Chair of the Five College African Studies Council. You can also view the full listing of council members.
706 Herter Hall
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA 01003
asp@fivecolleges.edu
Tel: 413-545-2065
Project Assistant: Liz Byl
Council Chair: Elliot Fratkin