African Diaspora Studies Faculty
Chair
Associate Professor
Kesho Scott Chair
Email: willisjo@grinnell.edu
I am a scholar of the history of Africa and its diaspora in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean worlds whose research explores themes of performance, labor, and heritage. I earned my Ph.D. in History from Emory University and have held fellowships at the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American...
Associate Professor
Email: hillsdar@grinnell.edu
Darrius D. Hills is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at ΢ÃÜÆƽâ. He received his M.Div. from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, and his M.A. and Ph.D in Religion (concentration in African American Religion) from Rice University. His research ventures privilege African...
Associate Professor
Email: jonesste@grinnell.edu
Stephanie P. Jones, Ph.D. is an associate Professor of Education at ΢ÃÜÆƽâ, where she teaches courses in Youth Culture, Young Adult Literature and Introduction to Educational Studies. Her two research strands examine Black women’s literacy practices and the exploration of racialized trauma...
Assistant Professor
Email: lavanmak@grinnell.edu
Makeba Lavan is an assistant professor in English at ΢ÃÜÆƽâ. Generally speaking, her research focuses on (African) American Studies, Afrofuturism/Speculative Fiction and Popular Culture. In the fall of 2018, Makeba was granted a fellowship in the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality department at...