Victor Alabi
Visiting Lecturer in Language Studies
Areas of Interest: Yoruba Discourse and Pedagogy. Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis, Semiotics and Sociolinguistics in African Languages. Multilingualism and Media Discourse. African Linguistics.
Faculty Affiliates
Geri Augusto
Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Areas of Interest: Indigenous and other subjugated knowledge systems, science and technology policy in the Global South, Black transnationalism and history of black resistance (USA, Southern Africa, Brazil), critical black geographies, transformation of higher education systems.
- +1 401 863 9068
- geri_augusto@brown.edu
Robert Blair
Arkadij Eisler Goldman Sachs Associate Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs
Areas of Interest: Peacekeeping, statebuilding, security sector reform, quantitative and experimental methods.
- +1 401 863 9728
- robert_blair@brown.edu
Barrymore Bogues
Asa Messer Professor of Humanities and Critical Theory
Professor of Africana Studies
Director of the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice
Areas of Interest: African and African diaspora political theory, intellectual and cultural histories; African and Caribbean politics; Global South development issues; Caribbean Art; political economy of race, slavery and the history of capitalism.
- +1 401 863 1782
Nitsan Chorev
Harmon Family Professor of Sociology
Professor of International and Public Affairs
Areas of Interest: Global Health, Foreign Aid, International Organizations, Globalization, Neoliberalism.
- +1 401 863 7698
- nitsan_chorev@brown.edu
Omar Galarraga
Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice
Areas of Interest: Health economics: incentives for behavioral change, evaluation of health systems reform, applying rigorous quasi-experimental approaches to estimate effects of health interventions, and microsimulation and economic evaluation of public health programs.
- +1 401 863 2331
- omar_galarraga@brown.edu
Patrick Heller
Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs
Areas of Interest: Development, globalization, social theory, democratization, governance, urban transformation.
- +1 401 863 5357
- patrick_heller@brown.edu
Nancy Jacobs
Professor of History
Areas of Interest: South Africa, colonial Africa, the environment, animals, and knowledge about the environment and animals.
- +1 401 863 9342
- nancy_jacobs@brown.edu
Don Operario
Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Areas of Interest: HIV, mental health, and related health issues (substance use, structural violence, access to services) in historically marginalized populations.
- +1 401 863 6657
- don_operario@brown.edu
Daniel Jordan Smith
Charles C. Tillinghast, Jr. ’32 Professor of International Studies
Professor of Anthropology
Director of the Africa Initiative
Areas of Interest: Nigeria, Africa, development, medical anthropology, gender, population processes, infrastructure, corruption
- +1 401 863 1938
- daniel_j_smith@brown.edu
Michael White
Robert E. Turner Distinguished Professor of Population Studies, Professor of Sociology
Director of Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences Sociology
Areas of Interest: Migration and population distribution: from urban residential segregation, to rural-urban migration in developing societies, to contemporary international migration and immigrant assimilation.
- +1 401 863 1083
- michael_white@brown.edu