People

FULL TIME FACULTY

Garry J Bertholf
Assistant Teaching Professor, Africana Studies
Research:

• Historical Musicology; African American Studies

bertholf@sas.upenn.edu
 

David Fryer, Ph.D.
Assistant Teaching Professor, History & Politics
Research:

• Gender Theory; Queer Theory; Genderqueer Theory; Ethics; Psychoanalysis; Phenomenology; Africana Thought; Secular Jewish Thought

david.r.fryer@drexel.edu

Gabriella Ibieta, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English, English & Philosophy
Research:

• Comparative Literature; Cuban and Latin American Fiction

ibietag@drexel.edu

Emmanuel Koku, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Culture & Communication
Research:

• Social network analysis; Qualitative/Quantitative Research Methods; Social Demography; Medical Sociology/Social Epidemiology;  Communication and Information Technology; Community and Urban Sociology; Sociology of Development

emmanuelkoku @ drexel.edu

Kristine Lewis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Education, School of Education
Research:

• Experiences of students of African descent at predominantly white colleges and universities;  College access and college student development; Youth civic engagement in urban school reform; Qualitative research and evaluation

ksl33@drexel.edu

Abioseh Porter, Ph.D.
Department Head of English and Philosophy
Professor of English
Research:

• Western and Nonwestern Literary Traditions; Economic Development; West African Fiction

abiosehp@drexel.edu

Rachel Reynolds, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Communication Research:  Sociolinguistics; Ethnography of Communication; Discourse Analysis; West African History and Culture rrr@drexel.edu PART TIME FACULTY Carolyn Holmes, Ph.D. Adjunct Faculty, Women Studies Research: Women’s Studies; Africana Studies carolyn.l.holmes@drexel.edu Nsenga Lee Johannson, Ph.D. Adjunct Professor, Africana Studies Research: African/African American Studies nlj24@drexel.edu Jacqueline Sadashige Adjunct Professor, Africana Studies and Women’s Studies Research: Women’s Studies/ African American Studies Emily Rodio Adjunt Professor, Africana Studies and International Area Studies Research: Africana Studies STAFF Kate Hughes Assistant Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Programs Academic Advisor for Africana Studies (p) 215.895.1208 khughes@drexel.edu Jessica Kratzer Program Coordinator, Center for Interdisciplinary Programs (p) 215.895.1863 jkk55@drexel.edu Jacqueline Rios Program Coordinator, Center for Interdisciplinary Programs Webmaster (p) 215.895.6910 jsr62@drexel.edu