Dotun Ayobade
Assistant Professor of Performance Studies and Black Studies (On Leave Fall 2025 & Winter 2026)
Office location:
70 Arts Circle Drive, Room 5-148
dotun@northwestern.edu
Faculty
Marquis Bey
Professor of Black Studies
Office location:
1860 Campus Drive, Crowe Hall, Room 5-103
marquis.bey@northwestern.edu
Martha Biondi
Director of Graduate Studies, Lorraine H. Morton Professor of Black Studies; Professor of History
Office location:
1860 Campus Drive, Crowe Hall, Room 5-107
m-biondi@northwestern.edu
Joshua Crutchfield
Postdoctoral Fellow
Office location:
1860 Campus Drive, Crowe Hall, Room 5-140
joshua.crutchfield@northwestern.edu
Barnor Hesse
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Associate Professor of Black Studies, Political Science, and Sociology
Office location:
1860 Campus Drive, Crowe Hall, Room 5-131
E. Patrick Johnson
Dean, School of Communication; Annenberg University Professor
Office location:
70 Arts Circle Drive
dean-epj@northwestern.edu
Sylvester Johnson
Chair, Professor of Black Studies
Office location:
1860 Campus Drive, Crowe Hall, Room 5-101
sylvester.johnson@northwestern.edu
Silyane Larcher
Associate Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies and Black Studies
Office location:
1860 Campus Drive, Crowe Hall, Room 5-137
silyane.larcher@northwestern.edu
Mark Lockwood
SPAN Postdoctoral Fellow
Office location:
1860 Campus Drive, Crowe Hall, Room 5-141
mark.lockwood@northwestern.edu
John D. Márquez
Associate Professor of Black Studies and Latina and Latino Studies (On Leave 2025-26 Academic Year)
Office location:
1860 Campus Drive, Crowe Hall, Room 5-135
j-marquez@northwestern.edu
Mary Pattillo
Department of Black Studies; Harold Washington Professor of Sociology and Black Studies; Institute for Policy Research Faculty Affiliate (On Leave 2025-26 Academic Year)
Office location:
1860 Campus Drive, Crowe Hall, Room 5-111
m-pattillo@northwestern.edu
Kennetta Hammond Perry
Associate Professor of Black Studies (On Leave 2025-26 Academic Year)
Office location:
1860 Campus Drive, Crowe Hall, Room 5-113
kennetta.perry@northwestern.edu
kihana miraya ross
Assistant Professor of Black Studies
Office location:
1860 Campus Drive, Crowe Hall, Room 5-139
kihana@northwestern.edu
Nicole A. Spigner
Assistant Professor of Black Studies
Office location:
1860 Campus Drive, Crowe Hall, Room 5-117
nicole.spigner@northwestern.edu
Tracy Vaughn-Manley
Assistant Professor of Black Studies; Charles Deering McCormick Distinguished Professor of Instruction
Office location:
1860 Campus Drive, Crowe Hall, Room 5-143
t-vaughn@northwestern.edu