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University receives grant to hire Black studies faculty

The $3M in funding from the Mellon Foundation will help advance innovative and strategic faculty hiring in the Department of Black Studies.

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From left: Jordan Ealey and Philip V. McHarris are inaugural faculty members of the University of Rochester's Department of Black Studies. (University of Rochester photo / J. Adam Fenster)

Welcome new faculty!

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Department of Black Studies

New Faculty 2024-2025

The Department of Black Studies welcomes the following new faculty for the 2024-25 academic year:

  • Jordache Ellapen, associate professor
  • Karma Frierson, assistant professor
  • Stefanie K. Dunning, professor and director of the Susan B. Anthony Institute

In addition, we welcome additional core faculty members:

  • Jeffrey Q. McCune, chair
  • Cilas Kemedjio, professor
  • Jordan Ealey, assistant professor
  • Matthew Omelsky, associate professor and director of undergraduate studies
  • Philip V. McHarris, assistant professor

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