THE FACULTY
CORE FACULTY
Dr. Melinda Chateauvert: Assistant Professor in African American Studies, teaches AASP 400 Directed Readings in African American Studies, AASP 411 Black Resistance Movements, AASD 441 Science and Technology in the Black Community, and AASP 314 The Civil Rights Movement.
Key Reseach Interests:
Phone: 301.405.1164
Email: mchateau@aasp.umd.edu
Email: mchateau@aasp.umd.edu
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Gniesha Y. Dinwiddie: Assistant Professor in African American Studies, Faculty Associate at the Maryland Population Research Center and Faculty Affiliate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Maryland College Park. She is also an Associate Faculty Member in the Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions at Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, teaches AASD 100 Introduction to Africa and African American Studies, AASD 101 Public Policy and the Black Community, AASD 395 Fundamentals in Quantitative Research Methods.
Key Research Interests: Social Determinants of Health, Race/Ethnic Disparities, Bio-Social Interaction for Disease Vulnerability, Social Stress and Cardiovascular Disease risk, Mental Health.
Phone: 301.405.8938
Email: gdinwiddie@aasp.umd.edu
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Dr. William W. Falk, Chair
Dr. William (Bill) W. Falk, Professor of Sociology and Affiliate of AASD
Gniesha Y. Dinwiddie: Assistant Professor in African American Studies, Faculty Associate at the Maryland Population Research Center and Faculty Affiliate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Maryland College Park. She is also an Associate Faculty Member in the Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions at Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, teaches AASD 100 Introduction to Africa and African American Studies, AASD 101 Public Policy and the Black Community, AASD 395 Fundamentals in Quantitative Research Methods.
Key Research Interests: Social Determinants of Health, Race/Ethnic Disparities, Bio-Social Interaction for Disease Vulnerability, Social Stress and Cardiovascular Disease risk, Mental Health.
Phone: 301.405.8938
Email: gdinwiddie@aasp.umd.edu
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Dr. William W. Falk, Chair
Dr. William (Bill) W. Falk, Professor of Sociology and Affiliate of AASD
Key Research Interests: Economy and Society; Sociological Theory; The American South.
Phone: 405-1162
Email: wfalk@socy.umd.edu
Phone: 405-1162
Email: wfalk@socy.umd.edu
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Dr. Sharon Harley: Associate Professor in African American Studies, teaches AASP 202 Black Culture in the U.S., AASP 428F Women and Work, and AASP 498W Black Women in the U.S.
Key Research Interests:
Dr. Sharon Harley: Associate Professor in African American Studies, teaches AASP 202 Black Culture in the U.S., AASP 428F Women and Work, and AASP 498W Black Women in the U.S.
Key Research Interests:
Phone: 301.405.1173
Email:sharley@aasp.umd.edu
Email:sharley@aasp.umd.edu
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Dr. Odis Johnson: Assistant Professor in African American Studies, teaches AASP 301, Applied Policy Analysis and the Black Community and AASP 305, Theoretical, Methodological and Policy Research in African American Studies.
Dr. Odis Johnson: Assistant Professor in African American Studies, teaches AASP 301, Applied Policy Analysis and the Black Community and AASP 305, Theoretical, Methodological and Policy Research in African American Studies.
Key Research Interests: Urban and Community Sociology; Sociology of Education; Racial and Ethnic Populations; Social Policy; Quantitative Methodology (HLM, Meta-Analysis & Program Evaluation).
Phone: 301.405.1158
Fax: 301.314.9932
Email: ojohnson@umd.edu
Phone: 301.405.1158
Fax: 301.314.9932
Email: ojohnson@umd.edu
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Dr. Sangeetha Madhavan: Assistant Professor in African American Studies, Maryland Population Research Center University of Maryland, College Park, teaches AASP 398D, Special Topics in the African Diaspora: Issues in African Development and AASP 297, Research Methods in African American Studies.
Dr. Sangeetha Madhavan: Assistant Professor in African American Studies, Maryland Population Research Center University of Maryland, College Park, teaches AASP 398D, Special Topics in the African Diaspora: Issues in African Development and AASP 297, Research Methods in African American Studies.
Key Research Interests: Family demography, Parenting Relationships, Children’s/Adolescent Well-being, Social Context of HIV/AIDS, Sub-Saharan Africa.
Phone: 301.405.1166
Email: smadhavan@aasp.umd.edu
Email: smadhavan@aasp.umd.edu
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Dr. Joseph B. Richardson, Jr.: Assistant Professor in African American Studies, teaches AASP 297 Research Methods in African American Studies, AASP 100 Introduction to African American Studies and AASP396 Non-Thesis Option.
Dr. Joseph B. Richardson, Jr.: Assistant Professor in African American Studies, teaches AASP 297 Research Methods in African American Studies, AASP 100 Introduction to African American Studies and AASP396 Non-Thesis Option.
Key Research Interests:Violence and Trauma Among African-American Men; Health Risk Behaviors Among Youth Offenders in Adult Jails; Parenting Strategies for At-Risk African-American Male Youth; Social Capital and Social Networks; Urban Sociology; Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Methods.
Phone: 301.405.1163
Email: jorichardson@aasp.umd.edu
Phone: 301.405.1163
Email: jorichardson@aasp.umd.edu