Core Department Faculty

Winnifred Brown-Glaude, Ph. D.

on sabbatical AY 23-24

Phone: (609) 771-2149

E-mail: wbrown@tcnj.edu

Office Number: Social Science Building 310

Degrees Earned

• Ph. D. in Sociology, Temple University

Courses Taught

• ‘Race and Ethnicity in Latin America and the Caribbean’
• ‘Women of Color: A Global Perspective’
• ‘Women in World Perspective: A View from the Caribbean’
• ‘Race and Ethnicity in the United States’

Research Interests

• Race and Ethnicity in the Anglophone-Caribbean
• Race, Gender and Informal Economies
• Gender and Globalization

Recent Research & Activities

• Feminist Mosaics: The Politics of Embodiment in the English Speaking Caribbean (currently working on this third book project)

Publications

• Higgler’s in Kingston: Women’s Informal Work in Jamaica (Vanderbilt University Press, 2011)
• Doing Diversity in Higher Education: Faculty Leaders Share Challenges and Strategies (Rutgers University Press, 2009)

Leigh-Anne Francis, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

E-mail: francisl@tcnj.edu

Degrees Earned

• Ph. D. in United States and African American History
• M.A. in U.S. and World History
• B.F.A. in Painting and Illustration

Courses Taught

• ‘African American Women’s History’
• ‘Topics in African American Studies – LGBTQ Communities of Color in U.S. History, 1600s to present’

Recent Research & Activities

• “Bad Girls: Race, Crime, and Punishment in New York State, 1893—1916″ (unpublished book manuscript)
• Volunteered as an instructor at Mountainvew Youth Correctional Facility for Men in New Jersey

Piper Kendrix Williams, Ph. D.

Department Chair

Professor of African American Studies and English

Phone: (609) 771-3113

E-mail: williamp@tcnj.edu

Office Number: Social Science Building 335

Degrees Earned

• M.A. and Ph. D., Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
• B.A., Spelman College

Courses Taught

• ‘Early African American Literature 1920’
• ‘Early African American Literature 1920 – 1980’
• African Disapora Literature
• Multicultural Studies

Publications

• Re-presenting Segregation: Toward and Esthetics of Living Jim Crow, co-edited with Brian Norma, (SUNY Press, 2010)

Zakiya R. Adair, Ph. D.

Associate Professor

Phone: (609) 771-2539

E-mail: adairz@tcnj.edu

Office Number: Social Science Building 309

Degrees Earned

• Ph. D. in Women’s Studies, University of Washington

Courses Taught

• Race, Gender and Cultural Production
• Gender and Popular Culture
• Black Feminist Thought
• Black Protest Music
• African Americans in Film

Research Interests

• Transnational women’s cultural history
• African American history
• Black internationalism with specific focus on early trans-Atlantic expressive culture

Recent Research & Activities

• National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Scholar in Residence at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 2013
• Currently working on completing her first book length monograph that will explore the relationship between race, gender and nation in trans-Atlantic and transnational vaudeville, cabaret and music hall in the early twentieth century

Michael Mitchell

Assistant Professor, African American Studies and Criminology

E-mail: mitchelm@tcnj.edu

Office Number: Social Science Building 334

• Ph.D. in Administration of Justice, Texas Southern University
• M.A. in Criminology and Criminal Justice, The University of Texas at Arlington
• B.S. in Administration of Justice, Texas Southern University

• Special Topics: School to Prison Pipeline
• Advanced Criminology: Race, Crime, and Justice
• History of Black Lives Matter: Intersectional Anti-Racism and Violence Studies
• Introduction to Social Justice

• Parental Incarceration
• Youth Justice
• Returning Citizens

• Currently working on several journal manuscripts on race, gender, and reentry experiences
• Community Screening Board Volunteer for New Jersey Intensive Supervision Program (ISP)
• Club Advisor for TCNJ Chapter of Students for Prison Education and Reform (SPEAR)

Dr. Michael B. Mitchell is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of African American Studies and Criminology. He holds a Ph.D. and B.S. in Administration of Justice from Texas Southern University and an M.A. in Criminology and Criminal Justice from The University of Texas at Arlington. Dr. Mitchell has prior professional experience in the criminal legal system as a detention service officer inside the Dallas County (TX) Jail-West Tower (mental housing facility) and a police officer with the City of Garland (TX) Police Department. As a professor, and researcher, Dr. Mitchell’s teaching and academic research foreground the lived experiences of
individuals directly impacted by the criminal legal system as well as those who work within it. He is a critical criminologist who engages a variety of audiences (e.g., students, criminal justice professionals, and the public) through speaking invitations and public-facing publications (i.e., op-eds and editorials) on race and policing in the United States, prisoner reentry/returning citizens, and youth and school security measures. At TCNJ, Dr. Mitchell regularly teaches courses on policing, social justice, race, crime, and justice, and the school-to-prison pipeline. In the broader community, he serves in a volunteer or advisory capacity for the following: New Jersey Intensive Supervision Program, City of Clifton Advisory Committee on Civil Rights,
Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement Committee (DICE) for the New Jersey Superior Court-Passaic Vicinage, Passaic County Advisory Board for the Reduction of Gun Violence, and WAFAA Organization.