Our Team
The People Shaping ARC
ARC’s Founding Board brings together faculty, university staff, and community leadership. Board members help shape the Center’s research agenda, student opportunities, public scholarship, cultural initiatives, and community partnerships.
Center Leadership
Taharka Adé, Ph.D.
ARC Founding Director and Board Member
Associate Professor
Department of Africana Studies
Founding Board
Sureshi M. Jayawardene, Ph.D.
ARC Board Member
Associate Professor; Department Chair and Advisor
Department of Africana Studies
Adisa A. Alkebulan, Ph.D.
ARC Board Member
Associate Professor
Department of Africana Studies
Daniela Gomes da Silva, Ph.D.
ARC Board Member
Assistant Professor
Department of Africana Studies
Charmane M. Perry, Ph.D.
ARC Board Member
Associate Professor
Department of Africana Studies
Anta Anthony Merritt, Ph.D.
ARC Board Member
Assistant Professor
Department of Africana Studies
Tamika Lovelace
ARC Board Member
Administrative Coordinator
Department of Africana Studies
’Niyi Coker, Jr., Ph.D.
ARC Board Member
Professor
School of Theatre, Television, and Film
Malcolm Oliver II, Ph.D.
ARC Board Member
Director
Gus and Emma Thompson Black Resource Center
Gloria L. Rhodes
ARC Board Member
Outreach and Diversity Initiatives Librarian; Associate Librarian
SDSU Library
Community Leadership
Alexis Dixon
ARC Board Member
Founder & Creative Director
Brilliance Exposed
Johanne Gnagne
ARC Board Member
Founder & CEO
Klaman & Co.
Center Staff
Assata Baker
Graduate Assistant
M.A. Program: Anthropology
Whitney Anderson
Student Research Assistant
Major: Africana Studies
Andrea Brown
Student Research Assistant
Major: Africana Studies
Shaunessy Cardwell
Graduate Assistant
M.A. Program: Anthropology
Briana Redmon
Student Research Assistant
Major: Africana Studies
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Africana Research & Cultural Renaissance Center
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182-6032
619-594-3888
Location: Arts and Letters (AL) 378
Email: [email protected]