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Faculty Affiliates

Faculty Affiliates of the Center for African Studies represent the full spectrum of the study of Africa at Harvard University. Affiliates contribute to the formulation of the Center’s academic and intellectual agendas. They also utilize the Center and its resources as a point of convergence, sharing trends, information and teaching resources related to Africa, and collaborating on research.

Christopher Duggan

Christopher Duggan

Professor in the Department of Nutrition (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Harvard Medical School)
Caroline Elkins

Caroline Elkins

Professor of History and African and African American Studies (Faculty of Arts and Sciences)
Thomas Henry Carroll/Ford Foundation Professor of Business Administration (Harvard Business School)
Myron (Max) Essex

Myron (Max) Essex

Mary Woodard Lasker Professor of Health Sciences (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health), Emeritus
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Cassandra Extavour

Timken Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
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Kristin Fabbe

Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Susan Farbstein

Susan Farbstein

Clinical Professor of Law (Harvard Law School)
Co-Director, International Human Rights Clinic
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Maha R. Farhat

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School
Wafaie W. Fawzi

Wafaie W. Fawzi

Richard Saltonstall Professor of Population Sciences (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)
Professor of Nutrition, Epidemiology, and Global Health (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)
Walter Friedman

Walter Friedman

Lecturer of Business Administration (Harvard Business School)
Director, Business History Initiative (Harvard Business School)
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Roger Fu

Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Director, Hutchins Center for African & African American Research
Alphonse Fletcher, Jr. University Professor (Harvard University)
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Bizu Gelaye

Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Co-Director, Research Ethics, Center for Bioethics, Harvard Medical School
Tyler Giannini

Tyler Giannini

Clinical Professor of Law (Harvard Law School)
Co-Director, International Human Rights Clinic
Christopher D. Golden

Christopher D. Golden

Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Planetary Health in the Departments of Nutrition; Environmental Health; and Global Health and Population
Sue Goldie

Sue Goldie

Roger Irving Lee Professor of Public Health (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)
Director, Global Health Education and Learning Incubator
Director, Center for Health Decision Science