Merle Bowen
Director
Phone: 217-333-6335
Email: bowen@illinois.edu

Maimouna Barro
Associate Director, Curriculum and Instruction
Phone: 217-244-5457
Email: barro@illinois.edu

Charisse Jones
Office Support Associate
Phone: 217-333-6335
Email: cjones1@illinois.edu

Jamie McGowan
Associate Director, Programming, Administration and Outreach
Phone: 217-244-3648
Email: jmcgowan@illinois.edu

Anne Price
Office Manager
Phone: 217-244-4713
Email: aeprice@illinois.edu

Associated Faculty/Staff

Eyamba Bokamba
Director, Program in African Languages (PAL)
Phone: 217-244-3051
Email: bokamba@illinois.edu

Alfred Kagan
Africana Bibliographer
Phone: 217-333-6519
Email: akagan@illinois.edu

Graduate Assistants

Tage Biswalo
African Studies Outreach
Email: biswalo@illinois.edu

Eunhyun Kim
Website Development and Maintenance
Email: ekim1@illinois.edu

Lenis Saweda
Business Outreach
Email: lliverp2@illinois.edu