Committee on African Studies | The University of Chicago Division of the Social Sciences

Associate Professor of Sociology

Professor McRoberts' scholarly and teaching interests include the sociology of religion, urban sociology, urban poverty, race, and collective action. Read more about his work here.

James Westfall Thompson Professor Emeritus of History and the College

Prof. Holt has retired and no longer directs BA theses or accepts new graduate students.

Professor Holt's field specialties include the United States; African American, Southern, and British-Caribbean history. Read more about his work here.

Professor, Department of Comparative Human Development

Professor Cole is a social and cultural anthropologist whose work examines how personal change and individual development shape, and are shaped by, broader political, economic and cultural transformations: the unruly terrain where person and history meet.

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D. Gale Johnson Distinguished Service Professor; Chair, Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity

Professor Cohen's general field of specialization is American politics, although her research interests include African-American politics, women and politics, lesbian and gay politics, and social movements.

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