Meet the Team

Leadership

Donette Francis

Donette Francis

Assoc. Professor
Director for the Center for Global Black Studies

(305) 284-5608
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Donette Francis is director for the Center for Global Black Studies and past director the American Studies Program at the University of Miami. An Associate Professor of English and founding member of the Hemispheric Caribbean Studies Collective, her research and writing investigate place, aesthetics and cultural politics in the African...
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Edmund Abaka

Edmund Abaka, Ph.D.

Assoc. Professor
Director of Graduate Studies

(305) 284-3702
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A graduate of the University of Cape Coast in Ghana, Dr. Abaka earned his Ph.D. in African History from York University and his Master of Arts in European History from the University of Guelph in Canada. He teaches African and African Diaspora History courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels. These include HIS 201: History of Africa I...
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Sophia George

Sophia George

Assoc. Professor

(305) 243-2036
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Emelia Duarte

Sr. Business Officer 2 - Schools/Colleges (Central Budget)

(305) 284-9343
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Student Assistants
Kelby James: Office Assistant Digital Media Manager,
Major | Psychology & Criminology
Geltricia Head: 
UGROW Fellow
Doctoral Candidate, History 

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