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African American Studies Department
Mailing Address: (U.S. Postal Service)
Yale University
Department of African American Studies
PO Box 208212
New Haven, CT 06520-8212
Street Address: (UPS and FedEx)
Yale University
Department of African American Studies
81 Wall Street - Room 104
New Haven, CT 06520
Telephone & Fax Numbers
Phone: 203.432.1177
Email Address
Department Chair
Phillip Atiba Goff
Carl I. Hovland Professor of African American Studies and Professor of Psychology
Director of Graduate Studies
Erica Edwards
Professor of English & African American Studies
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Elizabeth Hinton
Associate Professor of History & African American Studies
Chair’s Assistant / Senior Administrative Assistant
Vanessa Epps
Phone: 203.432.1177
Academic Support Assistant (Registrar)
Kirsten Dudley
Phone: 203.432.1170
(Please contact Kirsten Dudley regarding all inquiries about admissions to African American Studies.)
Senior Operations Manager
Phone: 203.432.1682