Faculty & Staff

Leading the field with professional and academic expertise.

The faculty of the African, Black and Caribbean Studies program have an international reputation for scholarship, as evidenced by the writings published, awards granted and fellowships earned by department members. Click on faculty names for more information about each professor’s research, experience, and contact information.

Program Administration

Carolyn Springer
Associate Professor, Director
Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Director
African, Black, and Caribbean Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
springer@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4981
Fax
516.877.4805
Location
Alumnae Hall 116
Fabian Burrell (She/Her)
MS
Coordinator for Programing and Community Engagement
African, Black, and Caribbean Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
fburrell@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4978
Fax
516.877.4579
Location
Alumnae Hall 118

Professors

Melanie Bush (She/Her)
Professor
Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
bush@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.3255
Fax
516.877.4717
Location
Blodgett Hall 102F

Associate Professors

Giovani Burgos
Associate Professor
Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
gburgos@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.833.8168
Location
Blodgett Hall 204B
Abdin Chande
Associate Professor
History, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
chande@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4798
Fax
516.877.4797
Location
Blodgett Hall 200B
Jacqueline Johnson
Associate Professor, Acting Chair
Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
jjohnson@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.3826
Fax
516.877.4717
Location
Blodgett Hall 105D
Patricia G. Lespinasse
PhD
Associate Professor
African, Black, and Caribbean Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
plespinasse@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4023
Location
Alumnae Hall 215
Jacqueline Olvera
Associate Professor, Director of Latin American and Latinx Studies
Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
jolvera@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.833.8161
Fax
516.877.4717
Location
Blodgett Hall 105A
Carolyn Springer
Associate Professor, Director
Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Director
African, Black, and Caribbean Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
springer@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4981
Fax
516.877.4805
Location
Alumnae Hall 116

Assistant Professors

Christopher Davis
PhD
Assistant Professor
African, Black, and Caribbean Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
cdavis@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4024
Location
Alumnae Hall 222
Ana Isabel Simon-Alegre (She/Her)
Assistant Professor
African, Black, and Caribbean Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
aisimon@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4046
Location
Alumnae Hall 202

Adjunct Faculty

Allia Abdullah-Matta
Adjunct Faculty
African, Black, and Caribbean Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
aabdullah-matta@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4979
Location
Alumnae Hall 114
Cheryl Halliburton-Beatty
EdD
Adjunct Faculty
African, Black, and Caribbean Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
challiburton-beatty@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4979
Location
Alumnae Hall 114
Yvan Garcia (He/Him)
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
ygarcia@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Marcus Naylor
Adjunct Faculty
African, Black, and Caribbean Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
mnaylor@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4979
Location
Alumnae Hall 114
Patrick Delices
Adjunct Faculty
African, Black, and Caribbean Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
pdelices@adelphi.edu

Faculty Advisory Committee

African, Black, and Caribbean Studies

Contact
E-mail
cabcs@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4980
Fax
516.877.4579
More Info
Website
Location
Alumnae Hall
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