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Black Studies Faculty <\/h1>\n\n\n<section id=\"block_directory_69ee52f35291d\" class=\"directory vertical\"><header class=\"directory__heading\"style=\"justify-content: space-between;\"><h2>Minor Coordinator<\/h2><\/header><div class=\"directory-cards directory-cards-vertical\"><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Robin Turner <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/api-profiles\/rlturne1-V10VlsqDC.jpg' alt='Headshot of Robin Turner' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Professor of Political Science<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-8559'>317-940-8559<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:rlturne1@butler.edu'>rlturne1@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-rlturne1'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-rlturne1'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Robin Turner\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-rlturne1' role='region' aria-labledby='person-rlturne1' hidden><p><p><br><\/p>\n<p>Robin L. Turner is a Professor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/political-science\">Political Science<\/a> and Coordinator of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/african-black-studies\/faculty\/\">African and Black Studies Minor<\/a> at Butler University in the USA and an honorary research associate of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swop.org.za\/\">Society, Work, and Politics Institute<\/a> at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. Co-founder of Black Women Writing African Politics and Women of Color in Comparative Politics, Dr. Turner also served as the founding director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/core\/\" title=\"&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun:yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;\/span&gt;Social Justice and Diversity Butler University\nCore Curriculum\">&nbsp;Social Justice and Diversity Butler University Core Curriculum<\/a> requirement from 2017 to 2019 and as Chair of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/political-science\" title=\"&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;7v2gt-1-0&quot; style=&quot;box-sizing: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-text=&quot;true&quot; style=&quot;box-sizing: inherit;&quot;&gt;Department of Political Science&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;\">Department of Political Science<\/a> and Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/peace-conflict\" title=\"&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;7v2gt-3-0&quot; style=&quot;box-sizing: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-text=&quot;true&quot; style=&quot;box-sizing: inherit;&quot;&gt;Peace and Conflict Studies Program&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;\">Peace and Conflict Studies Program<\/a> from 2019 to 2025. She earned a master&#8217;s degree and doctorate in political science at the University of California, Berkeley and a masters degree in social science (African politics) from the University of Cape Town (South Africa). Her research, writing, and teaching span multiple fields, including political science, gender studies, African studies, development studies, tourism studies, political ecology, and geography.<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Turner&#8217;s research focuses principally on how public policies shape rural political economies, influence identities, and affect people\u2019s behavior in southern Africa. She uses interviews, ethnography, and archival research to examine the interplay between state policies and local practices over time and to look closely at how past and present ways of structuring property and authority shape local political economies and influence constructions of identity. She has published on topics ranging from the politics of tradition; dispossession, property, and nature tourism; and field research to decolonial pedagogy in journals including <em>Africa Spectrum<\/em>,<em> Development and Change<\/em>, <em>Journal of Modern African Studies<\/em>, <em>Peacebuilding<\/em>, and <em>Qualitative and Multi-Method Research<\/em>. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Turner teaches courses that help students better understand the perspectives, experiences, and political strategies of historically marginalized people in Africa, the United States, and elsewhere in the world. Her courses contribute to the political science major and minor, to the core curriculum, and to several interdisciplinary programs She led the the development of a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/library\/collections\/digital-image-collections\/ghs-student-projects\"> new Global and Historical Studies course<\/a> centered on the question, &#8220;What is Freedom,&#8221; with grant support from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neh.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"NEH\">National Endowment for the Humanities<\/a>,&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Her recent course offerings include:<\/p>\n<blockquote>GHS 206 Africa and the World<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>GHS 210 Freedom and Movement in the Transatlantic World&nbsp;<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>PO 151 Introduction to Comparative Politics<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>PO 245\/SW-PO 245 Politics from the Margins &nbsp;<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>PO 350 African Politics<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>PO 351 Politics of Gender &amp; Sexuality in Africa&nbsp;<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>PO 352 Comparative Political Economy&nbsp;<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>PO 354 Environmental Justice&nbsp;<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>PO 490 Senior Seminar on Women and Politics across the World&nbsp;<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><br><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>&nbsp;<\/blockquote>\n<p><br><\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-rlturne1 --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><\/div> <!-- .directory-cards --><\/section>\n\n<section id=\"block_directory_69ee52f37ef74\" class=\"directory vertical\"><header class=\"directory__heading\"style=\"justify-content: space-between;\"><h2>Faculty<\/h2><\/header><div class=\"directory-cards directory-cards-vertical\"><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Nadia Eldemerdash <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/neldemerdash-mCAHmsM4oWcUXWoD2NKJ9-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Nadia Eldemerdash' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Lecturer Political Science<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-5922'>317-940-5922<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:neldemerdash@butler.edu'>neldemerdash@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Charlene Fletcher <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/cfletche-PDqY57AfJcUTcXP3Ca1LZ-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Charlene Fletcher' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Assistant Professor &#8211; History<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-5790'>317-940-5790<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:cfletche@butler.edu'>cfletche@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-cfletche'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-cfletche'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Charlene Fletcher\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-cfletche' role='region' aria-labledby='person-cfletche' hidden><p><p>Dr. Charlene Fletcher is the Frances Shera Fessler Assistant Professor of History and affiliate faculty in the Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (RGSS) Program.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>Before her academic career, Charlene led a domestic violence and sexual assault program, as well as a significant prison reentry initiative in New York City, helping individuals transition from incarceration back to society. She also served as a lecturer in Criminal Justice at the City University of New York. Her forthcoming book, <em>Confined Femininity: Race, Gender, and Incarceration in Kentucky, 1865-1920<\/em>, explores the experiences of African American women in confinement in Kentucky during the Reconstruction and Progressive Era. This work specifically highlights the lives of confined Black women by examining not only carceral settings but also mental health institutions and domestic spaces as sites of confinement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>Charlene&#8217;s latest research project is inspired by her grandmother&#8217;s memories and adopts a transnational approach to race and confinement in the American South. Titled <em>Catfish and Spaghetti: Social Relations between Italians and African Americans in the Mississippi Delta, 1880-1950<\/em>, this project investigates Italian migration and experiences in the Mississippi Delta from the late nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. It critiques the Italian padrone system as a form of confinement and examines the relationships between Italians and African Americans, who shared close proximity and similar experiences in the rural Jim Crow South.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>In addition to her research, Dr. Fletcher serves on the editorial boards of <em>The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society <\/em>and the <em>North Meridian Review<\/em>. She is also an elected member of the National Council of Public History (NCPH) Board of Directors.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-cfletche --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Jishnu Guha-Majumdar <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/api-profiles\/jguhamajumdar-Nk3hxSMls.jpg' alt='Headshot of Jishnu Guha-Majumdar' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Assistant Professor &#8211; Political Science<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:'><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:jguhamajumdar@butler.edu'>jguhamajumdar@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Vitor Martins Dias <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/api-profiles\/vmartinsdias-4y2A8uBUkx.jpg' alt='Headshot of Vitor Martins Dias' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Assistant Professor &#8211; Sociology &#038; Criminology<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:'><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:vmartinsdias@butler.edu'>vmartinsdias@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-vmartinsdias'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-vmartinsdias'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Vitor Martins Dias\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-vmartinsdias' role='region' aria-labledby='person-vmartinsdias' hidden><p><p>I am an Assistant Professor in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/sociology-criminology\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"\">Department of Sociology &amp; Criminology<\/a>&nbsp;at Butler University. I am a socio-legal scholar exploring how legal, political, and social actors influence global and local institutions and organizations, producing social change or reproducing structural inequalities. Globally, I study how lawyers shape trade regimes between countries, which has contributed to today&#8217;s climate crisis. Locally, I analyze the mobilization against and governance of climate change in Brazil&#8217;s Amazon, where I was born and raised. My work has appeared in&nbsp;<em>World Development, Sociology of Development, Law &amp; Social Inquiry, University of Illinois Law Review, University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, and Cambridge University Press<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>After moving from Brazil to the U.S., I earned my LL.M. and Ph.D. degrees from Indiana University Bloomington. In 2022-2023, I was a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/kellogg.nd.edu\/vitor-martins-dias\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visiting Fellow<\/a>&nbsp;at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame. At IU-Bloomington, I remain affiliated with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/casel.indiana.edu\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Center for the Analysis of Social-Ecological Landscapes<\/a>&nbsp;and the Maurer School of Law&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/law.indiana.edu\/research\/centers\/global-legal-profession\/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Stewart Center on the Global Legal Profession<\/a>. I am currently co-editing a special issue of the Law &amp; Society Review on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/page\/journal\/15405893\/homepage\/call-for-papers\/changing-climate\" rel=\"nofollow\">Law in a Changing Climate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can find more information about Vitor at <a href=\"https:\/\/vitormartinsdias.github.io\/\">vitormartinsdias.github.io<\/a>.<\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-vmartinsdias --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Cham Moore <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/cmoore3-JHv7YmmRO8Cq36J-3im3w-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Cham Moore' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Assistant Professor English in African American Literature<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-5989'>317-940-5989<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:cmoore3@butler.edu'>cmoore3@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Fait Muedini <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/api-profiles\/fmuedini-N13GYfQfl.jpg' alt='Headshot of Fait Muedini' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Professor International Studies<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:'><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:fmuedini@butler.edu'>fmuedini@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-fmuedini'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-fmuedini'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Fait Muedini\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-fmuedini' role='region' aria-labledby='person-fmuedini' hidden><p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.faitmuedini.com\">Fait Muedini<\/a> is a faculty member in the Department of International Studies at Butler University. He is also a Fellow at the Desmond Tutu Center for Peace, Reconciliation, and Global Justice at the Christian Theological Seminary and Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana.\u00a0<\/p><p>He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University at Buffalo, SUNY, an M.A. in International Affairs from the American University School of International Service, and a B.A. in Political Science from Wayne State University. His teaching and research interests are centered primarily on issues of human rights, Islam and politics, and the politics of the Middle East and North Africa.<br\/><\/p><p>Dr. Muedini is the author of two books: <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.palgrave.com\/page\/detail\/sponsoring-sufism-fait-muedini\/?isb=9781137521064\">Sponsoring Sufism: <\/a><\/i><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.palgrave.com\/page\/detail\/sponsoring-sufism-fait-muedini\/?isb=9781137521064\">How Governments Promote &#34;Mystical Islam&#34; in their Domestic and Foreign Policies<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(Palgrave Macmillan, 2015), and <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.palgrave.com\/page\/detail\/human-rights-and-universal-child-primary-education-fait-muedini\/?sf1=barcode&amp;st1=9781137523235\">Human Rights and Universal Child Primary Education<\/a><\/i> (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015). He has also published peer-reviewed articles in <i>PS: Political Science and Politics<\/i>, <i>Oxford Handbooks Online<\/i>, <i>The Muslim World<\/i>, and <i>The Muslim World Journal of Human Rights<\/i>, along with other publication outlets.<\/p><p>His public speaking has included talks and presentations at different universities and conferences, as well as the <a href=\"http:\/\/indianapolis.granicus.com\/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=51&amp;clip_id=13497\">Foreign Policy Association&#8217;s Great Decision Series<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/&lt;iframe scrolling=&#34;no&#34; style=&#34;border:0&#34; width=&#34;480&#34; height=&#34;460&#34; id=&#34;GranicusFlashPlayerFrame&#34; src=&#34;http:\/\/indianapolis.granicus.com\/MediaPlayer.php?clip_id=13497&amp;view_id=51&amp;embed=1&amp;player_width=480&amp;player_height=360&amp;entrytime=0&amp;stoptime=3174&amp;auto_start=0&#34;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\"><\/a> in Indianapolis.<\/p><p><span>Dr. Muedini has also published opinions in popular press outlets such as <\/span><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/articles\/2015-11-03\/sponsoring-sufism\">Foreign Affairs<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/articles\/2015-11-03\/sponsoring-sufism\"><\/a><\/i><span>.\u00a0<\/span><br\/><\/p><p><span>In addition, Dr. Muedini founded and runs the website <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.internationalrelations.org\">www.internationalrelations.org<\/a><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-fmuedini --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Corey Reed <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/cnreed-4Kb4AZWhUIuzsnfkeVzNs-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Corey Reed' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Assistant Professor &#8211; Philosophy<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-8363'>317-940-8363<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:cnreed@butler.edu'>cnreed@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-cnreed'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-cnreed'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Corey Reed\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-cnreed' role='region' aria-labledby='person-cnreed' hidden><p><p>Corey Reed is the Katherine and Tracy McGregor Assistant Professor of Humanities and a member of the Philosophy faculty. He is one of three co-directors for the Hub on Black Affairs and Community Engagement and a steering committee member in the Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (RGSS) program at Butler University.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Morehouse College, double majoring in English and Philosophy, his Master of Arts degree from the University of Louisville in Comparative Humanities, and his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Memphis with a graduate certificate in Women and Gender Studies. &nbsp;He specializes in Africana Philosophy and the Critical Philosophy of Race and Racism, with nterests in Existentialism, Phenomenology, Feminism\/Male Theories 20th Century French Continental Philosophy, and Aesthetics.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More information can be found at https:\/\/www.coreynreed.com\/&nbsp;<\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-cnreed --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Avenel Rolfsen <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/arolfsen-AcDqdySuGkT34JKZ2wN3y-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Avenel Rolfsen' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Lecturer &#8211; History-Anthropology<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-5937'>317-940-5937<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:arolfsen@butler.edu'>arolfsen@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-arolfsen'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-arolfsen'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Avenel Rolfsen\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-arolfsen' role='region' aria-labledby='person-arolfsen' hidden><p><p>&nbsp;Dr. Rolfsen is a historian of nineteenth and twentieth century West Africa. Her scholarship focuses on &nbsp;histories of colonialism, religion, development, and humanitarianism. She received her PhD in history from Indiana University in 2024 with a minor in Gender Studies. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Rolfsen\u2019s current research is on the history of giving in Senegal from the late nineteenth century into the 1970s. Her research analyzes the history of Islamic charity including zakat (assaka in Wolof), and haddiya (Arabic for \u201cgift\u201d that references donations made to Muslim leaders) in Senegalese society. She also focuses on collections of donations to undertake the hajj and build mosques. She combines an analysis of Islamic charity with the history of social assistance provided by the colonial state, missionaries and the French Red Cross. In bringing together the charitable practices of French colonists and Senegalese Muslims she focuses on how the \u201cact of giving\u201d unites the practices.<\/p>\n<p>The project uses ethnographic interviews and archival research combining methodologies from history and anthropology. Dr. Rolfsen is currently working on an article stemming from this research about Senegalese donations to France during World War II. Her research has been supported by a Fulbright- Hays Fellowship, a Charlotte Newcombe Doctoral Fellowship, and a Debra Mesch Doctoral Fellowship. At Indiana University, the Department of History, African Studies Program and Islamic Studies Program also supported her work. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to her historical work, Dr. Rolfsen is also excited about learning African languages. She speaks Wolof and has studied both Sereer and Pulaar. She is currently working on a co-authored textbook, for the teaching and learning of Sereer in American universities, with Abdourahmane Sarr. The textbook will be published by the National African Language Resource Press (NARLC) at Indiana University.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>At Butler University, Dr. Rolfsen teaches courses on African history and Global history including: &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>GHS 206: Resistance and Reaction: Colonialism and Postcolonialism in Africa &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>GHS 207: Resistance and Rights: Global Women&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>HST 205: African Environmental History &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>HST 305: Humanitarianism and Development in African History &nbsp;<\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-arolfsen --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Julie Searcy <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/jsearcy-fSfDlEDvzFo-HsWabqcl0-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Julie Searcy' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Associate Professor &#8211; Anthropology<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:'><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:jsearcy@butler.edu'>jsearcy@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-jsearcy'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-jsearcy'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Julie Searcy\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-jsearcy' role='region' aria-labledby='person-jsearcy' hidden><p><p>Julie Johnson Searcy is a medical anthropologist who investigates reproduction and maternal health. Her work looks at the intersection of disease, birth and race in the United States and South Africa. She is currently working on an ethnographic book about the role doulas play in reimagining birth and addressing maternal inequities. &nbsp;In her applied work, she works with local doula groups on key issues for birth, postpartum and maternal health, including Medicaid policy that would reimburse doulas for attending births.&nbsp;Julie&#8217;s research has been supported by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, Fulbright-Hays, Wilma Gibbs Moore Fellowship, and Indiana University and Butler University.&nbsp;<\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-jsearcy --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Teigha Van Hester <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/tvanhester-4RxngdizANHo4NaeQrNqm-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Teigha Van Hester' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Assistant Professor<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:'><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:tvanhester@butler.edu'>tvanhester@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-tvanhester'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-tvanhester'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Teigha Van Hester\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-tvanhester' role='region' aria-labledby='person-tvanhester' hidden><p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teighamae.com\">Teigha VanHester<\/a> aka Dr. V&nbsp;(she\/they) &nbsp;is a fierce intellectual; pleasure activist; joyful griot; SoCal native; Cancer; proud Black, Oceania femme; and assistant professor of Race, Gender and Sexuality studies at Butler University. Dr. V\u2019s community-based scholar-activist cultivates an understanding of sovereignty as a literacy, human right, and key component of survival. This work is mainly done through theorizing ecologies of Black femme intellectual ancestry, cultural rhetoric, and antecedent knowledge creation, and grassroots activism. They work to situate joy, rest, creativity, and pleasure as imperative strategies to liberation..&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>Dr. V has presented at several conferences, including the Cultural Rhetoric Conference, the Conference for College Composition and Communication, Community Writing Conference, and the National Women\u2019s Studies Association Conference. They have been a Coalition for Community Writing writer-in-residence and a recipient of the CCW\u2019s Emerging Scholars Award, a recipient of the Conference on College Composition and Communication\u2019s Scholars for the Dream Travel Award and a NAFSA RISE (Representation, Inclusion, Support, and Empowerment) Fellow, and an Indiana Humanities Wilma Gibbs Fellow. Dr. V was the first Forum Editorial Fellow and has served as a peer reviewer for the journal&nbsp;Emerging Voices in Education. Their work has been featured in Race and Yoga; Rhetoric, Politics, and Culture; Community Literacy Journal and Women\u2019s Studies Quarterly.&nbsp;In addition to scholastic work, they loves cave and shipwreck diving, Beyonce, horror films, professional wrestling, the Chicago Blackhawks, Texas BBQ, spades and visiting as many of the World\u2019s 50 Best Restaurants as possible.<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>Current Research Projects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n  <li>Undercurrents of Resistance<\/li>\n  <li>Wayfinding as Liberation<\/li>\n  <li>Queerness in Professional Wrestling<\/li>\n  <li>Megan thee Stallion<\/li>\n  <li>Identifying Rituals in the Borderlands<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>Expertise:<\/p>\n<ul>\n  <li>Cultural Rhetorical Theory<\/li>\n  <li>Decolonization and Resistance<\/li>\n  <li>Community Literacies<\/li>\n  <li>Intersectionality\/Assemblage<\/li>\n  <li>Black Feminist Ecologies<\/li>\n  <li>Pleasure Activism<br>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>Fall 2025 Office Hours provided<\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-tvanhester --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Sylvie Vanbaelen <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/api-profiles\/svanbael-V1z7oOwbs.jpeg' alt='Headshot of Sylvie Vanbaelen' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Professor &#8211; 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