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Table listing Department of Political Science members, their titles, their email address, their office location and hours

First Name	Last Name	Rank and Title	Email Address	Office Location	Office Hours	Research Areas
Zainab	Alam	Assistant Professor	Zainab.alam@howard.edu	319 Douglass Hall	By appointment	Comparative Politics
Ayana	Best	Assistant Professor	Ayana.best@howard.edu	317 Douglass Hall	By appointment	Black Politics
Marcus	Board	Associate Professor; Black Politics Field Chair	Marcus.boardjr@howard.edu	009 Douglass Hall	By appointment	American Politics; Black Politics; Political Theory
Bonnette	Lakeyta	Department Chair	lakeyta.bonnette@howard.edu	201 Douglass Hall	By appointment	Black Politics
Josephine	Dawuni	Associate Professor; Director of Center on Women, Gender, and Global Leadership; Co-Director of Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies Minor	Josephine.dawuni@howard.edu	319 Douglass Hall	By appointment	Comparative Politics
Kwame	Dixon	Associate Professor	David.dixon@howard.edu	321 Douglass Hall	By appointment	Comparative Politics; International Relations
Ben	Fred-Mensah	Associate Professor; International Relations and Comparative Politics Field Chair	Bfred-mensah@howard.edu	306 Douglass Hall	By appointment	International Relations
Keneshia	Grant	Associate Professor	Keneshia.grant@howard.edu	315 Douglass Hall	By appointment	American Politics; Public Administration
Daryl	Harris	Associate Professor	Dbharris@howard.edu	201E Douglass Hall	By appointment	Black Politics
Ronil	Hira	Associate Professor	Ronil.hira@howard.edu	313 Douglass Hall	By appointment	American Politics; Public Policy
JohnPatrick	Ifedi	Master Instructor; Director of Internships	Jifedi@howard.edu	304 Douglass Hall	By appointment	Comparative Politics; International Relations
Clarence	Lusane	Associate Professor	clarence.lusane@Howard.edu	304 Douglass Hall	By appointment	International Relations
Koruzhde	Mazaher	Lecturer	mazaher.koruzhde@howard.edu	Contact Professor	By appointment	International Relations
Keesha	Middlemass	Associate Professor	keesha.middlemass@howard.edu	315 Douglass Hall	By appointment	American Politics
Mona	Oraby	Assistant Professor	mona.oraby@howard.edu	Contact professor	By appointment	International Relations
Ravi	Perry	Associate Professor	ravi.perry@howard.edu	015B- Douglass Hall	By appointment	Black Politics
Norman	Sandridge	Associate Professor; Director of Undergraduate Studies	nsandridge@howard.edu	321 Douglass Hall	By appointment	American Politics
Babajide	Tella	Lectuerer	babajide.tella@howard.edu	Contact Professor	By appointment	International Relations
Jermaine	Young	Assistant Professor	jermaine.young@howard.edu	Contact Professor	By appointment	Comparative Politics
Robinson	Woodward-Burns	Associate Professor; Director of Graduate Studies	robinson.woodward@howard.edu	306 Douglass Hall	By appointment	American Politics