Contact Us

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Department Chair

Gladys Mitchell-Walthour
email: mitchelg@uwm.edu

Undergraduate Advisor

Ermitte Saint Jacques
email: saintjac@uwm.edu

Graduate Advisor

Nolan Kopkin
email: kopkin@uwm.edu

Academic Department Associate

Rachel Hegland
Phone: 414-229-4155
email: rhegland@uwm.edu

Mailing Address

Department of African and African Diaspora Studies
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
P.O. Box 413
Milwaukee, WI 53201

Building Address:

Department of African and African Diaspora Studies
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Mitchell Hall 225
3203 N. Downer Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53211


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Parking
Paid parking is available in the UWM Union Parking Garage (2200 E. Kenwood Blvd) and the Pavilion Parking Garage (3409 N. Downer Ave.). Short-term free and metered parking is available on Kenwood Blvd, Downer Ave, Stowell Ave, Linwood Ave, and Prospect Ave.

Public Transportation
Milwaukee County Transit System buses regularly run the perimeter of the campus on Edgewood Ave., Downer Ave., Kenwood Blvd., and Oakland Ave., and through campus on Hartford and Maryland. For buses and route information, please check the Milwaukee County Transit System website.