Department Chair
Anika Wilson
email: awilson@uwm.edu
Undergraduate Advisor
Ermitte St. Jacques
email: saintjac@uwm.edu
Graduate Advisor
Peter Akubeze
email: akubeze@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
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.