{"id":7461,"date":"2025-12-23T12:20:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T18:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/webid2-test-lsweb\/?page_id=7461"},"modified":"2026-02-13T13:51:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T19:51:26","slug":"contact","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/african-diaspora-studies\/about\/contact\/","title":{"rendered":"Contact"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading size-h3\" id=\"h-department-chair\">Department Chair<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"facetwp-template\"><div id=\"uwmpeople-container\" class=\"uwmpeople-grid\"><div id=\"uwmpeople-grid\" class=\"uwm-l-grid uwm-l-grid--1 uwm-u-mb-60\" aria-hidden=\"false\"><div class=\"uwmpeople-person uwm-l-grid uwm-u-mb-40\" data-catlist=\"51\"><div class=\"people-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/african-diaspora-studies\/about\/directory\/sommers-jeffrey\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uwm.edu\/ls-people\/file\/sommerjw.webp?ver=26b90911909f2bd95cea6bd8c8963296\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"people-info\"><div class=\"people-name\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/african-diaspora-studies\/about\/directory\/sommers-jeffrey\/\">Jeffrey Sommers<\/a><\/strong><\/div><div class=\"uwm-u-my-0\"><ul class=\"people-title-dept uwm-c-list--cleanlist\"><li><strong>Professor<\/strong>, <em>African &amp; 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