| Nevine El-Nossery | Assistant Professor, francophone literature, feminist theories, exile. Research in North Africa. |
| Deborah Jenson | Associate Professor, African diaspora, 19th century Caribbean, francophone and creolophone studies. |
| Aliko Songolo | Professor, (also African Languages and Literature), francophone African, Caribbean and Swahili literatures. African cinema, literary theory. Research in Tanzania and in francophone Africa including Cameroon, Burundi, Rwanda, Senegal, Congo, and the Caribbean. |
