Executive Committee

Co-Chairs

Sean Jacobs
Sean Jacobs is an assistant professor of Communication Studies and Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. His research focuses on media and democracy, social movements, as well as citizenship and identity. Jacobs contributes occasionally to Comment is Free at The Guardian’s website and blogs at Africa is a Country.

Kristin Peterson
Kristin Peterson is an assistant professor of anthropology at University of California at Irvine

Research Committee

Carol Thompson
Professor, Political Economy, Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. Having lived and worked in Southern Africa for over ten years, she combines activism with scholarship for environmental policy, relating to trade and privatization.? Her research focuses on Southern African regional economic relations, especially for food sovereignty and resistance to the biopiracy of biodiversity.

Political Action Committee

Tony Roshan Samara
Tony Samara is an assistant professor of sociology at George Mason University. His work focuses on urban development and security, particularly the relationship between gentrification, race, and crime. His current research is based in Cape Town, South Africa.

ACAS Bulletin Editor

Jesse Benjamin
Jesse Benjamin is an associate professor of Sociology, and is affiliated with African and African Diaspora Studies, at Kennesaw State University. His research focuses on history and identity in East Africa, Africa-Middle East-Indian Ocean connections, critical race theory, and Pan-African theory.

ACAS Website

Jacob Mundy
PhD candidate in Politics at the University of Exeter’s Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies. His interests include North Africa and the Sahara-Sahel.