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Waterville, ME 04901-8840
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Cheryl Townsend Gilkes
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies
Department Links:
Sociology
,
African American Studies- Program Director
Fax:
859-4705 (African American Studies)
Fax 2:
859-4705 (Sociology )
Semester Schedule
Areas of Expertise:
African-American religious history
Race and ethnicity in the U.S.
Comparative race relations
African-American women, history and social change
Sociology of religion
Deviance and social control
Social problems and public policy
Black women, history and social change
Black religion, religious ideas and practices
Gospel music
W.E.B. Du Bois