Career opportunities for majors in Africana Studies. Here are a few of the many Africana Studies success stories which demonstrate the level of professional achievement possible with a degree in Africana Studies. The following list was compiled by Robert Filkes, Jr.
Makilah James, United States Ambassador to Swaziland, (Appointed by President Barak Obama) B.A. Africana Studies and Research, Cornell University Graduate, Columbia Law School Graduate.
Law
Abimbola S. Bamgboye: Attorney. Associate in the Park Avenue firm of WilmeHale, representing clients in hedge funds and institutional investors. B.A., SUNY-Binghamton. J.D., American University.
Felicia A. Bowen: Associate in the law firm of Donoghue, Thomas, Auslander & Drohan.
Recipient, West Publishing Award for Clinical Achievement in Consumer Law.
B.A., Wesleyan University. J.D., George Washington University
Erin Dozier: Associate General Counsel at the National Association of Broadcasters.
B.A., Hampshire College. J.D., George Washington University
Karen Freeman-Wilson: President and CEO of the National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP).
A former drug court judge in Gary, Indiana, and former Attorney General for the state of Indiana.
B.A., Harvard University. J.D., Harvard University.
Wesley Fields: General Counsel for the Kansas City Tax Increment Finance Commission.
Partner in the law firm of Bryan Cave LLP
B.A., Yale University. J.D., University of Virginia.
Sarah Goldfrank: Attorney with the firm of O’Melveny & Myers LLC in Washington, D.C.
Focuses on consumer litigation.
B.A., Smith College (Phi Beta Kappa). J.D., Georgetown University.
Tanya Greene: An attorney in the Capital Defender Office in New York City representing people charged with capital crimes.
Received the 1999 Reebok International
Human Rights Award for her work against the death penalty.
B.A., Wesleyan University. J.D., Harvard University.
Leslie Harris: Judge. Suffolk (Massachusetts) Juvenile Court judge.
M.A., Boston University, 1994. J.D., Boston College.
Latonia Early-Hubelbank: Attorney. Specializes in matrimonial, family, and
adoption law in the firm of Cohn, Steinberg, Goldstein & Early-Hubelbank in New York.
B.A., Princeton University. J.D., Hofstra University.
Monica Little: Assistant Chief Counsel, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
B.A., University of Washington. J.D., Northwest Law School.
Jennifer Madden: Deputy District Attorney for Alameda County, California.
B.A., University of California-Berkeley. J.D., University of California-Berkeley.
Peter Paris: Assistant Chief Investigator in the Office of Police Complaints in Washington, D.C.
Former Boston police officer and varsity lacrosse player at Harvard University.
B.A., Wesleyan University. J.D., Stanford University.
Richard W. Roberts: Judge. Appointed In 1998 appointed By President Clinton to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
He had previously worked in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
B.A., cum laude, Vassar College. J.D., Columbia University.
Loriani Santos: Attorney specializing in commercial litigation in the firm of DLA Piper (San Francisco office).
Former Treasurer of La Raza Law Student Association.
B.A., Wellesley College. University of California at Berkeley.
Peggie Smith: Professor of Law at the University of Iowa.
Was editor-in-chief of the Harvard Women’s Law Journal. Teaches contracts, employment relationships, and gender work.
B.A., Yale University. M.A., J.D., Yale University
Medicine & Health
Johnnie Allen: President of the Board of Directors of Health Promotion and Education (DHPE).
B.A., B.S., The College of Wooster. MPH, Tulane University.
Megan L. Comfort: Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Center for AIDS
Prevention Studies, University of California at San Francisco.
B.A., Wellesley College. Ph.D., London School of Economics and Political Science.
Richard Lyn-Cook: Physician.
Co-authored article in the Journal of Neuroscience. Co-president of his medical school class and active in social and professional groups.
B.A., Yale University, 1992. M.D., Yale Medical School.
William E. Dingus: Dentist. Board certified specialist in orthodontics in private practice in Cleveland, Ohio.
B.A., University of Washington, 1979. D.M.D., University of Pennsylvania. Nonkulie Dladla: Doctor of Internal Medicine. Concord Medical Group.
B.A., Oberlin College. M.D. Cornell University.
Michael V. Drake: Doctor of Ophthalmology. Chancellor of the University of California at Irvine.
A.B., Stanford University. M.D., University of California at San Francisco.
Billy Ray Flowers: Chiropractor. First black chiropractor in the state of Oregon