— LEADERSHIP

Committees & Members

NYASA 2026–2028 Executive Board, Committees & At-Large Members

— EXECUTIVE COMMITTE (EXCOM)

Executive Committee 2026–2028

Susana Castillo-Rodríguez

PRESIDENT

SUNY at Geneseo

Remi Alapo

VICE PRESIDENT

CUNY, York College

Blessing Ntamu

SECRETARY

University of Calabar, Nigeria

Guillaume Yoboue

TREASURER

City School District of Rochester

Bekeh Ukelina

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

SUNY at Cortland

Seth N. Asumah

VP FOR PUBLICATIONS

SUNY at Cortland

Abdul Nanji

Chair, Advisory Board

Columbia University

— EXECUTIVE BOARD

Additional Board Members

Ola Nwabara

Local Conference Chair

SUNY at Geneseo

Eric Kofi Acree

Librarian & Archivist

John Henrik Clarke Africana Library, Cornell University

Hillary Arinze

Student Representative

SUNY Geneseo (History MA)

Salimatou Doumbouya

Student Representative

CUNY University Student Senate

— Sub-Committees

Standing Committees

Publications

Seth N. Asumah (SUNY Cortland)

Abdul Nanji (Columbia University)

Bekeh Ukelina (SUNY Cortland)

Newsletter Managing Editor

Archivist, Librarian

Eric Kofi Acree (John Henrik Clarke Africana Library at Cornell University)

Public Relations

Remi Alapo (Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC)

Anne C. Bailey (Binghamton University-SUNY)

Ndubueze Mbah (University at Buffalo-SUNY)

Marc Papé (The Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania)

Advisory Board

Roger Gocking (Mercy College (Emeritus)

Marc Papé (The Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania)

Abdul Nanji (Columbia Universityd)

Darryl Thomas (Institute of Energy and the Environment, Penn State)

Ibipo Johnston Anumonwo for NYASA Advisory Council (SUNY Cortland)

NYASA Web Manager

Secretariat

SUNY at Geneseo. Black and Africana Studies Program

Student Representatives

Hillary Arinze (a graduate student in the History Master of Arts program at SUNY Geneseo)

Salimatou Doumbouya (student representative on the Board of Trustees of the City University of New York and chairperson of the CUNY University Student Senate)

NYASA maintains a Secretariat at an academic institution in New York State for the purpose of maintaining membership records, receiving mail, responding to queries, and other responsibilities as are assigned by the Executive Committee. The Secretariat is composed of the President, the Vice President, the Archivist, the Treasurer, and the Web Manager. The address for the Secretariat is the NYASA President’s institution.

NYASA Undergraduate And Graduate Student Fellowship Committee

At-Large Members

Six at-large members (3 elected at the annual meeting and 3 appointed by the Executive Committee) may be drawn from among the NYASA membership.

Prof. Kayode Onipede, History Dept Director, Institute of African Studies

Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH – Nigeria

Marc Papé, The Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania

Alioune Semou MBodj, Schenectady High School, Schenectady NY Mamu Ndiaye

Dr. Judite Blanc. University of Miami. juditeblanc@miami.edu

Honorary Positions

Seth Asumah

Abdul Nanji

N’Dri Assie Lumumba (Cornell University)

Cheryl Sterling (Penn State University)

Betty Wambui (SUNY Oneonta)