The Center Professional Staff
Dr. Alferdteen Harrison, Director
alfredteen.b.harrison@jsums.edu
A 1971 Ph.D. in History from the University of Kansas, provides leadership
for the development of the Research Center. As a professor of history, she
teaches a graduate and undergraduate course in African American History each
semester. She has written three books, worked at the National endowment for
the Humanities, served as Post Doctoral Fellow at the Smithsonian Institution,
and served as a cultural expert in oral history to New Zealand. Harrison is
an active cultural preservationist nationally, statewide and locally who serves
on many boards and committees.
Angela D. Stewart, Archivist
anglea.d.stewart@jsums.edu
Lareka Washington, Administrative Assistant
lareka.l.washington@jsums.edu
Mrs. Frenchie Crowley, Receptionist
