New Africana Studies Director Brings Global Perspective to Lehigh. This fall, the College of Arts and Sciences welcomes Simone A. James Alexander as the new director of the Africana Studies program and a new faculty member in the English department. Alexander brings years of experience as chair and director of Africana Studies from her time at Seton Hall University in New Jersey.
Alexander chose Lehigh because of the opportunities for collaborative work and to engage with different departments. “Lehigh was interested in enhancing Africana in so many ways that I felt that I had something to contribute,” she says. Her research, teaching, and scholarship are sure to expand the program’s diverse and multicultural aspects.