DeLaney Center Staff
Director
Michael D. Hill
Professor and Program Head of Africana Studies
- Tucker Hall 101
- Email: mhill@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8327
Hill is a scholar of African-American culture, literature and history. He previously taught at the University of Iowa and Wake Forest University.
DeLaney Center Postdoctoral Fellow
Adrienne Jones
DeLaney Center Postdoctoral Fellow
- Ruscio Center for Global Learning 225
- Email: ajones@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8012
DeLaney Center Postbaccalaureate Fellow
Caitlyn Thompkins
DeLaney Center Postbaccalaureate Fellow
- Tucker Hall 312
- Email: cthompkins@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8814
Administrative Assistant
Faculty Scholars
Wendy Castenell
Assistant Professor of Art History
- Wilson Hall 3017
- Email: wcastenell@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8465
Nathan Dean
Assistant Professor of Law, Justice and Society
On Leave Fall 2025
- Ruscio Center for Global Learning 223
- Email: ndean@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-4075
Dr. Dean teaches and writes on civil rights, social inequality, and discrimination combining perspectives from public law and political theory. Ph.D. in Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; J.D., University of Virginia School of Law; B.A. in Political Science, Haverford College
Candice Robinson
Assistant Professor of Sociology
- Newcomb Hall 305
- Email: crobinson2@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8113
Faculty Fellow
Catarina Passidomo
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
- Tucker Hall 020
- Email: cpassidomo@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-4868
Passidomo is a human geographer whose research focuses on food systems and the relationships among food, place, nature, society, and power. She teaches Food, Place, and Power; Introduction to Environmental Studies; the Capstone seminar; and other courses in Environmental Studies.