John Thabiti Willis has been named the inaugural Kesho Scott Endowed Chair in African Diaspora Studies (ADS) at Grinnell College.
Dr. John Thabiti Willis
Willis, an accomplished scholar and educator with an extensive background in African history, diaspora studies, and interdisciplinary research, will lead the College’s newly established Department of African Diaspora Studies.
Willis holds a Ph.D. in African history from Emory University, a master’s in African and African American studies from Cornell University, and a B.A. in accounting from Clark Atlanta University. He has also served as a postdoctoral fellow at the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies at the University of Virginia and completed advanced studies in geographic information systems (G.I.S.) at Harvard University.
