| Name | E-mail Address | Year Entered | Undergraduate Institution | Area | Field Exp. | Languages |
| Lori Delucia | ldelucia@ucla.edu | F12 | Boston University (BA), Brandeis University (MA) | West Africa, Sahara, Mediterranean, Europe | Niger, Guinea, Sicily | Hausa, Italian, French |
| Genene Hayle | genene.hayle@gmail.com | F19 | Addis Ababa University (B.A), University of Antwerp (MA) | East Africa | Ethiopia and the horn of Africa | Afaan Oromo, Amharic, Geez |
| Janice Levi | jrlevi@ucla.edu | F14 | University of Oklahoma (BA), Indiana University (MA) | West Africa | Ghana, Morocco | French, Bamana |
| Makeda Njoroge | makedanjoroge@gmail.com | F14 | Howard University | East Africa | South Africa | Swahili |
| Susan Rosenfeld | susanrosenfeld@ucla.edu | F10 | New York University | West Africa | Nigeria | Yoruba |
| Dawit Benjamin Spielman | dawit7@ucla.edu | F16 | University of California, Los Angeles (B.A. and M.A.) | East Africa | Ethiopia, Eritrea | Amharic, Ge'ez |
| Madina Thiam | mthiam@ucla.edu | F15 | George Washington University (BA) | West Africa | Mali, Senegal, Morocco | Arabic, Bamana, Fulfulde, French, Spanish |
| Amber Withers | abswithers@gmail.com | F12 | Howard University | Central Africa/Atlantic | South Africa, Portugal | French |
Students Currently Enrolled in Program