Joseph A. Brown, SJ, PhD
Joseph A. Brown, SJ, PhD, is a member of the Society of Jesus. He is a professor and director of the Africana Studies program at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Father Brown is also the author of The Sun Whispers, Wait: New and Collected Poems, A Retreat with Thea Bowman and Bede Abram, and To Stand on the Rock: Meditations on Black Catholic Identity.