Presenters

Aaron BryantCurator of Photography and Visual Culture, Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture

Ahmad Greene-HayesAssociate Professor of African American Religious Studies, Harvard Divinity School

akané okoshiScholar

Alex FialhoPhD, History of Art and Black Studies, Yale University

Alex JonesCuratorial Assistant, Getty Research Institute

Alexandra GessessePhD Candidate, UC Berkeley

Alison Rose Jefferson, MHC, PhDHistorian and More, Los Angeles

Amy M. MooneyProfessor of Art History and Visual Culture, Columbia College Chicago

Ana Paula Vitorio da CostaPostdoctorate, Professor of Communication, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

Ariana Faye AllensworthArtist and Cultural Worker

Asha SalimWriter and Scholar

Dr. Ashley C. AdamsEducator, Historian, and Community-Rooted Practitioner

Favicon for Black Portraiture[s]:Los Angeles

Brandi T. SummersAssociate Professor, African American and African Diaspora Studies, Columbia University

Brandy Pettijohn, PhDCurator of Exhibitions, Spelman College Museum of Fine Art

Carm Regan Almonor, PhD, JDAssistant Professor of Political Science, Seton Hall University

Carolina Cerqueira CorrêaProfessor, Artist, and Researcher

Cathy ThomasAssistant Professor of English, UC Santa Barbara

Chelsea A. FlowersArtist and Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University

Dr. Charles MooreCurator and Art Critic

Cherod Booker JohnsonPostdoctoral Research Associate at the Center for Environmental Humanities, Brown University

Christina KnightAssistant Professor of Art History, Rutgers University

Cori Tucker-PriceAssistant Professor of Religion, UC Santa Barbara

dr. crystal am nelsonScholar, Curator, and Artist

Danielle JacksonCritic and Researcher

David L. JonesPhD Candidate, Northwestern University

Delphine SimsAssistant Curator, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Dionne C. WalkerWriter, Photographer and Urban Artist

Eliza Jane FranklinSelf-proclaimed SouthernBelle Radical and Researcher

Elizabeth PérezAssociate Professor, UC Santa Barbara

Elleza KelleyAssistant Professor, Yale University

Eyakem GulilatPhotographer, Artist and Cultural Practitioner

Gary Riichirō Fox, PhDAssistant Curator of Architecture and Design, Getty Research Institute

Hannah SomersArtist and Curator

Henry Washington Jr.Assistant Professor of African American Studies, UC Berkeley

Isabel StraussAssistant Professor of Architecture, Smith College

Jacquelyn Ogorchukwu IyamahSpatial Theorist, Writer and Designer

Jessica LarsonHistorian

Johanna ObendaCuratorial Specialist, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Joshua MasseyDoctoral Candidate, Bard Graduate Center

Justin Randolph ThompsonArtist, Cultural Facilitator and Educator

Kevin Bernard Moultrie DayeAssistant Professor, California State Polytechnic University

Ladi’Sasha JonesPhD Candidate, Writer, Designer and Curator

Letticia Cosbert MillerWriter and Curator

Lewis WattsProfessor Emeritus University of California Santa Cruz

Lillian O’Brien DavisAssociate Curator at the MacKenzie Art Gallery

Malandro VermelhoMaster in Arts, Culture and Languages

Maria Luiza de Barros RodriguesPhD, Architect, Researcher, Curator and Music selector

Aliyah HasinahFilmmaker, Curator, Writer and Founder of Black Curatorial

Melanie Masterton2025 ACLS Fellow and Lecturer, California Institute of Technology

Mia CurranPhD candidate, CUNY Graduate Center

Michael RalphChair & Cameron Schrier Professor, Afro-American Studies, Howard University

Michèle Pearson ClarkeAssistant Professor, School of Image Arts, Toronto Metropolitan University

Michelle Joan WilkinsonSupervisory Museum Curator, Architecture and Design, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Najha Zigbi-JohnsonCultural Organizer and Writer

Nikki A. GreeneAssociate Professor of Art History, Wellesley College

Dr. Noel S. AndersonWriter and Clinical Professor, NYU’s Steinhardt

Paula AllenCurator of Art, Amistad Research Center

Raél Jero SalleyCurator, Producer, Visual Artist and Faculty, Maryland Institute College of Art

Dr. Rashayla Marie Brown (RMB)Artist-Scholar

Rebecca HankinsProfessor, Global Languages and Cultures, Texas A&M University

Rikki Byrd, PhDAssistant Professor of Visual Culture Studies, University of Texas

Dr. Ronah HarrisArtist and Design Professor

Shabez JamalHarnish Visiting Assistant Professor

SouleoCreative, Curator and Writer

Terrence PhearseChief of Staff, Studio Museum in Harlem, PhD Candidate

Thembeka Heidi SincubaProducer, Researcher and Educator

Tracee WorleyCreative Director

Yasmine EspertEditor and Assistant Professor, York University

Yelaine RodriguezArtist-Scholar

Dr. Anya WallaceArtist, Curator and Independent Scholar

Angel Bat DawidArtist and Composer

Anna Maria HorsfordActress

Beau McCallArtist

Bridget R. CooksScholar and Curator

Bryan Lee Jr.Architect and Justice Advocate

C. Rose SmithVisual Artist

Cauleen SmithArtist

CCH PounderActress

Deborah WillisPhotographer and Historian

Dr. Courtney R. BakerAssociate Professor

Dr. Gaila SimsAssistant Curator of History at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Dr. Kellie JonesProfessor, Columbia University

Dr. LeRonn P. BrooksArt Historian and Curator, Getty Research Institute

Dr. Rosie Lee HooksAdministrator, Curator, Photographer, and Other Talents

Dr. Tiffany E. BarberScholar, Curator, and Critic

Germane BarnesFounder, Studio Barnes; Associate Professor and Director of The Community Housing & Identity Lab (CHIL), University of Miami School of Architecture

Hallie RingleDaniel and Brett Sundheim Chief Curator

Harmonia RosalesArtist and Author

Hernease DavisArtist and Curator

Igor SimõesCurator and Adjunct Professor, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Ishion HutchinsonAuthor and W.E.B. Du Bois Professor, Cornell University

J. Yolande DanielsAssociate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jackie WangPoet, Scholar, Multimedia Artist, and Assistant Professor, Brown University

Jacqueline StewartProfessor, University of Chicago

Janet DeesAssistant Director, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Janna IrelandArtist and Assistant Professor, Occidental College

Jason KingDean, USC Thornton School of Music

Joy SimmonsArt Collector and Philanthropist

Justen LeRoyArtist and Curator

Kalia BrooksProgram Officer, The Hearthland Foundation

Kara KeelingProfessor of Cinema and Media Studies, University of Southern California

Kenturah DavisArtist

Kevin Jerome EversonArtist

Kiki TeshomeCuratorial Assistant

Kristina Kay RobinsonNew Orleans Editor-at-Large, Burnaway Magazine

Leigh RaifordProfessor of African American and African Diaspora Studies, UC Berkeley

Liz AndrewsArtist and Curator

Luis Rincón AlbaArtist and Scholar

Luis Vasquez La RocheArtist and Educator

Maaza MengisteWriter, Professor of English at Wesleyan University

Mabel O. WilsonRupp Professor of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, and Chair of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Columbia University