{"id":699,"date":"2026-01-19T10:33:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T18:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/?page_id=699"},"modified":"2026-04-29T11:39:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T19:39:34","slug":"presenters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/presenters\/","title":{"rendered":"Presenters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Aaron Bryant<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Curator of Photography and Visual Culture, Smithsonian\u2019s National Museum of African American History and Culture<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ahmad Greene-Hayes<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Associate Professor of African American Religious Studies, Harvard Divinity School<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Alex Fialho<\/a><\/strong><\/span>PhD Candidate, Yale University<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Alex Jones<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Curatorial Assistant, Getty Research Institute<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Alexandra Gessesse<\/a><\/strong><\/span>PhD Candidate, UC Berkeley<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Alison Rose Jefferson, MHC, PhD<\/strong><\/a><\/span>Historian and More, Los Angeles<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Amy M. Mooney<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Professor of Art History and Visual Culture, Columbia College Chicago<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ana Paula Vitorio da Costa<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Postdoctorate, Professor of Communication, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ariana Faye Allensworth<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Artist and Cultural Worker<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Asha Salim<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Writer and Scholar<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Ashley C. Adams<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Historian and Educator<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Bradly Dever Treadaway<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Artist, Educator and Curator<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Brandi T. Summers<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Associate Professor, African American and African Diaspora Studies, Columbia University<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Brandy Pettijohn, PhD<\/strong><\/a><\/span>Curator of Exhibitions, Spelman College Museum of Fine Art<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Carm Regan Almonor, PhD, JD<\/strong><\/a><\/span>Assistant Professor of Political Science, Seton Hall University<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Carolina Cerqueira Corr\u00eaa<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Professor, Artist, and Researcher<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Cathy Thomas<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Assistant Professor of English, UC Santa Barbara<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Chelsea A. Flowers<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Artist and Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Charles Moore<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Curator and Art Critic<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Cherod Booker Johnson<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Center for Environmental Humanities, Brown University<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Christina Knight<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Assistant Professor of Art History, Rutgers University<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Cori Tucker-Price<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Assistant Professor of Religion, UC Santa Barbara<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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dr. crystal am nelson<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Scholar, Curator, and Artist<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Danielle Jackson<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Critic and Researcher<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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David L. Jones<\/a><\/strong><\/span>PhD Candidate, Northwestern University<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Delphine Sims<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Assistant Curator, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dionne C. Walker<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Writer, Photographer and Urban Artist<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Eliza Jane Franklin<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Self-proclaimed SouthernBelle Radical and Researcher<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Elizabeth P\u00e9rez<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Associate Professor, UC Santa Barbara<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Elleza Kelley<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Assistant Professor, Yale University<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Eyakem Gulilat<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Photographer, Artist and Cultural Practitioner<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Gary Riichir\u014d Fox, PhD<\/strong><\/a><\/span>Assistant Curator of Architecture and Design, Getty Research Institute<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Hannah Somers<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Artist and Curator<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Henry Washington Jr.<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Assistant Professor of African American Studies, UC Berkeley<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Isabel Strauss<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Assistant Professor of Architecture, Smith College<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Jacquelyn Ogorchukwu Iyamah<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Spatial Theorist, Writer and Designer<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Jessica Larson<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Historian<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Johanna Obenda<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Curatorial Specialist, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Joshua Massey<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Doctoral Candidate, Bard Graduate Center<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Justin Randolph Thompson<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Artist, Cultural Facilitator and Educator<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Kevin Bernard Moultrie Daye<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Professor, California State Polytechnic University<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ladi’Sasha Jones<\/a><\/strong><\/span>PhD Candidate, Writer, Designer, and Curator<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Letticia Cosbert Miller<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Writer and Curator<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Lewis Watts<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Professor Emeritus University of California Santa Cruz<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Lillian O’Brien Davis<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Associate Curator at the MacKenzie Art Gallery<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Malandro Vermelho<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Master in Arts, Culture and Languages<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Maria Luiza de Barros Rodrigues<\/a><\/strong><\/span>PhD, Architect, Researcher, Curator and Music selector<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Matthew Harris<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Assistant Professor, University of Chicago Divinity School<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Melanie Masterton<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>2025 ACLS Fellow and Lecturer, California Institute of Technology<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Mia Curran<\/a><\/strong><\/span>PhD candidate, CUNY Graduate Centerguages<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Michael Ralph<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Chair & Cameron Schrier Professor, Afro-American Studies, Howard University<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Mich\u00e8le Pearson Clarke<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Assistant Professor, School of Image Arts, Toronto Metropolitan University<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Michelle Joan Wilkinson<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Supervisory Museum Curator, Architecture and Design, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Najha Zigbi-Johnson<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Cultural Organizer and Writer<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Nikki A. Greene<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Associate Professor of Art History, Wellesley College<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Noel S. Anderson<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Writer and Clinical Professor, NYU\u2019s Steinhardt<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Paula Allen<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Curator of Art, Amistad Research Center<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ra\u00e9l Jero Salley<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Curator, Producer, Visual Artist and Faculty, Maryland Institute College of Art<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Rashayla Marie Brown (RMB)<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Artist-Scholar<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Rebecca Hankins<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Professor, Global Languages and Cultures, Texas A&M University<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Rikki Byrd, PhD<\/strong><\/a><\/span>Assistant Professor of Visual Culture Studies, University of Texas<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Ronah Harris<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Artist and Design Professor<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Shabez Jamal<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Harnish Visiting Assistant Professor<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Souleo<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Creative, Curator and Writer<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Terrence Phearse<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Chief of Staff, Studio Museum in Harlem, PhD Candidate<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Thembeka Heidi Sincuba<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Producer, Researcher and Educator<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Tracee Worley<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Creative Director<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Yasmine Espert<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Editor and Assistant Professor, York University<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Yelaine Rodriguez<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Artist-Scholar<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Anya Wallace<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Artist, Curator, and Independent Scholar<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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