Fatin Abbas

Fatin Abbas

Author

Awam Ampka

Awam Ampka

Dean of Arts and Humanities; Professor of Drama, Social and Cultural Analysis

New York University

Paul  Ampofo Ninson

Paul Ampofo Ninson

Scholar; Artist; Founder of the Dikan Center

University of Pennsylvania

Liz Andrews, PHD

Liz Andrews, PHD

Director of the Museum of Fine Art

Spelman College

Anna  Arabindan-Kesson

Anna Arabindan-Kesson

Associate professor of Black Diasporic Art

Princeton University

Steven D. Booth

Steven D. Booth

Archivist

Getty Research Institute

Kalia Brooks

Kalia Brooks

Director of Programs and Exhibitions

NXTHVN

Dejha Carrington

Dejha Carrington

Curator

Commissioner

Romi Crawford

Romi Crawford

Founder, The New Art School Modality and Black Arts Movement School Modality; Professor of Visual and Critical Studies

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Alessandra  Di Maio

Alessandra Di Maio

University Professor of English and African Literature

University of Palermo

Michael D.  Dinwiddie

Michael D. Dinwiddie

University Professor, Playwright and Composer

Elvira  Dyangani Ose

Elvira Dyangani Ose

Director

Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA)

Cheryl  Finley

Cheryl Finley

Inaugural Director; University Professor

Atlanta University Center Art History + Curatorial Studies Collective; Cornell

Henry Louis Gates

Henry Louis Gates

University Professor; Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research

Harvard University

Marcelle Haddix

Marcelle Haddix

Associate Provost for Strategic Initiatives and Distinguished Dean’s Professor of Literacy, Race, and Justice

Syracuse University

Samira Ibrahim

Samira Ibrahim

Art Collector

Freda Isingoma

Freda Isingoma

Investment Banking Professional

KIISA

Kellie  Jones

Kellie Jones

Chair of the Department African American and African Diaspora Studies and Hans Hofmann Professor of Modern Art in the Department of Art History and Archaeology

Columbia University

Titus Kaphar

Titus Kaphar

Artist

NXTHVN

Dr. Mae-ling Lokko

Dr. Mae-ling Lokko

Assistant Professor at the School of Architecture and Center for Ecosystems in Architecture (Yale CEA)

Yale University

Thabang  Monoa

Thabang Monoa

Lecturer of Art History at the Michealis School of Fine Art

University of Cape Town

Joan Morgan

Joan Morgan

Program Director,

New York University; The Center for Black Visual Culture at the Institute of African American Affairs

Tumelo Mosaka

Tumelo Mosaka

Curator; Mellon Arts Project Director for the Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies

Columbia University

John Murillo

John Murillo

Author

Colleen  Ndemeh Fitzgerald

Colleen Ndemeh Fitzgerald

Performance Artist

Jonathan K.  Nelson

Jonathan K. Nelson

Author; University Professor

Syracuse University in Florence

Ben  Okri

Ben Okri

Author

Kara Olidge

Kara Olidge

Associate Director for Collections and Discovery

The Getty Research Institute

LeRonn  P. Brooks

LeRonn P. Brooks

Curator

Getty Research Institute; GRI

Dr. Marsha  Pearce

Dr. Marsha Pearce

University Professor; Deputy Dean of Distance and Outreach

University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus

Patrick  Quarm

Patrick Quarm

Artist

Justin  Randolph Thompson

Justin Randolph Thompson

Co-Founder and Director of Black History Month Florence and The Recovery Plan

Avinoam  Shalem

Avinoam Shalem

Art Historian; Riggio Professorship for the Arts of Islam

Columbia University

 Dr. Cherise Smith

Dr. Cherise Smith

University Chair of the African and African Diaspora Studies at Black Studies Collective; Professor

University of Texas at Austin

Ellyn Toscano

Ellyn Toscano

Executive Director

Hawthornden Foundation

Miranda Traudt

Miranda Traudt

Assistant Provost for Arts and Community Programming

Syracuse University

Deborah Willis

Deborah Willis

University Professor; Chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging, Tisch School of the Arts

New York University

Mabel O.  Wilson

Mabel O. Wilson

University Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and Professor in African American and African Diaspora Studies

Columbia University