Speakers

Danielle Abrams

Tufts University, Professor of Practice

SPEAKING IN

Diasporic Depository: Convergences of Land, Water, Space, and Identity

Nana Adusei-Poku

Senior Academic Advisor, Luma Fellow, Center for Curatorial Studies and Contemporary Art, Bard College

SPEAKING IN

Re-reading the Archive: The Evolving Role of Curating Exhibitions

Amal Alhaag

Research Center for Material Culture

Genel Ambrose

Journalist

Noel W Anderson

NYU, Steinhardt, Art and Art Professions, Clinical Assistant Professor of Printmaking

Liz Andrews

LACMA

Anna Arabindan-Kesson

Princeton University, Assistant Professor

Jairo Araujo

Universidade Federal da Bahia

Melay Araya

The Town Hall

Ina Archer

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Media Conservation and Digitization Assistant

Esther Armah

Barby Asante

CREAM University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom

Kupenda Auset

Independent Scholar

Simone Austin

Walker Art Center, Interdisciplinary Fellow, Visual Arts

Mia L. Bagneris

Tulane University, Associate Professor

Jennifer Bajorek

Hampshire College, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Visual Studies

Tiffany Barber

University of Delaware, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies

Scott Alves Barton

New York University

Mora Beauchamp-Byrd

Oklahoma State University, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History

La Vaughn Belle

Barnard College, Columbia University, Artist & Fellow at the Social Justice Institute for the Barnard Center for Research on Women

Dorothy Berry

Houghton Library, Harvard University, Digital Collections Program Manager

Cecile Bishop

New York University, Assistant Professor of French Literature, Thought and Culture

Jacqueline Bishop

Kingston University London & New York University

Alexandre Bispo

University of São Paulo, PhD Candidate

Sarah Blackwood

Pace University, Associate Professor

Nydia Blas

Visual Artist

Terry Boddie

New York University

Neta Bomani

Stephanie Dinkins Studio, The School for Poetic Computation

Emilie Boone

Metropolitan Museum of Art/CUNY New York City College of Technology

Nicola Brandt

Independent Scholar

Holly Brewer

University of Maryland, Burke Chair of American History and Associate Professor

Jennifer Brody

Professor, Stanford University

LeRonn P. Brooks

Getty Research Institute

Kimberly Juanita Brown

Mount Holyoke College, Associate Professor

Gloria Browne-Marshall

John Jay College (CUNY), Professor

Artwell Cain

University of Aruba

Nichelle Calhoun

Perpetual Blackness

Claudi Carreras Guillén

Independent Curator

Paul Cato

University of Chicago

Cheryl Clarke

Poet

Jean Paul Colleyn

Ecole des Hautes études en Sciences Sociales, Professor

Anna-Lisa Cox

Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, Harvard University, Fellow

Romi Crawford

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Professor

Anne Cross

The University of Delaware, Ph.D. Candidate

Lauryn Darden

New York University

Pearl Korkor Darkey

Angelica Dass

Independent Photographer, Educator

Steed Vernyl Davidson

McCormick Theological Seminary

Dionti Davis

Director of Education, The HistoryMakers

Joy Davis

Independent Scholar and Waller Gallery Director

Alexis De Veaux

University of Buffalo, Professor Emerita and Independent Scholar

Rachel DeLauder

Drexel University, MA Candidate

Sarah DeMott

Harvard University, Research Librarian

Dowoti Desir-Hounon Houna II

The AfroAtlantic Theologies & Treaties Institute

Alessandra Di Maio

University of Palermo, Professor

Michael Dinwiddie

New York University, Gallatin School of Individualized Study

Sarin Drew

University of Cape Town

De Angela L. Duff

New York University, Industry Professor, Integrated Digital Media

I. Augustus Durham

University of Maryland, College Park, Postdoctoral Fellow

Dominique Duroseau

Rutgers University Interdisciplinary Artist/ Prof

Brittney Michelle Edmonds

University of Wisconsin, Madison Postdoctoral Fellow

Chiyuma Elliott

U. C. Berkeley, Assistant Professor

Rachel Engmann

Hampshire College

Maurice Eriaremhien

University of Calabria

Ayana Evans

Performance Artist/Brown University

Ivan Forde

Artist

Greg Foster-Rice

Columbia College Chicago, Associate Professor

Terri Francis

Black Film Center/Archive, Director

Marthia Fuller

University of New Mexico

Steven G. Fullwood

Nomadic Archivists Project

Bill Gaskins

Maryland Institute College of Art

Racquel Gates

College of Staten Island, CUNY, Associate Professor

Raimi Gbadamosi

WiSER, University of the Witswatersrand, Professor

Michael Gillespie

The City College of New York

Isaac Ginsberg Miller

Northwestern University, PhD Candidate

Leah Gipson

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Professor

Aston Gonzalez

Salisbury University, Assistant Professor of History

Erin Gray

University of California, Davis, Assistant Professor

Carolyn Grimstead

Long Island University Post Campus

Kia Melchor Hall

Fielding Graduate University

Dell M. Hamilton

Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, Harvard University

Thomas Allen Harris

Family Pictures USA

Christopher Harris

Northwestern University, Post Doctoral Fellow

Eric Hart

New York University

Natasha Henry

York University, PhD Candidate

Sean Henry-Smith

Artist

Jillian Hernandez

University of Florida, Center for Gender, Sexualities, and Women's Studies Research, Assistant Professor

Elizabeth Hinton

Harvard University Associate Professor of History and African American Studies

Robert Holmes

Nomvuyo Horwitz

University of Johannesburg

Kristina Huang

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Assistant Professor

Nataleah Hunter-Young

Ryerson University and York University, PhD Candidate

Deborah Jack

New Jersey City University, Associate Professor

Kéla Jackson

Harvard University, PhD Student

Erica Moiah James

University of Miami, Professor

Jalexis James

New York University

Hannah Jones

University of Oxford

Jovonna Jones

Harvard University, PhD Candidate

Lynn Jones

Delande C. Justinvil

American University, PhD student

Roshini Kempadoo

University of Westminster

Sarah Khan

Asian/Pacific/American Institute, NYU, Visiting Scholar

Chantaneice Kitt

UT-Austin

Marci Kwon

Stanford University, Assistant Professor

Ana-Maurine Lara

University of Oregon, Assistant Professor

Adiva Lawrence

Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation, University of Hull

Zun Lee

Visual Artist, Physician, Educator

Sofia Lima

UFBA-Universidade Federal da Bahia

Treva B. Lindsey

Ohio State University, Associate Professor and Chair, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies

Malcolm Lizzappi

Stanford University

Rachel Lobo

York University

Zoraida Lopez

Independent Artist and Curator

Pastiche Lumumba

Artist

Sean-Kierre Lyons

Artist

Mai Mageed

New York University

Tsedaye Makonnen

Smithsonian Artist Research Fellow

Amalia Mallard

The Laughing Archive, Founder

Khaliah Mangrum

Westmont College, Assistant Professor

Jordan Mayfield

Columbia University, Ph.D. Student

Robin McDowell

Harvard University, Ph.D. Candidate

Catherine McKinley

Writer/Collector

Marla McLeod

Tufts University, MFA Candidate

Uri McMillan

UCLA, Associate Professor

Ari Melenciano

New York University

Helina Metaferia

Mellon Fellow/ Assistant Professor, Brown University

Marcia Michael

University of The Arts London (UAL), Ph.D. Candidate

Amy Mooney

Columbia College Chicago, Associate Professor

Bianca Moran

University of Southern California, MA Candidate

Joan Morgan

Courtney Desiree Morris

University of California Berkeley, Assistant Professor and Artist

Gabrielle Moser

OCAD University, Assistant Professor

Janée Moses

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ph.D. Candidate

Sihle Motsa

University of the Witwatersrand

Hannah-Rose Murray

University of Nottingham

Tami Navarro

Barnard College

Rachel Newman

A.W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, CASVA, National Gallery of Art / Assistant Professor, Temple University

Carmel Ohman

University of Oregon, Ph.D. Candidate

Natasha Oladokun

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Masud Olufani

Spelman College; The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center

Oluremi Onabanjo

Columbia University

Camille Owens

Yale University, Ph.D.

Sasha Panaram

Duke University, Ph.D. Candidate

Giulia Paoletti

University of Virginia, Assistant Professor of African art

Katina Parker

Independent Artist Filmmaker | Activist

Michelle Renee Perkins

Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts

Michele Prettyman (Formerly Beverly)

Mercer University

Anni Pullagura

Brown University, Ph.D. Candidate

Tebogo Radebe

University of Witwatersrand, Ph.D. Candidate

Michael Ralph

New York University, Associate Professor

Michal Raz-Russo

The Art Institute of Chicago, David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg Associate Curator of Photography

Charlene Regester

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Associate Professor

Sarah Richter

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Anthony Rivera

Rivera

Mercy Romero

Sonoma State University, Assistant Professor

Robert Rooks

Clark Atlanta University

Lauren Russell

University of Pittsburgh, Research Assistant Professor/Assistant Director, Center for African American Poetry and Poetics

Nazera Sadiq Wright

University of Kentucky

Jess Saldaña

Parsons/New School MFA 2020 & NYU Performance Studies MA 2019

Sirpa Salenius

University of Eastern Finland

Petal Samuel

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Eneida Sanches

Visual Artist

Rafia Santana

#PayBlackTime, Multi-platform Artist & Entertainer

Isaque Santos Pinheiro

Federal University of Bahia

Alinta Sara

Bokantaj and CLCC at Imperial College

Sahar D. Sattarzadeh

Nelson Mandela University, Chair for Critical Studies in Higher Education Transformation

Patricia Joan Saunders

University of Miami, Coral Gables, Associate Professor

Gunja SenGupta

Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center-City University of New York, Professor

Hadiya Sewer

Brown University, Visiting Scholar

Gail Shaw-Clemons

Bowie State University

Samantha Sheppard

Cornell University, Mary Armstrong Meduski '80 Assistant Professor

Pfunzo Sidogi

Tshwane University of Technology

Maya Singhal

Harvard University, Ph.D. Student

Summer Sloane-Britt

New York University, Ph.D.

Faith Smith

Brandeis University, Associate Professor

Holly Smith

Spelman College, College Archivist

Lo Smith

Artist

Nyugen Smith

Lecturer of Interdisciplinary Art, Southern Methodist University

Hillary Spencer

Brooklyn College

Raven Spiratos

McGill University, MA Candidate

Sarah Stefana Smith

American University, Postdoctoral Fellow of Academic Diversity

Cheryl Sterling

The Pennsylvania State University, Director of African Studies, Associate Professor

Deborah Thomas

University of Pennsylvania, R. Jean Brownlee Professor of Anthropology

Justin Randolph Thompson

New York University Florence, Lecturer

Krista Thompson

Northwestern University, Professor

Drew Thompson

Bard College, Director of Africana Studies and Assistant Professor of Historical and Africana Studies

Michele Thorpe

New York University

Scheherazade Tillet

A Long Walk Home/ Artist in ResidencyArtist In Residence, New Arts Justice and Shine Portrait Studio

Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste

Performance Artist/Professor

Spring Ulmer

Middlebury College, Visiting Assistant Professor

Valentine Umansky

Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati

Joseph Underwood

Kent State University, Assistant Professor

Jennifer Van Horn

University of Delaware

Adreinne Waheed

Waheed Photo Archive, Photographer/Photo Editor

Dionne Walker

University Arts London

Anya Wallace

Penn State University, Ph.D. Candidate

Kimberly Wallace-Sanders

Emory University, Associate Professor

Syrus Marcus Ware

Black Lives Matter - Toronto; York University

Kamau Ware

Black Gotham Experience, Artist / Historian

Bernida Webb-Binder

Spelman College, Assistant Professor

Leniqueca Welcome

University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D. Candidate

Emily Wilbourne

Queens College and the Graduate Center, CUNY, Associate Professor

Dyana Williams

CEO, Influence Entertainment

Jennifer Williams

Loyola Marymount University, Assistant Professor

Noelle Lorraine Williams

Rutgers Newark

Brennan Williams

Sue Williamson

Artist

Emma Wolukau-Wanambwa

University of Bergen / Another Roadmap School

Jenna Wortham

The New York Times Magazine

Leah Wright Rigueur

Harvard University, Assistant Professor

Tiphanie Yanique

Emory University, Professor

Paulette Young

Young Robertson Gallery, Cultural Anthropologist and Historian