People

Alexis Alleyne-Caputo

Alexis Alleyne-Caputo

New York University (Alumna), Goddard College (Alumna) University of Miami (Professor : 2014 - 2017), New World School of the Arts/Miami Dade College: (2010 - 2015)

Kehinde Alonge

Kehinde Alonge

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

Adisa Anderson

Adisa Anderson

Queens Historical Society, Inc.

GerShun Avilez

GerShun Avilez

Professor of English

University of Maryland, College Park

Lauren Baccus

Lauren Baccus

Artist

University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Hettie Barnhill

Hettie Barnhill

Skidmore

Inayah Bashir

Inayah Bashir

Harvard Graduate School of Education

Darius Bost

Darius Bost

Professor of Black Studies and Gender & Women Studies

University of Illnois

Danielle Bowler

New Frame

Bisa Butler

Bisa Butler

Artist, United States Artist Fellow

Loren S. Cahill

Loren S. Cahill

Assistant Professor

Smith College School of Social Work

Regina Carter

Regina Carter

Director -Geri Allen Jazz Camp -New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Doris Duke Artist, MacArthur Fellow

Destiny Crockett

Destiny Crockett

English PhD Candidate

University of Pennsylvania

Michael Dinwiddie

Gallatin School New York University

Vashti DuBois

Vashti DuBois

Founder/Executive Director of The Colored Girls Museum

DeAngela Duff

Industry Professor, Integrated Design & Media

New York University

Antoinette Ellis-Williams

New Jersey City University, Women's & Gender Studies

Naomi Extra

Naomi Extra

Rutgers University, Newark (American Studies), Rutgers, New Brunswick (WGSS)

Adama Delphine Fawundu

Adama Delphine Fawundu

(artist, author, curator, professor)

Columbia University, co-founder of MFON Women Photographers of the African Diaspora

Brendan Fernandes

Brendan Fernandes

Northwestern University

Chelsea Flowers

Chelsea Flowers

Assistant Professor

Parson School of Design

Kamilah Forbes

Kamilah Forbes

Director & Producer

The Apollo Theater

Tonya Foster

Tonya Foster

San Francisco State University

Porshé Garner

Porshé Garner

Senior Administrator

A Long Walk Home, Inc.

Kyra Gaunt

Kyra Gaunt

University at Albany SUNY

Leah Gipson

Assistant Professor in the Art Theraphy and Counseling Department

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Jacqueline Gopie

Jacqueline Gopie

Artist

University of Miami

Jonathan W. Gray

Jonathan W. Gray

Associate Professor of English

CUNY Graduate Center

Farah Jasmine Griffin

Farah Jasmine Griffin

Chair of African-American & African Diaspora Studies; Director of the Institute for Research in African American Studies and the William B. Ransford Professor of English & Comparative Literature and African-American Studies, Columbia University

Columbia University

Ayasha Guerin

Assistant Professor of Black Diaspora Studies

University of British Columbia

Mel Harper

Projects Manager

National Gallery of Art

L. Kasimu Harris

Visions & Verbs Media

Linda Harrison

Linda Harrison

Director and CEO

The Newark Museum of Art

Enas Hassan

Enas Hassan

Cre-artist (Creative/Artist)

Aneeka Ayanna Henderson

Aneeka Ayanna Henderson

Amherst College

Kut the Rug Institute

Amanda Adams-Louis & Brian Polite (Kut The Rug Institute)

New York University/ Tisch School of the Arts- Dance Department

Kerry-Ann James

Kerry-Ann James

York University

Marcus Jamison

Marcus Jamison

Curator in Residence

Express Newark

Régine Michelle Jean-Charles

Régine Michelle Jean-Charles

Director of Africana Studies and the Dean's Professor of Culture and Social Justice

Northeastern University

Quanda Johnson

Quanda Johnson

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Jason King

Jason King

Chair, The Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music

New York University

Christina Knight

Christina Knight

knightworks dance theater

Jessi Knight

Jessi Knight

knightworks dance theater

Kavita Kulkarni

Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Center for Digital Humanities

Princeton University

Jessica Lynne

Jessica Lynne

Curator and Cultural Worker

Berette S. Macaulay

Berette S. Macaulay

University of Washington, Black Cinema Collective, On the Boards

Christopher Massenburg

Christopher Massenburg

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Jacqueline Mattis

Jacqueline Mattis

Dean

Rutgers University—Newark, School of Arts and Sciences

Stacie McCormick

Stacie McCormick

Associate Professor of English, Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies and Women and Gender Studies

Texas Christian University

Vernice Miller

Vernice Miller

Thespian - Actor/Director, Professor

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, founder & artistic director of A Laboratory for Actor Training and Experimental Theater Company (ALATetc)

Natalya Mills (Chief Erelu Awo)

Natalya Mills (Chief Erelu Awo)

IDSVA(Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts)

Dominique Morriseau

Dominique Morriseau

Award-winning Playwright and Tv/Film Writer

Gwen Moten

Gwen Moten

Theatre World Music Service | Newark, NJ

Kiana Murphy

Kiana Murphy

Brown University

Kenwyn Murray

Kenwyn Murray

University of the West Indies St, Augustine

Matthias Domingo Mushinski

Matthias Domingo Mushinski

Film & Moving Image Studies, Concordia University

J.M. Nimocks

J.M. Nimocks

Northwestern University AFAM Department

Alao Luqman Omotayo

Artist

Edna Manley College of Visual and Performing Arts

Kristen Owens

Kristen Owens

Associate Curator (Programs)

Paul Robeson Galleries, Express Newark

Mimi Owusu

PhD Student

University of Michigan

Kai Parker

Kai Parker

Assistant Professor of Religious Studies

University of Virginia

Oliva R. Polk

Oliva R. Polk

Yale University, American and African American Studies

William Henry Pruitt III

William Henry Pruitt III

Harvard University

Aja D. Reynolds

Aja D. Reynolds

Assistant Professor in Teacher Education

Wayne State University

Elias Rodriques

Elias Rodriques

Assistant Professor of African American Literature

Sarah Lawrence

Duhirwe Rushemeza

Duhirwe Rushemeza

Duhirwe Rushemeza Studio

Petal Samuel

Petal Samuel

Assistant Professor of African, African American and Diaspora Studies

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Katie Schaag

Katie Schaag

Assistant Professor of Theatre & Performance

Spelman College

Yvonne Michelle Shirley

Yvonne Michelle Shirley

Director

Community Media Center, Express Newark

Katleho Shoro

University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Blair Ebony Smith

Dr. Blair Ebony Smith

Assistant Professor of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and New York University Doctoral Candidate

Sarah Stefana Smith

Sarah Stefana Smith

Mount Holyoke College

Zeus Sumra

Zeus Sumra

Rutgers University-Newark

Deborah Thomas

Deborah Thomas

The R. Jean Brownlee Professor of Anthropology, and the Director of the Center for Experimental Ethnography

University of Pennsylvania

Amoni Thompson

Amoni Thompson

UC Santa Barbara

Scheherazade Tillet

Scheherazade Tillet

Artist and Activist

A Long Walk Home, Inc.

Jasmine Wahi

Jasmine Wahi

Curator and Cultural Worker

Project for Empty Space

CJ Wattley

CJ Wattley

Temple University

Lewis Watts

Lewis Watts

Professor Emeritus of Art at UC Santa Cruz

University of California Santa Cruz

Ricky Weaver

Ricky Weaver

Artist

ArtCenter

Dyana Williams

Dyana Williams

Influence Entertainment

Tanika I. Williams

Tanika I. Williams

Filmmaker and Performance Artist

Deborah Willis

Deborah Willis

University Professor, Chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU, Director of the Institute of African American Affairs/Center for Black Visual Culture

New York University

Reggie Wilson

Reggie Wilson

Executive and Artistic Director, Choreographer and Performer

Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group

Dagmawi Woubshet

Dagmawi Woubshet

Ahuja Family Presidential Associate Professor of English

University of Pennsylvania

Troziel xx

Troziel xx

New York University

Michelle Aeojin Yom

Michelle Aeojin Yom

Musicology, The Graduate Center at CUNY

Rashid Zakat

Rashid Zakat

BlackStar Projects