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Jalondra Davis
Jalondra A. Davis is a Black feminist artist-intellectual, a writer, scholar and educator in Los Angeles, CA. She holds a BA in English from Loyola Marymount University, Master of Professional Writing from the University of Southern California, and Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies from University of California, Riverside. Her work focuses on black political discourse and women, gender, and sexuality in Black/Africana popular literatures and culture. Her current project "On Queens and Monsters: Black Women's Science Fiction and the Black Political Imagination" looks at how black women's speculative fiction contests disciplinary narrative discourses surrounding black femininity. She is also the author of a coming-of-age novel entitled Butterfly Jar, about a black girl named Tanis growing up and acting up.
Jakita Thomas
Dr. Jakita O. Thomas is a Philpott Westpoint Stevens Associate Professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering at Auburn University in Auburn, AL. Dr. Thomas is also Director of the CUltuRally & SOcially Relevent (CURSOR) Computing Lab.
Meseret Hailu
Meseret Hailu is a doctoral candidate in the Morgridge College of Education at the University of Denver. She is currently…
Miari Taina Stephens
Miari Taina Stephens is a doctoral student at Harvard University in the African & African American Studies department. Her research…
Raven Cokley
Raven K. Cokley is a native of Sarasota, FL. She earned her M.Ed. from the University of Georgia in Professional…
Dana Nickson
Dana Nickson is a third-year doctoral student and Rackham Merit Fellow at The University of Michigan in Educational Studies with a concentration in Education Foundations and Policy.
Maria Velazquez
Dr. Maria Velazquez received her doctorate from University of Maryland, College-Park. Her dissertation, "Reclaiming Black Beledi," focuses on belly dance…
Grace Gipson
Grace D. Gipson is a Visiting Professor in African American Studies at Georgia State University and a doctoral candidate in the African American Studies program with a designated emphasis in New Media at the University of California Berkeley.
Nicole Kenney
Nicole E. Kenney, M.P.P. is a wellness activist and budding Philadelphia filmmaker. Her documentary and wellness program, It Starts With…
Kishundra King
Kishundra D. King holds a Master of Science in Counseling from Creighton University and a Master of Divinity from Yale…
Dr. Nicole M. Joseph is an assistant professor of mathematics and science education in the department of Teaching and Learning.…
Jay Nixon
Jay Nixon is a writer, scholar, educator, and world traveler.
Darlene Anita Scott
Darlene Anita Scott's scholarship and creative work explore the corporeal performance of trauma and the violence of silence.
LaKeisha Thorpe
LaKeisha L. Thorpe (MFA, PhD Candidate) is a well-versed higher education professional who is passionate about student goals, liberal arts…
Tamyka Morant
Dr. Tamyka Morant has been a professional educator for over 15 years and current serves as the Assistant Principal of Garrison ES in Washington, DC.
Ash Lynch
Ash Lynch is a black queer boi abolitionist who uses Hip-Hop as their soundtrack toward freedom dreams.