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Senior Leadership

Gabrielle Foreman

CBDR Co-Director

Co-Founder and Co-Director, Colored Conventions Project

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Chris Dancy

CBDR Co-Director

Associate Professor, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering & Computer Science and Engineering

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Jim Casey

CBDR Associate Director

Co-Founder and Co-Director, Colored Conventions Project

Co-Founder and Co-Director, Douglass Day

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Denise Burgher

Director, Community and Curricular Engagement; Co-director, Douglass Day

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Lauren Cooper

CBDR Managing Director and Digital Scholarship Librarian

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Administration

Sergio Carmona

Budget and Finance Coordinator

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Gabrielle Sutherland

Event and Communications Administrator, Project Management

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Graduate Research Leaders

Lauren Barnes

#DigBlk Scholar

Dual Title Ph.D., English and African American and Diaspora Studies, Penn State University

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Fitsum Beyene

LibTech, AI Research Fellow, Engineering, Penn State University

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Keon Burns

#DigBlk Scholar

Dual title PhD candidate, US History and African American Studies, Penn State University

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Christopher D. Harris

#DigBlk Satellite Researcher

Ph.D. student, Department of Communication and Film, University of Memphis

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Carl Frederick Hill

#DigBlk Satellite Researcher, Communication and Film, University of Memphis

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Victoria McKeller-Peoples

#DigBlk Scholar

Penn State University

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Eden Mekonen

#DigBlk Scholar

Ph.D., Geography and African Studies Program, Penn State University

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Janel Almond Moore

#DigBlk/JT Satellite Partner

PhD candidate, Educational Policy and Leadership, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana Champaign

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Jormailin Valdes Pareras

#DigBlk Scholar

Penn State University

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Krystion M. Pegues

#DigBlk Satellite Researcher

Graduate student, Communication and Women, Gender, and Sexuality, University of Memphis

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Meera Ray

LibTech, Computer Science and Engineering PhD student, Penn State University

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Ruth Tefera

LibTech, Engineering, Penn State University

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Kimberley N. Travers

#DigBlk Satellite Researcher

Ph.D.student, Communication, University of Memphis

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Takina Walker

#DigBlk Researcher, Write-on-Sites Co-Facilitator

#DigBlk Scholar (2022-2025)

Penn State University

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Carmin Wong

#DigBlk Scholar

PhD student, English and African American and Diaspora Studies, Penn State University

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Deja Workman

LibTech, PhD student in Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State University

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Undergraduate Researchers

Hunter Reed

#DigBlk Research Assistant

Undergraduate, Landscape Architecture, Penn State University

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Norma Sannon

#DigBlk Research Assistant Undergraduate, Global and International Studies, Penn State University

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Tahfiq Williams

#DigBlk Communications & Events Student Assistant

Undergraduate, International Politics & Economics, Penn State University

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Librarians and Archivists

Carol Rudisell

#DigBlk Satellite Partner

Retired, Reference & Instructional Services, Univ. of Delaware

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Kaitlyn Tanis

Affiliate Librarian, Exhibits Committee

History and Social Sciences Librarian, Univ. of Delaware

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Post-Doctoral Fellows, Visiting Faculty, and Faculty Partners - Current

Samantha Q. de Vera

#DigBlk Satellite Partner

#DigBlk/JT Postdoctoral Fellow (2022-2023), Research Fellow (2021-2022)

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Sabrina Evans

#DigBlk/JT Satellite Partner

Associate Professor of English, Howard University

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Rachel Fernandes

#DigBlk/JT Visiting Scholar

English Language and Literatures, Queen’s University

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Jennifer Isasi

#DigBlk Faculty Partner

Assistant Director, Office of Digital Pedagogies; Director, Digital Liberal Arts Research Initiative, Penn State University

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Andre E. Johnson

#DigBlk Satellite Partner

Professor of Rhetoric and Media Studies, Dept. of Communication, Univ. of Memphis

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Sherita L. Johnson

#DigBlk/JT Commonwealth Faculty Fellow

Director, African Research Center (ARC); Associate Professor, English, Penn State University

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Brandi Locke

Coordinator of Arts Partnerships and the #Harper 200 Project

#DigBlk/JT Postdoctoral Fellow, Penn State University

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Lynnette Overby

#DigBlk/JT Satellite Partner

Retired, Professor of Theater at the Univ. of Delaware

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Selena Sanderfer Doss

#DigBlk/JT Satellite Partner

Associate Professor of History, Western Kentucky University

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Justin Smith

Satellite Partner (2024-present); #DigBlk Scholar (2020-2022)

Dual-title Ph.D. Candidate in English and African American Studies, Penn State University

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Eunice Toh

#DigBlk Research Associate, Penn State University

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Jewon Woo

#DigBlk Satellite Partner

Professor of English, Lorain County Community College

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Directors – Past

Shirley Moody-Turner

CBDR Co-Director (2020-2025)

Founder, Black Women's Organizing Archive

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Post-Doctoral Fellows, Visiting Faculty, and Faculty Partners - Past

Nneka Dennie

#DigBlk/JT Postdoctoral Fellow (2022-2023)

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Tony Frazier

#DigBlk/JT Faculty Fellow (2024-2025)

Assistant Professor, History, Penn State University (2024-2025)

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Summer Hamilton

Digital Projects Developer and Assistant Research Professor of Digital Scholarship, Penn State University (2022-2024)

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Lucien Holness

#DigBlk/JT Faculty Fellow (2024-2025)

Assistant Professor, History, Penn State University (2024-2025)

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Kristin Moriah

#DigBlk Satellite Partner (2018-2023), #DigBlk/JT Postdoctoral Fellow (2022)

Assistant Professor, Queen's University

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Kevin Pyon

#DigBlk Faculty Partner (2023-2025)

Assistant Professor, American Literature, Race, and Ethnic Studies, Penn State University

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Derrick Spires

#DigBlk/JT Satellite Partner

Associate Professor of English, Univ. of Delaware

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Arline Wilson

#DigBlk/JT Postdoctoral Fellow (2022)

Graduate Researcher (2020-2021)

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Kevin Winstead

CBDR CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow (2019-2022)

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Alumni

Kimberly Blockett

#DigBlk/JT Faculty Fellow (F21)

Professor of English, Penn State University

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Taylor Abrams-Rollinson

#DigBlk Satellite Researcher

Ph.D. student, Communication and Film, University of Memphis (2023-2025)

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Pheolyn Allen

#DigBlk Scholar (2021-2024)

Masters candidate in English, Penn State University

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Kenneth Avery, Jr.

CBDR Satellite Researcher (23-24)

Ph.D. student, Department of Communication and Film, University of Memphis

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Marc Blanc

Visiting Graduate Student Intern (2020-2022)

PhD candidate in English and American Literature, Washington Univ. in St. Louis

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Kenisha Brown

#DigBlk Research Assistant

Undergraduate, Communication, Arts, and Sciences, Penn State University (2024-2025)

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Michelle Byrnes

Co-chair, CCP Website and Database (2018-2022), CCP Team Member (2016-2018)

Undergraduate in Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State University

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Maisha Carey

Affiliate Librarian (2020-2021)

Organizational Development & Learning Librarian, Univ. of Delaware

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Jennifer L. Carner

CBDR Satellite Researcher (23-24)

PhD student, African American Preaching and Sacred Rhetoric, Christian Theological Seminary

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Daphney Chancy

Administrative Support Coordinator (2020-2022)

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Christyne Corasmin

Admin & Events Committee (2021-2022)

Undergraduate in Liberal Arts with a focus in Political Science, Penn State University

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Richard Daily

Social Media Committee (2020-2021)

Dual Title PhD Candidate in the History and African American Studies, Pennsylvania State University

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Lauren Earl

Visiting Graduate Student Intern (SP21)

Master's of Library and Information Science, Syracuse University

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Kesla Elmore

#DigBlk Scholar (2022-2024, SP2025)

Ph.D. student, English, Penn State University

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Victoria Francois

Social Media Committee (2021-2022)

Undergraduate Student, Penn State University

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datejie cheko green

Co-Chair of DigBlk Studios

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Patrice Green

Curator for African American Collections, Penn State University (2021-2023)

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Breonna Greene

Douglass Day Communication Student Assistant (2025)

Undergraduate, Marketing, Penn State University

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Takiya Jackson

Social Media Committee (2020-2021)

Undergraduate student in Biobehavioral Health, Penn State

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Anna Lacy

Project Coordinator (2018-2021), CCP Digital Archives, Co-chair and CCP Teaching Partners, Co-chair (2015-2021)

Ph.D. candidate in History, Univ. of Delaware

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Hayden Lamphere

#DigBlk Scholar (2020-2022)

Master’s student in the Department of History, Penn State University

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Angel Ledesma

#DigBlk Scholar (2024-2025)

Master's student, English, Penn State University

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Yolanda Mackey

#DigBlk Scholar (2022-2024)

PhD Student, English and African American and Diaspora Studies, Penn State University

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Wendyliz Martinez

#DigBlk Scholar (2023-2024); Graduate Admin Assistant (2022-2023)

PhD Student, English and African American Studies, Penn State University

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Courtney Murray

#DigBlk Scholar

PhD Candidate, English and African American Studies, Penn State University (2020-2025)

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Kendra Napier-Fonash

#DigBlk Scholar (2023-2025)

Penn State University

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Chaunece Reed

#DigBlk Scholar

Master's student, English, Penn State University (2024-2025)

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Glynnis Reed-Conway

#DigBlk Finish It Coordinator (2023-2024)

Ph.D. candidate in Art Education and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Penn State

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Morgan Robinson

#DigBlk Scholar (2022-2024)

PhD student, History & African American Studies, Penn State University

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Schylar Satchell

Douglass Day Communication Student Assistant (2025)

Undergraduate, Criminology, Penn State University

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Moyra Schauffler

#DigBlk Scholar (2020-2022)

PhD Student in History, Penn State University

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Curtis Small

Affiliate Librarian

Senior Assistant Librarian and Coordinator, Public Services, Univ. of Delaware

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Kaula Thomas

Social Media Committee (2020-2021)

Undergraduate in African American Studies, Penn State University

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Nakisha Whittington

#DigBlk Scholar (2020-2021); Curriculum Co-chair (2020-2021)

PhD Student in Curriculum and Instruction, Penn State University

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Genna Zagoren

Communications Committee (2020-2022)

Undergraduate, College of Communications, Penn State University

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