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Executive Team
Gabrielle Foreman
CBDR Co-Director
Co-Founder and Co-Director, Colored Conventions Project
Shirley Moody-Turner
CBDR Co-Director
Founder, Black Women's Organizing Archive
Jim Casey
Associate Director
Co-Founder and Co-Director, Colored Conventions Project
Co-Founder and Co-Director, Douglass Day
Lauren Cooper
Digital Scholarship Librarian and Managing Director
Administration
Sergio Carmona
Budget and Finance Coordinator
Gabrielle Sutherland
Event and Communications Administrator
Graduate Researchers
Pheolyn Allen
#DigBlk Scholar (2021-2023)
Masters candidate in English, Penn State University
Lauren Barnes
#DigBlk Scholar (2021-2023)
Dual Title Ph.D. in English and African American and Diaspora Studies, Penn State University
Denise Burgher
Graduate Researcher; Chair, Curriculum Committee; Co-chair, Douglass Day; Mural Arts Project Manager
PhD student in English, University of Delaware
Kesla Elmore
#DigBlk Scholar (2021-2023)
Ph.D. student in English, Penn State University
Rachel Fernandes
Visiting Graduate Student in Digital Archives (2020-Present)
PhD candidate in English Language and Literatures, Queen’s University
Brandi Locke
Graduate Researcher; Co-chair, CCP Digital Archives; Mural Arts Project Manager
PhD candidate in English, University of Delaware
Yolanda Mackey
#DigBlk Scholar (2022-2023)
Dual Title PhD Student in English and African American and Diaspora Studies, Penn State University
Wendyliz Martinez
Graduate Admin Assistant
PhD Student, English and African American Studies, Penn State University
Eden Mekonen
Graduate Admin Assistant
M.S. + Ph.D., Geography and African Studies Program, Penn State University
Courtney Murray
#DigBlk Scholar (2020-2023)
PhD Student in English and African American Studies, Penn State University
Morgan Robinson
#DigBlk Scholar (2022-2023)
PhD student, History & African American Studies, The Pennsylvania State University
Takina Walker
#DigBlk Scholar (2022-2023)
Carmin Wong
#DigBlk Scholar (2022-2023)
PhD student, English Literature and African American and Diaspora Studies, The Pennsylvania State University
Undergraduate Researchers
Genna Zagoren
Communications Committee (2020-Present)
Undergraduate in the College of Communications, Penn State
Post-doctoral
Samantha Q. de Vera
JT Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow (2022-2023), Research Fellow (2021-2022)
Visiting Faculty and Affiliates
Maisha Carey
Affiliate Librarian
Organizational Development & Learning Librarian, University of Delaware
Nneka Dennie
JT Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow (2022-2023)
datejie cheko green
Co-Chair of DigBlk Studios
Summer Hamilton
Assistant Research Professor of Digital Scholarship and Digital Projects Designer
Jennifer Isasi
Assistant Director of the Office of Digital Pedagogies and Initiatives/Director of the Digital Liberal Arts Research Initiative
Andre E. Johnson
#DigBlk Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow (2022)
Associate Professor of Communication, University of Memphis
Kristin Moriah
#DigBlk Satellite Partner (2018-Present), JT Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow (2022)
Assistant Professor, Queen's University
Lynnette Overby
Faculty Affiliate, Arts Satellite Partner
Professor of Theater at the University of Delaware
Carol Rudisell
Affiliate Librarian
Head, Reference & Instructional Services, University of Delaware
Curtis Small
Affiliate Librarian
Senior Assistant Librarian and Coordinator, Public Services, University of Delaware
Kaitlyn Tanis
Affiliate Librarian
History and Social Sciences Librarian, University of Delaware
Alumni
Kimberly Blockett
#DigBlk Mellon Faculty Fellow (F21)
Professor of English, Penn State University
Marc Blanc
Visiting Graduate Student Intern (2020-2022)
PhD candidate in English and American Literature, Washington University in St. Louis
Keon Burns
#DigBlk Scholar (2021-2022)
Dual title PhD candidate in US History and African American Studies, Pennsylvania State University
Michelle Byrnes
Co-chair, CCP Website and Database (2018-2022), CCP Team Member (2016-2018)
Undergraduate in Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State
Daphney Chancy
Administrative Support Coordinator (2020-2022)
Christyne Corasmin
Admin & Events Committee (2021-2022)
Undergraduate in Liberal Arts with a focus in Political Science, Penn State
Richard Daily
Social Media Committee (2020-2021)
Dual Title PhD Candidate in the History and African American Studies, Pennsylvania State University
Lauren Earl
Visiting Graduate Student Intern (SP21)
Master's of Library and Information Science, Syracuse University
Sabrina Evans
#DigBlk Scholar (2020-2022)
Dual Title PhD Student in English and African American and Diaspora Studies, Pennsylvania State University
Victoria Francois
Social Media Committee (2021-2022)
Undergraduate Student, Penn State
Takiya Jackson
Social Media Committee (2020-2021)
Undergraduate student in Biobehavioral Health, Penn State
Anna Lacy
Project Coordinator (2018-2021), CCP Digital Archives, Co-chair and CCP Teaching Partners, Co-chair (2015-2021)
Ph.D. candidate in History, University of Delaware
Hayden Lamphere
#DigBlk Scholar (2020-2022)
Master’s student in the Department of History, Penn State University
Moyra Schauffler
#DigBlk Scholar (2020-2022)
PhD Student in History, Penn State University
Justin Smith
#DigBlk Scholar (2020-2022)
Dual-title Ph.D. Candidate in English and African American Studies, Penn State University
Kaula Thomas
Social Media Committee (2020-2021)
Undergraduate in African American Studies, Penn State
Nakisha Whittington
#DigBlk Scholar (2020-2021)
PhD Student in Curriculum and Instruction, Penn State University
Arline Wilson
JT Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow (2022)
Graduate Researcher (2020-2021)
Kevin Winstead
CBDR CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow (2019-2022)