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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, Colored Conventions Project

Co-Founder and Co-Director, Douglass Day

Lauren Cooper

Digital Scholarship Librarian and Managing Director

Denise Burgher

Project Coordinator

PhD student in English, University of Delaware

Administration

Daphney Chancy

Administrative Support Coordinator

Gabrielle Sutherland

Administrative Support Assistant

Graduate Researchers

Pheolyn Allen

#DigBlk Scholar

Masters candidate in English, Penn State University

Lauren Barnes

#DigBlk Scholar

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

Marc Blanc

Visiting Graduate Student Intern

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

Keon Burns

#DigBlk Scholar

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

Richard Daily

Social Media Committee

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

Samantha Q. de Vera

Research Fellow

PhD Candidate in History, University of California, San Diego

Kesla Elmore

#DigBlk Scholar

Ph.D. student in English, Penn State University

Sabrina Evans

#DigBlk Scholar

Dual Title PhD Student in English and African American and Diaspora Studies, Pennsylvania State University

Rachel Fernandes

Visiting Graduate Student in Digital Archives

PhD candidate in English Language and Literatures, Queen’s University

Anna Lacy

Project Coordinator

Ph.D. candidate in History, University of Delaware

Hayden Lamphere

#DigBlk Scholar

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

Brandi Locke

African American Public Humanities Initiative Fellow

PhD candidate in English, University of Delaware

Courtney Murray

#DigBlk Scholar

PhD student in the Department of English, Penn State University

Moyra Schauffler

#DigBlk Scholar 2020-2021

PhD Student in History, Penn State University

Justin Smith

#DigBlk Scholar

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

Arline Wilson

Graduate Researcher in Digital Archives

PhD candidate in English, University of Delaware

Undergraduate Researchers

Michelle Byrnes

Co-chair, CCP Website and Database

Undergraduate in Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State

Christyne Corasmin

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

Victoria Francois

Undergraduate in Biobehavioral Health with a minor in Social Justice in Education, Penn State

Takiya Jackson

Undergraduate student in Biobehavioral Health, Penn State

Genna Zagoren

Undergraduate in the College of Communications, Penn State

Post-doctoral

Kevin Winstead

CBDR CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow

Faculty

Kimberly Blockett

#DigBlk Mellon Faculty Fellow

Professor of English, Penn State University

Affiliates and Visiting Faculty

Maisha Carey

Affiliate Librarian

Organizational Development & Learning Librarian, University of Delaware

datejie cheko green

Co-Chair of DigBlk Studios

Kristin Moriah

CCP Mellon Satellite Partner

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

Lauren Earl

Visiting Graduate Student Intern, Spring 2021

Master's of Library and Information Science, Syracuse University

Kaula Thomas

Undergraduate in African American Studies, Penn State (2020-2021)

Nakisha Whittington

#DigBlk Scholar 2020-2021

PhD Student in Curriculum and Instruction, Penn State University