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Senior Leadership
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
CBDR Associate Director
Co-Founder and Co-Director, Colored Conventions Project
Co-Founder and Co-Director, Douglass Day
Lauren Cooper
CBDR Managing Director and Digital Scholarship Librarian
Denise Burgher
Director, Community and Curricular Engagement; Co-director, Douglass Day
PhD student, English, Univ. of Delaware
Administration
Sergio Carmona
Budget and Finance Coordinator
Gabrielle Sutherland
Event and Communications Administrator, Project Management
Graduate Research Leaders
Taylor Abrams-Rollinson
#DigBlk Satellite Researcher
Ph.D. student, Communication and Film, University of Memphis
Lauren Barnes
#DigBlk Scholar
Dual Title Ph.D., English and African American and Diaspora Studies, Penn State University
Keon Burns
#DigBlk Scholar
Dual title PhD candidate, US History and African American Studies, Penn State University
Kesla Elmore
#DigBlk Scholar
Ph.D. student, English, Penn State University
Rachel Fernandes
#DigBlk/JT Mellon Visiting Scholar
PhD candidate, English Language and Literatures, Queen’s University
Christopher D. Harris
#DigBlk Satellite Researcher
Ph.D. student, Department of Communication and Film, University of Memphis
Carl Frederick Hill
#DigBlk Satellite Researcher, Communication and Film, University of Memphis
Angel Ledesma
#DigBlk Scholar
Master's student, English, Penn State University
Yolanda Mackey
BWOA Project Coordinator
Dual Title PhD Student, English and African American and Diaspora Studies, Penn State University
Victoria McKeller-Peoples
#DigBlk Scholar
Penn State University
Eden Mekonen
#DigBlk Scholar
M.S. + Ph.D., Geography and African Studies Program, Penn State University
Janel Almond Moore
#DigBlk/JT Mellon Satellite Partner
PhD candidate, Educational Policy and Leadership, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
Courtney Murray
#DigBlk Scholar
PhD Candidate, English and African American Studies, Penn State University
Kendra Napier-Fonash
#DigBlk Scholar (2023-2025)
Penn State University
Jormailin Valdes Pareras
#DigBlk Scholar
Penn State University
Krystion M. Pegues
#DigBlk Satellite Researcher
Graduate student, Communication and Women, Gender, and Sexuality, University of Memphis
Chaunece Reed
#DigBlk Scholar
Master's student, English, Penn State University
Kimberley N. Travers
#DigBlk Satellite Researcher
Ph.D.student, Communication, University of Memphis
Takina Walker
#DigBlk Scholar
Penn State University
Carmin Wong
#DigBlk Scholar
PhD student, English and African American and Diaspora Studies, Penn State University
Undergraduate Researchers
Kenisha Brown
#DigBlk Research Assistant
Undergraduate, Communication, Arts, and Sciences, Penn State University
Hunter Reed
#DigBlk Research Assistant
Undergraduate, Landscape Architecture, Penn State University
Librarians and Archivists
Carol Rudisell
#DigBlk NHPRC Satellite Partner
Retired, Reference & Instructional Services, Univ. of Delaware
Post-Doctoral Fellows, Visiting Faculty, and Faculty Partners - Current
Chris Dancy
#DigBlk Faculty Partner
Associate Professor, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering & Computer Science and Engineering, Penn State University
Sabrina Evans
#DigBlk/JT Mellon Satellite Partner
Associate Professor of English, Howard University
Tony Frazier
#DigBlk/JT Mellon Faculty Fellow
Assistant Professor, History, Penn State University
Lucien Holness
#DigBlk/JT Mellon Faculty Fellow
Assistant Professor, History, Penn State University
Jennifer Isasi
#DigBlk Faculty Partner
Assistant Director, Office of Digital Pedagogies; Director, Digital Liberal Arts Research Initiative, Penn State University
Andre E. Johnson
#DigBlk NHRPC Satellite Partner
Professor of Communication, Univ. of Memphis
Sherita L. Johnson
#DigBlk/JT Commonwealth Faculty Fellow
Director, African Research Center (ARC); Associate Professor, English, Penn State University
Brandi Locke
Coordinator of Arts Partnerships and the #Harper 200 Project
#DigBlk/JT Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Penn State University
Lynnette Overby
#DigBlk/JT Mellon Satellite Partner
Retired, Professor of Theater at the Univ. of Delaware
Kevin Pyon
#DigBlk Faculty Partner
Assistant Professor, American Literature, Race, and Ethnic Studies, Penn State University
Selena Sanderfer Doss
#DigBlk/JT Mellon Satellite Partner
Associate Professor of History, Western Kentucky University
Eunice Toh
#DigBlk Research Associate, Penn State University
Jewon Woo
#DigBlk NHRPC Satellite Partner
Professor of English, Lorain County Community College
Post-Doctoral Fellows, Visiting Faculty, and Faculty Partners - Past
Samantha Q. de Vera
JT Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow (2022-2023), Research Fellow (2021-2022)
Nneka Dennie
JT Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow (2022-2023)
Summer Hamilton
Digital Projects Developer and Assistant Research Professor of Digital Scholarship, Penn State University (2022-2024)
Kristin Moriah
#DigBlk Satellite Partner (2018-2023), JT Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow (2022)
Assistant Professor, Queen's University
Derrick Spires
#DigBlk/JT Mellon Satellite Partner
Associate Professor of English, Univ. of Delaware
Arline Wilson
JT Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow (2022)
Graduate Researcher (2020-2021)
Kevin Winstead
CBDR CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow (2019-2022)
Alumni
Kimberly Blockett
#DigBlk Mellon Faculty Fellow (F21)
Professor of English, Penn State University
Pheolyn Allen
#DigBlk Scholar (2021-2024)
Masters candidate in English, Penn State University
Kenneth Avery, Jr.
CBDR Satellite Researcher (23-24)
Ph.D. student, Department of Communication and Film, University of Memphis
Marc Blanc
Visiting Graduate Student Intern (2020-2022)
PhD candidate in English and American Literature, Washington Univ. in St. Louis
Michelle Byrnes
Co-chair, CCP Website and Database (2018-2022), CCP Team Member (2016-2018)
Undergraduate in Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State University
Maisha Carey
Affiliate Librarian (2020-2021)
Organizational Development & Learning Librarian, Univ. of Delaware
Jennifer L. Carner
CBDR Satellite Researcher (23-24)
PhD student, African American Preaching and Sacred Rhetoric, Christian Theological Seminary
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 University
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
Victoria Francois
Social Media Committee (2021-2022)
Undergraduate Student, Penn State University
datejie cheko green
Co-Chair of DigBlk Studios
Patrice Green
Curator for African American Collections, Penn State University (2021-2023)
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, Univ. of Delaware
Hayden Lamphere
#DigBlk Scholar (2020-2022)
Master’s student in the Department of History, Penn State University
Wendyliz Martinez
#DigBlk Scholar (2023-2024); Graduate Admin Assistant (2022-2023)
PhD Student, English and African American Studies, Penn State University
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
Morgan Robinson
#DigBlk Scholar (2022-2024)
PhD student, History & African American Studies, Penn State University
Moyra Schauffler
#DigBlk Scholar (2020-2022)
PhD Student in History, Penn State University
Curtis Small
Affiliate Librarian
Senior Assistant Librarian and Coordinator, Public Services, Univ. of Delaware
Justin Smith
#DigBlk Scholar (2020-2022)
Dual-title Ph.D. Candidate in English and African American Studies, Penn State University
Kaitlyn Tanis
Affiliate Librarian
History and Social Sciences Librarian, Univ. of Delaware
Kaula Thomas
Social Media Committee (2020-2021)
Undergraduate in African American Studies, Penn State University
Nakisha Whittington
#DigBlk Scholar (2020-2021); Curriculum Co-chair (2020-2021)
PhD Student in Curriculum and Instruction, Penn State University
Genna Zagoren
Communications Committee (2020-2022)
Undergraduate in the College of Communications, Penn State University