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Executive Team

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

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

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)