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2022-2023 #DigBlk Scholars

Scholars: 2022-2023 #DigBlk Scholars

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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Morgan Robinson

#DigBlk Scholar (2022-2024)
PhD student, History & African American Studies, 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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Lauren Barnes

#DigBlk Scholar
Dual Title Ph.D., English and African American and Diaspora Studies, Penn State University
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Kesla Elmore

#DigBlk Scholar (2022-2024, SP2025)
Ph.D. student, English, Penn State University
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Pheolyn Allen

#DigBlk Scholar (2021-2024)
Masters candidate in English, 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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Colored Conventions

Krystion M. Pegues

#DigBlk Satellite Researcher
Graduate student, Communication and Women, Gender, and Sexuality, University of Memphis
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Carl Frederick Hill

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

#DigBlk Scholar
Master's student, English, Penn State University (2024-2025)
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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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Angel Ledesma

#DigBlk Scholar (2024-2025)
Master's student, English, 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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Kenneth Avery, Jr.

CBDR Satellite Researcher (23-24)
Ph.D. student, Department of Communication and Film, University of Memphis
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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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Taylor Abrams-Rollinson

#DigBlk Satellite Researcher
Ph.D. student, Communication and Film, University of Memphis (2023-2025)
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Kimberley N. Travers

#DigBlk Satellite Researcher
Ph.D.student, Communication, University 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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Jewon Woo

#DigBlk Satellite Partner
Professor of English, Lorain County Community College
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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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Morgan Robinson

#DigBlk Scholar (2022-2024)
PhD student, History & African American Studies, 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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Andre E. Johnson

#DigBlk Satellite Partner
Professor of Rhetoric and Media Studies, Dept. of Communication, Univ. of Memphis
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Rachel Fernandes

#DigBlk/JT Visiting Scholar
English Language and Literatures, Queen’s University
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Arline Wilson

#DigBlk/JT Postdoctoral Fellow (2022)
Graduate Researcher (2020-2021)
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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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Pheolyn Allen

#DigBlk Scholar (2021-2024)
Masters candidate in English, 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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Brandi Locke

Coordinator of Arts Partnerships and the #Harper 200 Project
#DigBlk/JT Postdoctoral Fellow, Penn State University
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Denise Burgher

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

#DigBlk/JT Satellite Partner
Retired, Professor of Theater at the Univ. of Delaware
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Lauren Earl

Visiting Graduate Student Intern (SP21)
Master's of Library and Information Science, Syracuse University
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Samantha Q. de Vera

#DigBlk Satellite Partner
#DigBlk/JT Postdoctoral Fellow (2022-2023), Research Fellow (2021-2022)
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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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Victoria Francois

Social Media Committee (2021-2022)
Undergraduate Student, Penn State University
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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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Moyra Schauffler

#DigBlk Scholar (2020-2022)
PhD Student in History, Penn State University
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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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Curtis Small

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

Affiliate Librarian (2020-2021)
Organizational Development & Learning Librarian, Univ. of Delaware
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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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Kevin Winstead

CBDR CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow (2019-2022)
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Communications and Events

Gabrielle Sutherland

Event and Communications Administrator, Project Management
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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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Christyne Corasmin

Admin & Events Committee (2021-2022)
Undergraduate in Liberal Arts with a focus in Political Science, 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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Kaula Thomas

Social Media Committee (2020-2021)
Undergraduate in African American Studies, Penn State University
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Victoria Francois

Social Media Committee (2021-2022)
Undergraduate Student, Penn State University
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Genna Zagoren

Communications Committee (2020-2022)
Undergraduate, College of Communications, Penn State University
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Curriculum Committee

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DigBlk Studios

datejie cheko green

Co-Chair of DigBlk Studios
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Genna Zagoren

Communications Committee (2020-2022)
Undergraduate, College of Communications, Penn State University
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Kevin Winstead

CBDR CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow (2019-2022)
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Digital Archives

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Douglass Day

Summer Hamilton

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

#DigBlk Scholar
Ph.D., Geography and African Studies Program, Penn State University
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Rachel Fernandes

#DigBlk/JT Visiting Scholar
English Language and Literatures, Queen’s University
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Pheolyn Allen

#DigBlk Scholar (2021-2024)
Masters candidate in English, Penn State University
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datejie cheko green

Co-Chair of DigBlk Studios
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Denise Burgher

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

#DigBlk/JT Satellite Partner
Associate Professor of English, Howard 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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Courtney Murray

#DigBlk Scholar
PhD Candidate, English and African American Studies, Penn State University (2020-2025)
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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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Shirley Moody-Turner

CBDR Co-Director (2020-2025)
Founder, Black Women's Organizing Archive
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Gabrielle Foreman

CBDR Co-Director
Co-Founder and Co-Director, Colored Conventions Project
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Exhibits Committee

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Historic Church and Community Engagement Committee

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