social justice Experts

Ray A. Blackwell, M.D., M.J.

Chief of Cardiac SurgeryChristianaCare

Ray Blackwell is Chief of Cardiac Surgery and is also the W. Samuel Carpenter, III, Distinguished Chair of Cardiovascular Surgery.

Vincent Lloyd, PhD

Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies | College of Liberal Arts and StudiesVillanova University

Vincent Lloyd, PhD, researches issues and trends related to religion in politics and race, and how these areas affect social change.

Margarita R. Ochoa, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of History | Director for Scholarly and Creative PracticeLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar, Ph.D.

Board of Trustees Distinguished ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar’s research interests include the 20th century United States, with a focus in African American history.

Matthew Burns

Endowed ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Matthew Burns studies data-based decisions about instruction, the effects of interventions, and systems to best deliver them.

Jamal-Dominique Hopkins, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Christian Scriptures | Director of the Black Church Studies ProgramBaylor University

Only known biblical studies expert of African descent on the Dead Sea Scrolls, as well as their intersection with black religious thought.

Ruba Ali Al-Hassani

Postdoctoral Research AssociateLancaster University

Whitney Battle-Baptiste

Professor of Anthropology / Director of the W.E.B. Du Bois CenterUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Whitney Battle-Baptiste is a historical archaeologist whose research intersects with Black Studies and history.

Kimberly Moekle

Senior Lecturer of Writing and Environmental RhetoricLoyola Marymount University

College of Communication & Fine Arts

Laura Wallace

Assistant Professor of Organization & ManagementEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Wallace studies how to build trust with implications for addressing societal disadvantage, changing minds, and fostering growth.