LeConté Dill
Associate Professor of African American and African Studies · Michigan State University
LeConté Dill's work focuses on the safety, resilience, and wellness strategies of urban Black girls and other youth of color.
Black Feminist Theory African Studies African American Studies Mindfulness
Ruth Nicole Brown
Professor and the Inaugural Chairperson · Michigan State University
Ruth Nicole Brown is an expert in African American, African studies and Black girlhood, who is focused on community-engaged scholarship.
Political Science African Studies African American Studies Black Girlhood
Trimiko Melancon
Professor of African American and African Studies · Michigan State University
Trimiko Melancon is an expert on race, gender, black feminist and sexualities studies.
Black German Studies African American Studies Black Feminism African Studies
James Mathieu
Professor Emeritus of Sociology · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Demography and Population Analysis Race and Ethnicity Sociology of the Developing World Sociology of Africa Sociology of Hawaii and the Pacific
Janet Goldner
Sculptor, Photographer, Videographer · Janet Goldner studio
Artist; Cross Cultural & International Consulting; African Arts & Culture Expert
Arts Adventure Travel Cultural Heritage
David Walton
Assistant Professor of History and Director of the Global Black Studies Program · Western Carolina University
David Walton's current research projects focus on the Black Power Movement of Detroit and Detroit's underground economy of the 1980s-1990s.
African Studies Black Radical THought History of Hip-Hop Black Power Movement African American Studies
Leonardo Villalón
Professor · University of Florida
Leonardo A. Villalón is a professor of political science and African studies.
West Africa Post-Colonial Studies Economics Developing World Africa
Walter Hawthorne
Professor and chairperson of MSU’s Department of History · Michigan State University
Expert in African history, history of slavery and slave trade
The Slave Trade Brazil Upper Guinea Atlantic The History of Slavery
Rashida Harrison
Assistant Professor of Social Relations and Policy · Michigan State University
Rashida Harrison’s is interested in social theory, social movements, intersections of race, class, gender and sexuality.
Black British Women’s Transnational Feminist Activism Politics of Race & Enthicity African American Studies African Studies Social Identities
Benjamin Soares
Professor · University of Florida
Benjamin Soares research is on Islam and Muslim societies in Africa with a focus on religious life from the 20th century to the present.
West Africa Christian-Muslim Relations Religion & Politics Islam and Muslim Studies Religion & Media
Daniel Reboussin
Curator · University of Florida
Daniel Reboussin’s primary resource acquisitions have created a cluster of manuscripts on 20th century African wildlife conservation.
Rare Cultural Heritage Materials Relating to the African Continent Manuscripts Centered on 20th Century African Wildlife Conservation Curating Smathers Libraries’ Circulating Research Original Artwork of Papa Mfumu’eto
Dorinda Carter Andrews
Chairperson and Professor · Michigan State University
Her research is broadly focused on racial justice and educational equity.
Program Development Curriculum Development Higher Education Community Outreach Program Evaluation
Ronald Hall
Professor of Social Work · Michigan State University
An expert in racism and diversity.
Colorism Bleaching Syndrome Racism Discrimination Black/White Racial Conflict
Adeline Masquelier
Professor · Tulane University
Adeline Masquelier is an expert on religion, youth cultures, education and environmental issues in Niger, West Africa.
Niger, West Africa Health Youth Cultures Environmental Issues Education
Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar, Ph.D.
Professor of History · University of Connecticut
Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar’s research interests include the 20th century United States, with a focus in African American history.
African American Studies U.S. Popular Culture Black Nationalism Social History Twentieth-Century United States
Toussaint Losier
Associate Professor in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies · University of Massachusetts Amherst
Toussaint Losier's research focuses on grassroots responses to the postwar emergence of mass incarceration in Chicago and other areas
Mass Incarceration Grassroots Responses to Mass Incarceration Criminal Justice Policy Incarceration and Racial Disparity
Justina Ray
President and Senior Scientist · Wildlife Conservation Society Canada
Justina Ray's research is focused on evaluating the role of shifting landscapes in biodiversity decline and/or change in forested ecosystems
Conservation Planning Forested Ecosystems Biodiversity Wildlife Ecology Wildlife Conservation
Talyn Rahman-Figueroa
CEO · Grassroot Diplomat
International diplomat making diplomacy accessible to everyone.
International Relations Diplomacy Public Diplomacy Foreign Affairs
Dr Jo Michell
Associate Professor of Economics · UWE Bristol
He is a macroeconomist - reviewing patterns and cycles of national and international financial performance data.
Deprivation Macroeconomics Finance Economics Business Performance
Christopher A. Daily
Instructor of Theological Studies · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Comparative Theology Theory and Method Chinese Religions Chinese Christianity Christianity in the Global South