Vanessa Díaz
Associate Professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Music oral & life histories Latin America political culture diasporas
Tracy Sharpley-Whiting
Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Distinguished Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies · Vanderbilt University
Expert in comparative Black cultural movements and African American literature and culture.
African American Literature African American History Black Culture African American Diaspora
Jordan Christopher
Lecturer of Classics and Archaeology · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Comparative History Macedon Ancient Warfare Citizenship Ancient Infrastructure
Darnise Martin
Clinical Associate Professor of African American Studies · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
womanist theology African Diaspora Religion Religious Studies Theology and Culture African American History
Emilie Townes
University Distinguished Professor of Womanist Ethics and Society; Divinity School Dean, Emerita · Vanderbilt University
An expert in Christian ethics, womanist theology and womanist perspectives on health care, economic justice, poetry and literary theory.
Theological Education Baptist Studies Cultural Theory and Studies African American Women and Religion Womanist Ethics
Seretha Williams, PhD
Chair of English and World Languages · Augusta University
Professor Williams is an expert in Africa and African Diaspora, Digital Humanities, and Digital Publication.
Digital Publication Africa and African Diaspora Digital Humanities
Holly Chang
Curator · Middlebrook Prize Winners
Holly Chang is an emerging artist, curator and researcher from Toronto, Ontario.
Photography Art
Priya Rehal
MA in Communication and Culture, Fan Studies Researcher · Independent
Montreal and Toronto based researcher and educator
Race Race Culture and Ethnicity Race Gender and Class in Organization Processes Race Gender and Sexuality Sexual and Gender Identity
Rubén Martínez
Professor of English and Fletcher Jones Chair in Literature & Writing · Loyola Marymount University
Professor of English and Fletcher Jones Chair in Literature & Writing at Loyola Marymount University
Journalism Mixed-Genre Writing Post-Colonial Literatures and Diaspora
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
Yu Li
Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures - Chinese · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Monder Ram
Director, Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship & Professor of Small Business · Aston University
Professor Ram is an authority on small business & ethnic minority entrepreneurship research & has appeared frequently in the media.
Industrial Sociology Migrant and Refugee Entrepreneurship SMEs in the West Midlands Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship SMEs
Sarah Adeyinka-Skold
Assistant Professor of Sociology · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Race and Ethnicity Gender Family Immigration Sex and Sexualities
Cameron Awkward-Rich
Associate Professor in the Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies Program · University of Massachusetts Amherst
Cameron Awkward-Rich is a poet and a scholar of trans theory/expressive culture.
Trans Theory Trans Expressive Culture Trans/Feminist/Queer Theory and Methods Disability Studies Contemporary American Literature
Rebecca E. Wall
Assistant Professor of History · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Climate History Digital Humanities Global History Environmental History Postcolonial, Colonial, & Precolonial African History
Jane Landers
Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of History · Vanderbilt University
Expert on digital archives and the history of Colonial Latin America, slavery, early American black history.
Africa Colonial Latin America Caribbean History Comparative Slave Systems The Atlantic World
Erika V. Hall
Associate Professor of Organization & Management; Faculty Advisor, Business & Society Institute · Emory University, Goizueta Business School
Hall's research focuses on the influence of race, gender, and class-based stereotypes and implicit biases on workplace interactions.
Race and Gender Stereotyping Social Psychology Implicit Bias
Jalylah Burrell
Assistant Professor of African American Studies · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Arni Rao, PhD
Director and Professor · Augusta University
Director of the Laboratory for Theory and Mathematical Modeling and professor at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University.
Artifical Intelligence Infectious Disease Mathematical Analyses Complex Dynamics,
Divine Gbagbo
Assistant Professor of Music (Ethnomusicology) · Loyola Marymount University
Assistant Professor of Music (Ethnomusicology)