Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice

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Learn more about the faculty, staff, fellows, and students who comprise the Simmons Center's vibrant community.

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Staff/Administration

Faculty Leadership

  • Anthony Bogues

    Inaugural Director, Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice; Director, MA in Public Humanities; Asa Messer Professor of Humanities and Africana Studies
    Barrymore_Bogues@brown.edu

  • Elena Shih

    Associate Professor of American Studies; Director of Graduate Studies, MA in Public Humanities (2025–2028); Associate Director of Academics, Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice
    elena_shih@brown.edu

Administrative Staff

Special Research Project Staff

Faculty Advisory Board

President's Advisory Council

on the Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice

  • Dr. Ruth J. Simmons
    Founding Board Chair Emerita
  • Spencer Crew Ph.D. ’71, P’00 ’04
    Chair
  • Ana M. Bermudez ’86, P’22
  • Rakim H. Brooks ’09
  • James T. Campbell
  • Lehidy L. Frias ’17
  • David Haas ’78
  • Libby Heimark ’76, P’11 ’14 ’17
  • Andrea M. O'Neal ’03
  • Pablo Sorensen ’71, ’75 Sc.M., ’77 Ph.D., LHD’19 hon., P’06 ’06
  • Lisa C. Van Dusen ’76, P’13
  • Mary Vascellaro ’74, LHD’24 hon., P’07