Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice
People
Learn more about the faculty, staff, fellows, and students who comprise the Simmons Center's vibrant community.
Staff/Administration
Director
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Anthony Bogues
Director, Asa Messer Professor of Humanities and Critical Theory, Professor of Africana Studies
Administrative Staff
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Natasha DeChambeau
Financial and Administrative Coordinator -
Sabina Griffin
Center Manager -
Kiku Langford McDonald
Communications Manager -
Africa Smith
Events Coordinator -
Reina Thomas
Manager of Public Education Outreach and Initiatives -
Shana Weinberg
Associate Director, Public Humanities Programs
Special Research Project Staff
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Traci Picard
Senior Research Assistant
Faculty Advisory Board
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Philip Gould
Israel J. Kapstein Professor of English, Department of English -
Matthew Pratt Guterl
Professor of Africana Studies and American Studies, Chair of American Studies -
Francoise Hamlin
Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History -
Juliet Hooker
Professor of Political Science -
Kevin Quashie
Professor of English -
Seth Rockman
CSSJ Faculty Fellow Seminar Affiliate, Associate Professor of History
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 PhD. '71, P'00, P'04
Chair - Rakim H. Brooks '09
James T. Campbell
- Lehidy L. Frias '17
- David Haas '78
- Libby Heimark '76, P'11, P'14, P'17
- Pablo Sorensen '71, ScM'75, PhD'77, LHD'19 hon., P'06
- Lisa C. Van Dusen '76, P'13
- Mary Vascellaro '74, LHD'24 hon., P'07
Our current Faculty, Postdoctoral, Graduate, Affiliated Fellows and Past Fellows.