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

Affiliated Faculty and Fellows

Our current Faculty, Postdoctoral, Graduate, Affiliated Fellows and Past Fellows.

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Research Cluster Faculty Fellows

  • Linford D. Fisher

    Stolen Relations Project Research Cluster Faculty Fellow, Associate Professor of History, Director of Graduate Studies
    Linford_Fisher@brown.edu

  • Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve

    Mass Incarceration and Punishment in America Research Cluster Faculty Fellow, Associate Professor of Sociology
    NVanCleve@brown.edu

  • Elena Shih

    Human Trafficking Research Cluster Faculty Fellow , Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies
    Elena_Shih@brown.edu

  • Taneisha Wilson

    Race, Medicine, and Social Justice Research Cluster Faculty Fellow, Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Attending Physician, Brown Emergency Medicine, Director, Equity Initiatives, Brown Emergency Medicine
    Taneisha_Wilson@brown.edu

Public Humanities Faculty

Affiliated Faculty

Faculty Associates

Visiting Assistant Professors

Lecturers

Postdoctoral Fellows

Visiting Scholars

Past Fellows

  • Michael Becker, CSSJ/JCB Joint Postdoctoral Research Associate in Slavery and Justice
  • Imen Boussayoud ’26 Ph.D., Reimagining New England Histories Graduate Proctor
  • Victoria Cheff  ’26 Ph.D., Reimagining New England Histories Project Coordinator
  • Melaine Ferdinand-King ’24 Ph.D., Graduate Coordinator for Creating the New World: The Transatlantic Slave Trade
  • Julia Gettle ’23 Ph.D., Unfinished Conversations Research Assistant
  • Kennedy Jones ’23 A.M., Graduate Fellow for the Study of the Public History of Slavery
  • Allyson Laforge ’24 Ph.D., Reimagining New England Histories Collections Management Assistant
  • Justin Lang ’25 Ph.D., Graduate Associate Research Fellow, Carceral State Reading Group Co-Facilitator
  • Marcelo Rosanova Ferraro, Simmons Center/Watson Historical Injustice and Democracy Postdoctoral Research Associate
  • Mack Scott, Visiting Assistant Professor, Reimagining New England Histories Project
  • Malcolm Thompson ’25 Ph.D., Graduate Associate Research Fellow, Global Curatorial Project
  • Susanna Turbay ’23 A.M., Global Curatorial Project Researcher
  • Teo Wickland, Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow; Postdoctoral Research Associate in Urban Studies; Academic Affiliate, Simmons Center
  • Sherri Cummings PhD '22, Graduate Associate Research Fellow, Global Curatorial Project
  • Felicia Denaud PhD '22, 6th Year Interdisciplinary Graduate Dissertation Fellow
  • Jeffrey Feldman PhD '22, Graduate Fellow
  • Melaine Ferdinand-King PhD '24, Graduate Associate Research Fellow, Imagined New Project
  • Allyson Laforge, Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice Graduate Proctor
  • Leonora Masini PhD '22, 6th Year Interdisciplinary Graduate Dissertation Fellow
  • Elizabeth Mathews AM ’22, Graduate Associate Research Fellow, Global Curatorial Project
  • Larissa Nez, Reimagining New England Histories Graduate Proctor
  • Marcelo Rosanova Ferraro, Simmons Center/Watson Historical Injustice and Democracy Postdoctoral Research Associate
  • Zachary Sell, Visiting Assistant Professor
  • Rai Terry AM '22, Graduate Fellow for the Study of the Public History of Slavery
  • Miranda Worl, Reimagining New England Histories/NAISI Fellow
  • Rui Gomes Coelho, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Archaeology and the Ancient World
  • Breylan Martin AM '21, Graduate Fellow for the Study of the Public History of Slavery
  • Jeffrey Feldman PhD '21, 6th Year Interdisciplinary Graduate Dissertation Fellow
  • Charlene Fletcher, Emerging Voice, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Slavery and Justice
  • Melaine Ferdinand-King PhD '24, Graduate Associate Research Fellow Imagined New Project
  • Zachary Sell, Visiting Scholar

     

  • Rui Gomes Coelho, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Archaeology and the Ancient World
  • Seth Rockman, CSSJ Faculty Fellow Seminar Affiliate, Associate Professor of History
  • Roselyne Gerazime, Ruth J. Simmons Postdoctoral Fellow in Slavery and Justice
  • Chandra Marshall AM '20, Graduate Fellow for the Study of the Public History of Slavery
  • Heather Sanford PhD '20, 6th Year Interdisciplinary Graduate Dissertation Fellow
  • Sylviane Diouf, Visiting Scholar
  • Zachary Sell, Visiting Scholar
  • Hadiya Sewer, Visiting Scholar
  • Crystal Eddins, Ruth J. Simmons Postdoctoral Fellow in Slavery and Justice
  • Nic John Ramos, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Race and Medicine
  • Felicia Bevel PhD '19, 6th Year Interdisciplinary Graduate Dissertation Fellow
  • Paul M. B. Gutierrez PhD '19, Associated Graduate Fellow
  • Johanna Obenda AM '19, Graduate Fellow for the Study of the Public History of Slavery
  • Sandra Arnold AM '18.5, Graduate Fellow for the Study of the Public History of Slavery
  • Emily Owens, Faculty Fellow
  • Zach Sell, Ruth J. Simmons Postdoctoral Fellow in Slavery and Justice
  • Nic John Ramos, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Race and Medicine
  • Daniel Platt Ph.D. '18, Associated Graduate Fellow
  • Ricarda Hammer, Interdisciplinary Graduate Dissertation Fellow
  • Johanna Obenda AM '19, Graduate Fellow for the Study of the Public History of Slavery
  • Sandra Arnold AM '18, Graduate Fellow for the Study of the Public History of Slavery
  • Arielle Julia Brown AM '17, Graduate Fellow for the Study of the Public History of Slavery 
  • Matthew Reilly, Visiting Assistant Professor of Slavery & Justice
  • Emily Owens, Faculty Fellow
  • Amelia Hintzen, Ruth J. Simmons Postdoctoral Fellow in Slavery and Justice
  • Isadora Moura Mota, Dissertation Fellow
  • Dr. Claire Andrade-Watkins, Visiting Scholar
  • Elena Shih, Faculty Fellow
  • Jennifer Page, Ruth J. Simmons Postdoctoral Fellow in Slavery and Justice
  • Maiyah Gamble-Rivers AM '16, Youth Program Manager & Graduate Fellow for the Study of the Public History of Slavery
  • Tatiana Gellein MD ’16, Sc.B. ‘10, Graduate Fellow for the Study of Race and Health Inequities
  • Matthew Beach, Dissertation Fellow
  • Charlie Cobb, Visiting Fellow
  • Seth Rockman, Faculty Fellow
  • Mekala Audain, Ruth J. Simmons Postdoctoral Fellow in Slavery and Justice
  • Justin Pope, John Carter Brown Library and the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice Joint Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Lorenzo Ravano, Visiting Graduate Fellow
  • Jazzmen Lee-Johnson AM ‘15, Graduate Fellow for the Study of the Public History of Slavery
  • Maiyah Gamble-Rivers AM '16, Youth Program Manager & Graduate Fellow for the Study of the Public History of Slavery
  • Patricia A. Lott, Ruth J. Simmons Postdoctoral Fellow in Slavery and Justice
  • Elon Cook AM '14, Graduate Fellow for the Study of the Public History of Slavery
  • Jazzmen Lee-Johnson AM ‘15, Graduate Fellow for the Study of the Public History of Slavery
  • Elon Cook AM '14, Graduate Fellow for the Study of the Public History of Slavery