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Affiliated Faculty and Fellows
Affiliated Students
Past Fellows
2024–2025
zuri arman ’26 Ph.D.
, Carceral State Reading Group Co-Facilitator
Christopher Baldwin,
Simmons Center/JCB Joint Postdoctoral Research Associate in Slavery and Justice
Victoria Cheff ’26 Ph.D.
, Reimagining New England Histories Project Coordinator
Zoë Clark ’28 Ph.D.,
Slavery and Finance Graduate Proctor
Yannick Etoundi ’26 Ph.D.,
Interdisciplinary Graduate Dissertation Fellow, Unfinished Conversations Student Researchers and Project Editor
Melaine Ferdinand-King ’25 Ph.D.,
Co-Curatorial Fellow, Voices of Mass Incarceration
Ningxin Gao,
Simmons Center Graduate Fellow, Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of History, Graduate School Visiting Scholar
Arlin Hill ’27 Ph.D.
, Race, Slavery, Colonialism and Capitalism Graduate Proctor
Justin Lang ’25 Ph.D.,
Graduate Associate Research Fellow, Carceral State Reading Group Co-Facilitator
Zawdie Sandvliet,
Simmons Center Graduate Fellow, John Carter Brown Library Fellow, Fulbright Research Scholar
Latoya Teague
, Simmons Center/Watson Historical Injustice and Democracy Postdoctoral Research Associate
2023–2024
zuri arman ’26 Ph.D.
, Simmons Cener Advanced Knowledges Working Group Facilitator, Unfinished Conversations Series Researcher
Victoria Cheff ’26 Ph.D.
, Reimagining New England Histories Project Coordinator
Yannick Etoundi ’26 Ph.D.,
Unfinished Conversations Series Researcher
Daniel Everton ’24 A.M.,
Unfinished Conversations Series Researcher
Nélari Figuera Torres ’25,
Unfinished Conversations Series Researcher
Alycia Hall,
Simmons Center/JCB Joint Postdoctoral Research Associate in Slavery and Justice
Gustav Hall ’24,
Unfinished Conversations Series Researcher
Arlin Hill ’27 Ph.D.
, Race, Slavery, Colonialism and Capitalism Graduate Fellow
Cheryll Holley,
Mellon Visiting Fellow in Slavery & Justice
Justin Lang ’25 Ph.D.,
Graduate Associate Research Fellow, Carceral State Reading Group Co-Facilitator
Leonora Masini ’22 Ph.D.,
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Slavery and the Public Humanities
Isaac Mensah ’28 Ph.D.
, Mapping Global Finance Graduate Proctor
Gabriel Regalado,
ACLS Emerging Voices Postdoctoral Research Associate
Mack Scott,
Visiting Assistant Professor, Reimagining New England Histories Project
Dillon Stone ’25,
Unfinished Conversations Series Researcher
Laura Tamayo ’25,
Unfinished Conversations Series Researcher
Latoya Teague
, Simmons Center/Watson Historical Injustice and Democracy Postdoctoral Research Associate
2022–2023
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
Cheryll Holley,
Mellon Visiting Fellow in Slavery & Justice
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
Gabriel Regalado,
ACLS Emerging Voices Postdoctoral Research Associate
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
2021–2022
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
2020–2021
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
2019–2020
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
2018–2019
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
2017–2018
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
2016–2017
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
2015–2016
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
2014–2015
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
2013–2014
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
2012–2013
Elon Cook AM '14
, Graduate Fellow for the Study of the Public History of Slavery