Speakers

Khalil Gibran Muhammad

Khalil Gibran Muhammad

Professor of History, Race and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Radcliffe Workshop Advisory Board Member
Khalil Gibran Muhammad is professor of History, Race and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and the Suzanne Young Murray Professor at the Radcliffe... Read more about Khalil Gibran Muhammad
Afsaneh Najmabadi

Afsaneh Najmabadi

Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History and of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Harvard University
Radcliffe Workshop Advisory Board Member

Afsaneh Najmabadi is the Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History and of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Harvard University. Her book, ...

Read more about Afsaneh Najmabadi
Kara Tucina Olidge

Kara Tucina Olidge

Executive Director, Amistad Research Center
Speaker, Panel 2, Black Research Collections: Successes and Challenges

Kara Tucina Olidge, PhD is the Executive Director of the Amistad Research Center, housed at Tulane University. She is a scholar and arts and educational...

Read more about Kara Tucina Olidge
Headshot, Kenvi Phillips

Kenvi Phillips

Curator for Race & Ethnicity, Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
Moderator, Panel 2, Black Research Collections: Success and Challenges

Kenvi Phillips is the first Curator for Race and Ethnicity at the Schlesinger Library of the Harvard Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. An...

Read more about Kenvi Phillips
Monika Rhue

Monika Rhue

Director of Library Services at Johnson C. Smith University, Board Chair at HBCU Library Alliance
Radcliffe Workshop Advisory Board Member
Speaker, Panel 3, Why Partner?

Monika Rhue is currently serving as the Director of Library...

Read more about Monika Rhue
Julieanna Richardson

Julieanna Richardson

Founder and Director The HistoryMakers
Radcliffe Workshop Advisory Board Member
Speaker, Wrap-up & Closing Remarks

Julieanna L. Richardson, Public Historian and Founder & Executive Director of The HistoryMakers, has a unique and diverse background in theatre,...

Read more about Julieanna Richardson
Dino Robinson

Morris (Dino) Robinson

Founder and Director, Shorefront Legacy, and Production Manager, Northwestern University Press
Radcliffe Workshop Advisory Board Member
Speaker, Panel 2, Black Research Collections: Successes and Challenges

Dino Robinson, Jr. is the Production Manager at Northwestern University Press. Throughout his career, he operated Robinson Design, was an instructor...

Read more about Morris (Dino) Robinson
Holly Smith

Holly Smith

College Archivist, Spelman College
Radcliffe Workshop Advisory Board Member
Speaker, Panel 3, Why Partner?

Holly Smith is the College Archivist at Spelman College. She is responsible for developing policy and procedures for the Spelman College Archives, a...

Read more about Holly Smith
Sarah Thomas

Sarah Thomas

Vice President for the Harvard Library and University Librarian Roy E. Larsen Librarian for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Radcliffe Workshop Advisory Board Member
Speaker, Welcome & Opening Remarks
Sarah Thomas joined Harvard as vice president for the Harvard Library in August 2013. In this role, she has overall responsibility for the Harvard Library in... Read more about Sarah Thomas
Craig Wilder

Craig Wilder

Barton L. Weller Professor of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Keynote Speaker, The Past is Present

Craig Steven Wilder is a historian of American institutions and ideas. Professor Wilder’s most recent book is Ebony & Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the...

Read more about Craig Wilder
Mary Yearwood

Mary F. Yearwood

Director of Collections and Information Services, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
New York Public Library
Speaker, Panel 2, Black Research Collections: Successes and Challenges

Mary F. Yearwood is Director of Collections and Information Services at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library....

Read more about Mary F. Yearwood