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.
Research Cluster Fellows
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Lundy Braun
Race, Medicine, and Social Justice Research Cluster Faculty Fellow, Royce Family Professor in Teaching Excellence, Professor of Africana Studies and Medical Science -
Linford D. Fisher
Stolen Relations Project Research Cluster Faculty Fellow, Associate Professor of History, Director of Graduate Studies -
Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve
Mass Incarceration and Punishment in America Research Cluster Faculty Fellow, Associate Professor of Sociology -
Elena Shih
Human Trafficking Research Cluster Faculty Fellow , Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies -
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
Affiliated Faculty
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Renée Ater
CSSJ Faculty Fellow, Visiting Associate Professor of Africana Studies -
Linford D. Fisher
Stolen Relations Project Research Cluster Faculty Fellow, Associate Professor of History, Director of Graduate Studies -
Emily Owens
CSSJ Faculty Fellow, Assistant Professor of History
Faculty Associates
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Geri Augusto
Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs, Director, Undergraduate Development Studies, Watson Institute -
Rae Gould
Executive Director of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative (NAISI) -
Joseph S. Meisel
Joukowsky Family University Librarian -
Amanda E. Strauss
Associate University Librarian for Special Collections
Visiting Assistant Professors
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Mack Scott
Visiting Assistant Professor of Slavery and Justice
Visiting Associate Professors
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Jason Mancini
Visiting Associate Professor of Slavery and Justice
Postdoctoral Fellows
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Alycia Hall
Simmons Center/JCB Joint Postdoctoral Research Associate in Slavery and Justice -
Leonora Masini
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Slavery and the Public Humanities -
Gabriel Regalado
ACLS Emerging Voices Postdoctoral Research Associate -
Latoya Teague
Simmons Center/Watson Institute Joint Historical Injustice and Democracy Postdoctoral Research Associate
Reimagining New England Histories Visiting Fellows
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Cheryll Holley
Mellon Visiting Fellow in Slavery and Justice
Visiting Scholars
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Claire Andrade-Watkins
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Pepijn Brandon
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Akeia de Barros Gomes
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Paul Gardullo
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Naz Habtezghi
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Zachary Sell
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