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

Research Cluster Fellows

  • 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

Faculty Associates

Visiting Assistant Professors

Visiting Associate Professors

Postdoctoral Fellows

Reimagining New England Histories Visiting Fellows

Visiting Scholars

  • Claire Andrade-Watkins

  • Pepijn Brandon

  • Akeia de Barros Gomes

  • Paul Gardullo

  • Naz Habtezghi

  • 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