2020 Career Enhancement Fellows
12-Month Fellows
Juliann Anesi • University of California, Los Angeles • gender studies
Maria Firmino-Castillo • University of California, Riverside • critical dance studies
Armando García • University of California, Riverside • English
Joshua Guzmán • University of California, Los Angeles • gender studies
Aria Halliday • University of Kentucky • gender and women’s studies, African American and Africana studies
Renee Hudson • Chapman University • English
Desireé Melonas • Birmingham-Southern College • political science
Cassaundra Rodriguez • University of Nevada, Las Vegas • sociology
Jesús Smith • Lawrence University • ethnic studies
Frederick Staidum • Loyola University Chicago • English
6-Month Fellows
Maya Berry • University of North Carolina • African, African-American and diaspora studies
Henryatta Ballah • Washington & Lee University • history
Shantel Buggs • Florida State University • sociology
Nicole Burrowes • Rutgers University • history
Kwami Coleman • New York University, Gallatin School • musicology
Tatiana Cruz • Lesley University • American history
Crystal Donkor • State University of New York, New Paltz • English
Elizabeth Ellis • New York University • history
Chris Eng • Washington University in St. Louis • Asian and Asian-American studies, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender studies
Christy Erving • Vanderbilt University • sociology
Jonathan Howard • Boston College • English
Z’étoile Imma • Tulane University • English and Africana studies
Grace Johnson • University of Pennsylvania • Africana studies
Yalidy Matos • Rutgers University, New Brunswick • political science and Latino and Caribbean studies
Amaka Okechukwu • George Mason University • sociology and anthropology
Elva Orozco Mendoza • Texas Christian University • political science
Mecca Sullivan • Bryn Mawr College • English
Ester Trujillo • DePaul University • Latin American and Latino studies
Melissa Valle • Rutgers University • sociology and anthropology, African American and African studies
Matthew Velasco • Cornell University • anthropology
Sylvia Zamora • Loyola Marymount University • sociology
Adjunct Faculty Fellows
Quin’Nita Cobbins-Modica • Gonzaga University • history
Conor Reed • City University of New York, Brooklyn College • Africana studies and American studies