Alumni
Cohorts one through twenty-three (2001-2025)
"MMUF aims to achieve its mission by identifying and supporting students of great promise and helping them to become scholars of the highest distinction."
Cohorts 21-23 | 2021-2023
Cohort 21 (2021-2023)
olamina jiménez sánchez
UC Irvine – Culture and Theory PhD (in progress)
Research Title:Octavia Butler’s Black Mysticism and the Poetics of Change
Research Interests: African American Studies, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Black Mysticism, Speculative Fiction, Poetics of Change
Joy Knowles
Duke University – Identity & Diversity Lab, Lab Manager
Research Title:Perceived Stigma of Mental Healthcare in Black Communities
Research Interests: African American Studies, Psychology, Mental Health Stigma, Black Communities, Identity, Diversity
Cohort 22 (2022-2024)
Amal Ali (2022-2025)
Emory University – Philosophy, Politics, and Law & African American Studies BA (2025)
Research Title: “All Birds of Prey”: Fanon’s Impossible Ontology and the Limits of Maldonado-Torres’s Decolonial Humanism
Research Interests: Philosophy, Politics and Law, African American Studies, Decoloniality, Humanism
Rachel Broun
Stanford University – Anthropology PhD (in progress)
Research Title:Enacting Solidarity and Finding Fictive Kinship: The Legal Consciousness of Black Women Working in the Criminal Legal System in Atlanta
Research Interests: Anthropology, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Legal Consciousness, Criminal Justice, Black Feminism
Arturo Contreras
Internship at the National Museum of American History – Digital Humanities for Latino Projects
Research Title:Preserving Institutional Memory of the Emory Latinx Community through Archival Research and Oral Histories
Research Interests: Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Spanish, Archival Research, Oral History, Latinx Studies, Digital Humanities
Haena "Russell" Lee
Emory University – Comparative Literature BA (2023)
Research Title: Crazy Woman: The Redemptive & Vengeful Figure of the Female Shaman in Modern Korean Media
Research Interests: Comparative Literature, Korean Media, Gender Studies, Shamanism, Representation of Women, Modern East Asian Culture
Mckayla Morrison
Emory University – African American Studies & Sociology BA (2024)
Research Title:The Site of Suffering: Black Women, Violence and the Home
Research Interests: African American Studies, Sociology, Black Feminism, Domestic Space, Violence, Gender Studies
Ángel Navarrete Ramirez
Emory University – Latin American & Caribbean Studies BA (2023)
Research Title:A Pedagogy of Marronage: The Case of Afrocolombians and Ethno-education
Research Interests: Modernity, Race & Raciality, Caribbean Studies, Black Studies, Ecocriticism, Historiography, Temporality
Sierra Talbert
UCLA – Information Studies PhD (in progress)
Research Title:Human.exe: Generating Critical Theories of Humanity in Human-Computer Interaction
Research Interests: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, Critical Theory, Digital Humanities
Cohort 23 (2023-2025)
Christian Ballard
Emory University – African American Studies BA (2024)
Research Title:New Hood Religion: Hiii Power, Ashe, and the African Spirituality of Hip Hop
This project, located at the intersection of Religious Studies, Music Studies, and African American Studies, explores Kendrick Lamar’s Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers as a case study of African spirituality in modern hip hop.
Research Interests:African American Studies, Religious Studies, Music Studies, African Spirituality, Hip Hop Studies, Soteriology, Ancestor Veneration
Makalee Cooper
Emory University – Theater Studies & Anthropology BA (2025)
Research Title:Fat Matters: Toward the Development of a Pro-Fat Theater
Research Interests: Theater Studies, Anthropology, Performance Studies, Media Studies, Anti-Fatness, Anti-Fat Bias
Courtney Fitzgerald
Emory University – Sociology & Quantitative Sciences BA (2025)
Research Title:Unveiling the Nexus of Black Queerness: Exploring Romantic Dynamics and Intersectional Challenges among Black Lesbians
Research Interests: Sociology, Quantitative Sciences, Black Queer Studies, Intersectionality, Gender Expression, Racism, Colorism, LGBTQ+ Studies
Raya Islam
Yale University – American Studies PhD (beginning Fall 2025)
Research Title:Mapping Bengali New York
Situated within Ethnic, Urban, American, and Migration Studies with a foundation in Decoloniality, this project seeks to understand how the Bengali community of New York—specifically in Jackson Heights, Queens—formed after the enactment of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. This research aims to contribute to ongoing discourses surrounding relational migrant community formation in New York City and the collapsing of race, class, and space in the city.
Research Interests:Ethnic Studies, Urban Studies, Migration Studies, Decoloniality, Gentrification, Bengali Diaspora
América Moreno Ruiz
Graduate School (Fall 2025) – Latin American and Caribbean Studies & Spanish PhD (planned)
Research Title:The Rise and Effects of an Internal Ethical Dilemma of an Undocumented Immigrant
This study uses an anthropological approach to understand the effects being an undocumented immigrant has on identity. Through ethnographic research, experiences of what the undocumented immigrant community deems as hardships and advantages will be examined.
Research Interests: Anthropology, Immigration Studies, Ethnography, Identity, Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Leilani Nti
Emory University – French & International Studies BA (2025)
Research Title:Unfinished Revolutions, Enduring Lessons: Nation-Building, and the Quest for Humaness in African Liberation Movements
Research Interests: French Studies, International Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Marxist Humanism, Political Activism, African Studies
Emilio Rosas Gutiérrez
Emory University – Anthropology & Architectural Studies BA (2025)
Research Title: An Architecture for Tourism Planning and its Afterlives in Cancún 1968–2020
Research Interests: Anthropology, Architectural Studies, Urban Development, Capitalism, Critical Theory, Political Geography
Cohorts 11-20 | 2011 - 2020
Dessy-Liza Epie
Emory University – African American Studies & Philosophy BA (2025)
Research Title: Social Media, Neocolonization, and Phenomenology
Amon Pierson
Princeton University – English PhD (in progress)
Research Title: Reading the Hieroglyph: The Em Dash in Action
Research Interests: Black Feminist Theory, Literary Analysis, Semiotics, Symbolism, Em Dash, Hieroglyphics, U.S. Black Womanhood
Gisell Rondón
Emory University – African American Studies BA (2025)
Research Title: Sacred Resistance: Afro-Dominican Women’s Spiritual Relationships with God
Research Interests: Afro-Caribbean Religions, Spirituality, Gender and Resistance, Afro-Dominican Identity, Religion and Survival, Black Feminist Thought
Channelle Russell
Columbia University – English and Comparative Literature PhD (in progress)
Research Title: Sorting Shadows: Memory, Intimacy, and Gender in Contemporary Caribbean Women's Bildungsroman
Research Interests: African American and African Diaspora Studies, Caribbean Studies, 20th- and 21st-Century American Literature, Contemporary Literature and Culture, Creative Writing and Creative-Critical Work, Aesthetics, Critical Theory, Cultural and Intellectual History, Feminist Theory, Slavery
Morissa "Mo" Wisdom
Emory University – Philosophy BA (2026)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Paul Buchholz
Cohort Nineteen (2019-2021)
Aaron CampbellEmory University – African American Studies & Philosophy BA (2025)
Nayive Gaytán
Washington University in St. Louis – Hispanic Studies PhD (in progress)
Research Interests: Representations of race, ethnicity, and class in 20th and 21st-century Latin American literature and visual media, environmental history, and social movements
Vanessa Perez
Mary Mangual
Emerson College – Creative Writing MFA (2023)
Amari Sutton
Emory University – Sociology & Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies BA (2021)
DaQuon Wilson
Rice University – English PhD (in progress)
Research Interests: African American literature, Black masculinity, cultural memory, poetics, and creative writing
Cohort Eighteen (2018-2020)
Amir Adem
Emory University – African American Studies BA (2020)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sun-Chul Kim
Ericka Canon
Emory University – Linguistics & Spanish BA (2020)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Xochitl Marsilli-Vargas
Abram Tapia
Emory University – Comparative Literature & Philosophy BA (2020)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sean Meighoo
Kira Tucker
Emory University – English & Creative Writing BA (2020)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Michelle Gordon
J. Rubén Diaz Vasquez
Stanford University – Modern Thought & Literature PhD (in progress)
Research Title: Mexican & American Dreams: Poetry by Chicanx Writers as Transnational Sites of Ideological Contestation with Hegemonic Norms of Upward Mobility in the United States
Research Interests: Chicanx Literature, Poetry, Transnationalism, Upward Mobility, Ideological Critique, Modern Thought & Literature
Mawuko "MoMo" Kpodo-Klegeson
Yale University – Philosophy PhD (in progress)
Research Title:Caged In: The Everyday Particularities of Incarcerated Women
Research Interests: Philosophy, Knowledge Production, Subjectivity, Black Women’s Geographies, Institutional Power, Feminist and Carceral Studies
Karol Oviedo
Emory University – Psychology & Sociology BA (year unknown)
Research Title:La Borinquena Resiste: High School Students in San Juan, Puerto Rico React to the Island's Americanization
Faculty Mentors: Dr. María M. Carrión (Comparative Literature & Religion), Dr. Timothy Dowd (Sociology)
Research Interests: Sociology, Psychology, Colonialism, Puerto Rican Studies, Youth Resistance, Education
Camila Reed-Guevara
Emory University – Classics & History and Philosophy BA (2019)
Research Title:Seneca the Younger on Education and Slavery in the Ancient Roman Empire: Equal Access to Philosophy Regardless of Genealogical Background
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Master (Classics)
Research Interests: Classics, Ancient Philosophy, Roman History, Education, Slavery
Christell Roach
Emory University – African American Studies & Creative Writing BA (2019)
Research Title:The Bridge is Blue: Bridging the Gender Gap in Blues Poetry Through the Work of Mari Evans
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jericho Brown (Creative Writing)
Research Interests: African American Studies, Creative Writing, Blues Poetry, Gender Studies
Cohort Sixteen (2016-2018)
Sariyah Benoit
Emory University – African American Studies BA (2018)
Research Title:Black Motherhood in Bankhead Courts During the Atlanta (Child) Murders of 1979-1981
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Carol Anderson (African American Studies)
Jennifer Fundora
Emory University – Environmental Sciences & International Studies BA (2018)
Research Title:Understanding the Deforestation Rate Change in Haiti and the Dominican Republic
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Eri Saikawa (Environmental Sciences)
Kristin McFadden
Stanford University – Anthropology PhD (in progress)
Research Title:Institutionalized Resistance: Understanding Black Educational Resistance through Pedagogy and Practice
Research Interests: African American Studies, Anthropology, Education, Pedagogy, Black Educational Resistance
Faculty Mentors: Dr. Alicia DeNicola (Anthropology, Oxford College) and Dr. Vanessa Siddle Walker (African American Studies)
deandre miles-hercules
University of California, Santa Barbara – Linguistics PhD (in progress)
Research Title:The Executive Function Performance of Black Bilinguals
Research Interests: Linguistics, Bilingualism, Executive Function, Black Studies
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Susan Tamasi (Linguistics)
Jonathan Peraza
Emory University – Sociology BA (2018)
Research Title:Differential Racialization, Transnational Migration and Salvadoran Identity
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Timothy Dowd (Sociology)
Isabelle Saldana
Emory University – Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture BA (2017)
Research Title:Disincubations: Understanding Multiracial 'Performances of Color' as Within/Without/Against
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tracy Scott (Sociology)
Cohort Sixteen (2016-2018)
Makina "Jovon" Moses
University of Chicago – English PhD (in progress)
Research Interests: Black Trans/Queer Studies, Black Feminist Thought, Caribbean Studies, Native American Studies
Lynette Dixon
University of California, Los Angeles – Gender Studies PhD (in progress)
Research Interests: Black Feminism, Hip-Hop Studies, Performance Studies, Aesthetics, Psychoanalysis, Queer of Color Critique
Rhianne McCalip
Emory University – Anthropology BA (2018)
Clara Pérez Medina
University of California, Berkeley – Geography PhD (in progress)
Research Interests: Visuality, Spatial Imaginary, Visual Geographies, Film, Filmmaking, Film Geographies, Black Geographies, Latinx Geographies, Spatial Memory, Place-Making, Photography, Visual Methods, Oakland, Berkeley
Cohort Fourteen (2014-2016)
Casidy Campbell
The Ohio State University – Assistant Professor of Media Studies
University of Michigan – American Culture PhD (2023)
Research Title:Temporality, Space and Mental Health: Theorizing Black Women in the University
Dissertation Title: When Play Turns Lethal: Digital Mediation and Recuperating the (After)lives of Black Girls
Research Interests: Black women in higher education, temporality, mental health, spatial politics
troizel xx (carr)
New York University – Performance Studies PhD (2024)
Research Title:Desire in Abundance: Black Queer Masculinity and Performance of Ontological Excess
Research Interests: Black queer theory, performance studies, gender and sexuality, ontology
Ashley Crooks-Allen
The University of Georgia – Sociology PhD (2022)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lawrence Jackson (African American Studies and English)
Dissertation Title: Mestizaje Undone: A Qualitative Social Media Analysis of Afro-Latinx Identity & Social Movements
Research Interests: Afro-Latinx identity, Black feminism, digital ethnography, racial ascription, social movements, diaspora studies
Andrew Kim
University of California, Berkeley – Assistant Professor of Biological Anthropology
Northwestern University – PhD in Anthropology
Research Title:Testing the Modulatory Effects of Micronutrient Malnutrition on the Food Insecurity–Mental Illness Pathway in Rural Haiti
Research Interests: Intergenerational trauma, culture and mental health, psychiatric epidemiology, stress physiology, epigenetics, developmental origins of health and disease, biocultural anthropology, racial justice, critical and decolonial approaches to biological anthropology
Bryan Natividad
University of Rhode Island – Visiting Assistant Professor of Management and Data Analytics
Brown University – PhD in Sociology (2024)
Research Title:Race, Private Wealth, and Public Education
Research Interests: Organizational behavior, higher education access and success, institutional equity, support services for students with disabilities, data science applications in education, diversity and inclusion, equity initiatives, organizational effectiveness and innovation
Cohort Thirteen (2013-2015)
Elizabeth "Jordie" Davies
University of California, Irvine – Assistant Professor of Political Science
University of Chicago – PhD in Political Science
Research Title:Black Political Activism Post-Civil Rights
Research Interests: Black political movements, civil rights history, political activism, race and politics
Jovonna Jones
Boston College – Assistant Professor of African American Literature & Culture
Harvard University – PhD in African American Studies and Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
Research Title:Exploring the Philosophic Reformation of Black Identity through Contemporary Photographic Movement
Research Interests: Black identity, African American literature and culture, feminist theory, visual culture
Erica Sterling
University of Virginia – Assistant Professor of History
Harvard University – PhD in History (2022)
Research Title:A Better Chance? Higher Education vs. Cultural Identity
Research Interests: African American education, philanthropy, local and federal policy, education reform history, K-12 reform and inequity, civil rights history, historical methods
Gary Jomo Wilson
Emory College – African American Studies BA (2016)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Carol Anderson (African American Studies and History)
Research Title:What is Hegemonic Opposition to African-American Education from 1954–1983? One Superintendent's Story!
Cohort Twelve (2012-2014)
Christina Cross
Harvard University – Assistant Professor of Sociology
University of Michigan – Ph.D. in Public Policy & Sociology (2019)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Robert Goddard (Spanish & Portuguese)
Research Title:Socio-Economic and Cultural Barriers to Minority Students' Participation in International Exchange Programs
Julio Medina
Emory University – Assistant Professor of Dance
University of California, Los Angeles – M.F.A. in Dance (2016)
Research Title: The Influence of Hip Hop Technique and Culture on Contemporary Dance
Faculty Mentor: Anna Leo (Dance)
Cohort Eleven (2011-2013)
Robin Ayers
American University – J.D. (2017)
Emory University – B.A. in African American Studies (2013)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Brett Gadsden (African American Studies & History)
Research Title:After the Brown Decision: Private Universities' Integration of African American Students
Michael David Harris
Emory University – B.A. in Philosophy (2013)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ann Hartle (Philosophy)
Research Title:The Ambivalent Position of Christian Eschatology from Augustine to Aquinas
Eduardo Hazera
University of Texas at Austin – Ph.D. in Anthropology (in progress)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tong Soon Lee (Music)
Research Title:Innovation and Conformity in North Indian Classical Music
Silvia Mejia
Harvard University – M.Div. (2016)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. David Gowler (Religion, Oxford College)
Research Title:Spirituality and Social Change in Latin America
Olivia Odoffin
Rutger's University – PhD in Philosophy (2021)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Robert McCauley (Philosophy)
Research Title: Affect Programs and the Complexity of Emotion
Dissertation Title: On the Bifold Heterogeneity Problem for Affect Programs
Research Interests: Philosophy of mind, emotion theory, affect programs, basic and complex emotions, consciousness studies, empirical philosophy, cognitive psychology
Perrinh Savang
Emory University – Gender and Sexuality Studies & Anthropology BA (2013)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Leslie Harris (History & African American Studies)
Research Title: Making Spaces: Gay and Lesbian Student Activism at Emory University (1972-1998)
Research Interests: Gender and sexuality, LGBTQ+ studies, identity formation, education equity, social stigma
Cohorts 1-10 | 2001 - 2010
Cohort Ten (2010-2012)
Henry Love
History
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Dianne Stewart (Religion & African American Studies)
Research Topic: Power Women: British Colonialism and the Decline of Institutionalized Yoruba Feminine Agency, 1900-1960.
B.A. degree, Emory College, 05/2012
M.A. degree in Sociology and Education Policy, Columbia University, 2014
Brianna N. Mack
Political Science & African American Studies
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Andra Gillespie (Political Science)
Research Topic: Problematizing Dawson's Theory of Linked Fate through Chronicling African American Elites' Representation of African American Constituents and Current Trends in African American Politics.
B.A. degree, Emory College, 05/2012
M.A. degree, The Ohio State University, 2015
Ph.D. degree, The Ohio State University, 2018
Current: Mack is an Assistant Professor of Politics and Government at Ohio Wesleyan University.
Katherine (Matthews) Hilson
African American Studies & Sociology
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Nagueyalti Warren (African American Studies)
Research Topic: Mass Incarceration: Tracing History's Steps to Broaden the Definition to Pre-1970 and the War on Drugs.
B.A. degree, Emory College, 05/2012
Ph.D. degree, Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2018.
Jacinta Saffold
African American Studies & Educational Studies
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Nagueyalti Warren (African American Studies)
Research Topic: Reading Between the Lines: An Exploration of the Similarities and Differences in Literature During the Black Arts Movement in the United States and the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa.
B.A. degree, Emory College, 05/2012
Ph.D. degree, African American Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2017
Garrett Turner
Creative Writing & Music
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Rudolph Byrd (Goodrich C. White Professor of American Studies)
Research Topic: Spoken Word Poetry: The Origins, Evolution, and Enduring Relevance of a Literary Tradition.
B.A. degree, Emory College, 05/2011
M.A. degree in Theatre, Queen Mary, University of London, 2013
M.A. degree in Musical Theatre, Central School of Speech and Drama at University of London, 2016
Cohort Nine (2009-2011)
Khytie Brown
Major: Sociology and Religion
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Dianne Stewart (Religion & African American Studies)
Research Topic: Culture Clash: Dancehall Music and Jamaican Society
B.A. degree, Emory College, 05/2010
M.T.S. degree, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University, 2013
Current: Khytie Brown is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies. She is an ethnographer and scholar of African diaspora religions and African and African American studies.
Jasmine Johnson
Major: Philosophy & Sociology
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lawrence Jackson (English & African American Studies)
Research Topic: Achieving the School-to-Prison Pipeline Through Zero Tolerance Policies
Marina Santiago
Major: Linguistics
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Susan Tamasi (Anthropology)
Research Topic: The Use of Identity Terms and Linguistic Construction of a Queer Identity
B.A. degree, Emory College, 2011
Cohort Eight (2008-2010)
Anni Pullagura
Major: Art History
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Cheryl Crowley (Japanese, Russian & East Asian Studies)
Research Topic: Behind the Glass: The History of Representation in the National Museum of the American Indian
B.A. degree, Emory College, 12/2010
Christina Welsch
Major: History
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tonio Andrade (History)
Research Topic: Forging the Conqueror's Sword: How Two Indias Created One Empire
B.A. degree, Emory College, 05/2010
Ph.D. degree, History, Princeton University, 2017
Olivia Wise
Major: English and Women's Studies
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lynn Huffer (Women's Studies)
Research Topic: When He and She Don't Fit: Pronoun Use and Gender Performativity
B.A. degree, Emory College, 05/2010
Cohort Seven (2007-2009)
Monique Dorsainvil
Major: Women's Studies
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Regine Jackson (Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts)
Research Topic: Resisting the Margins: Black Lesbian Self-Definition and Epistemology
B.A. degree, Emory College, 05/2009
Cohort Six (2006-2008)
Sachelle Ford
Major: English
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lawrence Jackson (English and African American Studies)
Research Topic: African American Women's Literature: Toni Morrison and Alice Walker
B.A. degree, Emory College, 05/2008
Ph.D. degree, English, Brown University, 2015
Elizabeth Ju
Major: Biology and Music
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kristin Wendland (Music)
Research Topic: The Assimilation of the Social Dance, Tango, into Early US Culture
B.S. degree, Emory College, 12/2007
M.D. degree, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 2016
Cohort Five (2005-2007)
O. Sherry AkandeNielsen
Major: History and African American Studies
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Thomas Burns (History)
Research Topic: Ethnicity in Ancient Rome and Modern South Africa
B.A. degree, Emory College, 05/2006
J.D. degree, Emory University, 2012
Shawn Finnell Punancy
Major: Anthropology and Political Science
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tracy Rone (Anthropology)
Research Topic: The Cultural Psychology of Race: Linguistic Considerations
B.A. degree, Emory College, 05/2006
M.S. degree, International Affairs, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Institute of Technology (GIT), 2011
Zachary Manfredi
Major: Comparative Literature and Interdisciplinary Studies
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Goodstein (Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts)
Research Topic: Philosophical Questions in the Wake of F. Nietzsche
B.A. degree, Emory College, 05/2007
M.A. degree in Political Science, Oxford University, 2009
J.D. degree, Yale University, 2017
Nicole Naar
Major: Anthropology, Human Biology and Environmental Studies
Faculty Mentor: Dr. George Armelagos (Anthropology)
Research Topic: Cultural Evolutionary Perspectives on Development: A Case Study of Puerto San Carlos, Baja California, Mexico
B.S. degree, Emory College, 05/2007
Current: Naar is pursuing her Ph.D. in Anthropology at the University of California, Davis.
Sterling Winchester
Major: Music and Russian
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lyn Bertrand (Music)
Research Topic: The Concept of Russian Faith in the Music of Sophia Gubaidulin
B.A. degree, Emory College, 05/2007
J.D. degree, Emory University, 2013
Cohort Four (2004-2006)
Elana Jefferson-Tatum
Major: Religion
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Dianne Stewart (Religion and African American Studies)
Research Topic: Does God Hear Black Christians in Their ‘Language?'
B.A. degree, Emory College, 05/2006
M.T.S. degree, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University, 2009
Ph.D. degree, Religion, Emory University, 2016
Marcus Jerkins
Major: Religion and African American Studies
Faculty Mentors: Dr. Dianne Stewart (Religion & African American Studies) and Dr. Mark Sanders (English & African American Studies)
Research Topic: The Faith of African Americans and Their View of the Trinity
B.A. degree, Emory College, 05/2006
M.Div. degree, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, 2009
ThM degree, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, 2012
Dominique Johnson
Major: English and Women's Studies
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lawrence Jackson (English and African American Studies)
Research Topic: Self-perception and Body Image among Black Women in Literature
B.A. degree, Emory College, 05/2006
M.A. degree in Communication, Johns Hopkins University, 2010
Ph.D. degree, Communication, University of Pittsburg, 2017
Current: Johnson was recently awarded the 2018 Eric O. Clarke Dissertation Prize for her 2017 dissertation, "Beyond Bare Life: Onto-Epistemic Archives, Precarity, and the Praxis of Being Human," which she completed for her PhD in Communication.
Sonia Santamaria
Major: Philosophy and History
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Susan Ashmore (History, Oxford College)
Research Topic: History as Collective Memory
B.A. degree, Emory College, 12/2006
M.A. degree in History, University of Mississippi, 2010
Cohort Three (2003-2005)
Jessica Bardill
Major: English
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Deepika Bahri (English)
Research Topic: The Influence of the New Tongue: The Effects of Colonialism Upon Mixed English Use in Postcolonial Literature
B.A. degree, Emory College, 05/2005
Ph.D. degree, English, Duke University, 2011
Daniel Green
Major: Political Science
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Dianne Diakité (Religion and African American Studies)
Research Topic: Hip Hop and Contemporary Religious Discourses
B.A. degree, Emory College, 05/2005
J.D. degree, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 2009
Devin Murphy
Major: Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture
Faculty Mentor: Dr. María M. Carrión (Spanish)
Research Topic: Using the Master's Tools in the Master's House: Replicating Phallocentrism within Resistance Discourse
B.A. degree, Emory College, 08/2006
M.A. degree in American Studies, New York University, 2008
ABD, New York University
Amber Walker
Major: African American Studies and Political Science
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Leroy Davis (History)
Research Topic: From the Shadows Into the Line of Fire: Black Female Radicals of the 20th Century
B.A. degree, Emory College, 05/2005
J.D. degree, University of California, Los Angeles, 2008
Cohort Two (2002-2004)
Jamie Lee
Major: French Studies
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Valerie Loichot (French & Italian)
Research Topic: Mother/Daughter Relationships in the Films of Sembene Ousmane
B.A. degree, Emory College, 05/2004
Sara Madavo
Major: English and African American Studies
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mark Sanders (English)
Research Topic: The Representation of the Mulatto in African American Literature
B.A. degree, Emory College, 05/2004
J.D. degree, Harvard University, 2010
Miel Mason Wilson
Major: French Studies
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Valerie Loichot (French & Italian)
Research Topic: Gender and Sexuality in Edwidge Danticat's Breath, Eyes, and Memory
B.A. degree, Emory College, 05/2004
Ph.D degree, American Civilization, Brown University, 2015
Cohort One (2001-2003)
Tammy Crittenden
Major: Middle Eastern Studies
Faculty Mentors: Dr. Devin Stewart & Dr. Mahmoud Al-Batal (Middle Eastern Studies)
Research Topic: Democratic Movements in Islam
B.A. degree, Emory College, 05/2003
M.I.P.P. degree, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), The Johns Hopkins University, 2005
Stacy Earl
Major: African American Studies
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Leroy Davis (History)
Research Topic: Immigration Patterns in the Black Atlantic World: the Caribbean and the United States
B.A. degree, Emory College, 05/2003
Celeste Lee
Major: Sociology
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Regina Werum (Department of Sociology)
Research Topic: Retention of Black Students in Public Secondary Schools in the USA
B.A. degree, Emory College, 05/2003
M.A.T. degree in Social Studies, Duke University, May 2004
Ph.D. degree, Sociology, Emory University, 2015
Kristy Offitt
Major: Political Science
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Susan Ashmore (History, Oxford College)
Research Topic: Educational Policy
B.A. degree, Emory College, 08/2003
J.D. degree, University of Southern California Law School, 2007