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    Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

    Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University.

    Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, literary scholar, journalist, cultural critic, and institution...

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Alphonse Fletcher University Professor
Director, Hutchins Center for African & African American Research
Hutchins Center Executive Committee
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Abby Wolf

Executive Director, Hutchins Center for African & African American Research
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Emmanuel Akyeampong

Oppenheimer Faculty Director, Center for African Studies
Ellen Gurney Professor of History and of African and African American Studies
Hutchins Center Executive Committee; Director, Workshop on African History and Economics
Lawrence D. Bobo

Lawrence D. Bobo

Dean of Social Science and W. E. B. Du Bois Professor of the Social Sciences
Hutchins Center Executive Committee, ex officio; Founding Editor, Du Bois Review
W. E. B. Du Bois Medalist, 2005
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Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham

Department Chair and Victor S. Thomas Professor of History and of African and African American Studies
Hutchins Center Executive Committee; Editor, African American National Biography
W. E. B. Du Bois Medalist, 2013
Glenn H. Hutchins

Glenn H. Hutchins

Chair, National Advisory Board
Hutchins Center Executive Committee, ex officio
W. E. B. Du Bois Medalist, 2006
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William Julius Wilson

Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor
Hutchins Center Executive Committee
Director, Project on Race, Class & Cumulative Adversity

Richard D. Cohen

Vice Chair, National Advisory Board
Chairman, Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art
W. E. B. Du Bois Medalist, 2013 and 2015

Glenn H. Hutchins

Chair, National Advisory Board
Hutchins Center Executive Committee, ex officio
W. E. B. Du Bois Medalist, 2006

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Alphonse Fletcher University Professor
Director, Hutchins Center for African & African American Research
Hutchins Center Executive Committee
gates@harvard.edu
p: 617.495.8508 Fax:617.495.9590
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Bindman

David Bindman

Emeritus Professor of the History of Art, University College London
Fall 2018: Image of the Black in Western Art Fellow
Bonnette-Bailey

Lakeyta M. Bonnette-Bailey

Associate Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University
Fall 2018: Nasir Jones Hiphop Fellow
Kinitra Brooks

Kinitra Brooks

Audrey and John Leslie Endowed Chair in Literary Studies in the Department of English at Michigan State University
2018-2019: Advancing Equity Through Research Fellow
Huey Copeland

Huey Copeland

Associate Professor of Art History at Northwestern University
Spring 2019: Cohen Fellow
Robyn d'Avignon

Robyn d’Avignon

Assistant Professor of African History at New York University
2018-2019: McMillan-Stewart Fellow
Pablo D. Herrera Veitia

Pablo D. Herrera Veitia

Social Anthropology PhD Candidate at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland
Afro-Cuba Hiphop Producer
2018-2019: Nasir Jones Hiphop Fellow
Mary Hicks

Mary Hicks

Assistant Professor of Black Studies and History at Amherst College
2018-2019: Mamolen Fellow
Peter Hulme

Peter Hulme

Emeritus Professor of Literature at the University of Essex
Fall 2018: Stuart Hall Fellow
Rumbi Katedza

Rumbi Katedza

Lecturer in Film, TV and Radio Practice at the University of Zimbabwe
Fall 2018: J. M. D. Manyika Fellow
Antonia Lant

Antonia Lant

Professor of Cinema Studies at New York University
Spring 2019: Cohen Fellow
Lwazi Lushaba

Lwazi Lushaba

Lecturer in Political Studies at the University of Cape Town
Spring 2019: Mandela Fellow
Moody-Turner

Shirley Moody-Turner

Associate Professor of English and African American Studies at Pennsylvania State University
Spring 2019: Hutchins Fellow
Matthew Morrison

Matthew D. Morrison

Assistant Professor at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music
2018-2019: Hutchins Fellow
Akua Naru

Akua Naru

Hiphop Artist
2018-2019: Nasir Jones Hiphop Fellow
Hutchins Center

Oluwasegun Romeo Oriogun

Poet
Spring 2019: Institute of International Education Artist Protection Fund Fellow and Harvard Scholar at Risk Fellow
Christopher Ouma

Christopher Ouma

Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Cape Town
Fall 2018: Mandela Fellow
ZZ Packer

ZZ Packer

Novelist
2018-2019: Hutchins Fellow
Michael Ralph

Michael Ralph

Associate Professor in Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University
Fall 2018: Sheila Biddle Ford Foundation Fellow
Leah Wright Rigueur

Leah Wright Rigueur

Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Kennedy School at Harvard University
Fall 2018: Sheila Biddle Ford Foundation Fellow
Rinehart

Nicholas Rinehart

Doctoral candidate in English at Harvard University
Spring 2019: Porter Fellow
Derron Wallace

Derron Wallace

Assistant Professor of Education and Sociology at Brandeis University
Spring 2019: Stuart Hall Fellow
Jessica Welburn Paige

Jessica Welburn Paige

Assistant Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at the University of Iowa
Fall 2018: Sheila Biddle Ford Foundation Fellow