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Meet our 2015 STSI Participants
Ilyas Abukar
PhD Candidate, University of Maryland
Jarrettia Adams
PhD Candidate, Rutgers University
Toni Battle
PhD Candidate, Saint Mary’s College
Amanda Boston
PhD Candidate, Brown University
Natasha Christie
Assistant Professor, University of North Florida
Ashley Davis
PhD Candidate, CUNY Graduate Center
Denise Davis-Maye
Associate Professor, Auburn University
Maria Diaz-Gonzalez
Undergraduate Student, Stanford University
Cassandra Etienne
Filmmaker and Youth Instructor
Jeannette Gabriel
PhD Candidate, University of Iowa
Terrence James
Adjunct Professor, Penn State
Frances Jones-Sneed
Professor & Director of the Women’s Studies Program, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Ajua Kouadio
Teacher, Harlem Village Academy High School
Shalewa Mackall
Teacher of African Diaspora Dance and Creative Movement, Saint Ann's School
Shamika Mitchell
Assistant Professor, SUNY Rockland Community College
Shauntelle Modeste
PhD Candidate, University of North Texas
Dalila-Johari Paul
Editor, The Guardian US
Tânia Rodrigues
English and Portuguese Language Teacher, Faculdades Zumbi dos Palmares, Brazil
Renee Scott
Assistant, Teacher Recruitment and Selection, District of Columbia Public Schools
Shirley Taylor
Director of Education, Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc.
Tameeka Weekes
Student Advisor/CCR Counselor, High School for Excellence and Innovation
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