Robert Trent Vinson, PresidentDirector & Chair of the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American & African Studies at the University of Virginia and a Research Associate at Stellenbosch University in South Africa
Jason Young, Vice-President Associate Professor of History University of Michigan
Laurie Lambert, Secretary Associate Professor African American and African American Studies Fordham University
Sonya Maria Johnson, Treasurer Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and ACM-Andrew W. Mellon Faculty Fellow Beloit College
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Nwando Achebe Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Jack and Margaret Sweet Endowed Professor, History Michigan State University
Maureen-Maisha AumaProfessor for Childhood and Difference Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences
Luciana BritoProfessora de História Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia - UFRB
Sherwin K. BryantAssociate Professor of African American Studies and History, and Director of the Center for African American History Northwestern University
Kia CaldwellVice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Diversity, Professor of African and African-American Studies and the Dean’s Distinguished Professorial Scholar in Scholar in Arts & Sciences Washington University in St Louis
Yolanda Covington-WardChair, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Natanya Duncan Director of Africana Studies and an Associate Professor of History Queens College City University of New York
Aisha FinchAssociate Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Emory University
Bryce HensonAssistant Professor of Media, Culture, and Identity in the Department of Communication & Journalism Texas A&M University
Rashauna Johnson Associate Professor of HistoryUniversity of Chicago
Joseph Jordan Vice Provost for Academic Community and Engagement and Director of the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and HistoryUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Ato Quayson, FGA, FRSC, FBA Professor of English Stanford University
Chinua ThelwellAssociate Professor of History, Africana Studies, and Asian & Pacific Islander American Studies and Director of Africana Studies William & Mary
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