2021-2023 Cohort

Graduate Fellows

Luisa Helena Goncalves De Melo; Ph.D. Student, City, Culture, and Community 

Rev. Benjamin Groth; Ph.D. Student, History 

Olamide Eniola; Ph.D. Student, Linguistic Anthropology 

Carmen Vescia; MA Student, Latin American Studies 

Julie Ford; Ph.D. Student, City, Culture, and Community 

Lee Laa Ray Guillory; MFA Student, Photography 

Miriam Taylor; Ph.D. Student, City, Culture, and Community 

Rachel Slater Carter; MFA Student, Dance

Darcy Roake; Ph.D. Student, History 

Kelly Porter; Ph.D. Student, History

Camilo Gonzalez Santos; Ph.D. Student, Spanish and Portuguese 

Felli Maynard; MFA Student, Photography 

 

Community Fellows

Barbara Lacen-Keller; Dryades YMCA Chairwoman 

Scott Eustis; Director of Operations of Healthy Gulf

Rhonda Broussard; CEO and Founder of Beloved Community 

Michelle Ramos; Executive Director of Alternate ROOTS

 

Faculty Fellows

Corey Myles; Assistant Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies 

David Smilde; Professor of Human Relations

Emilie Taylor Welty; Professor of Architecture 

Leslie Scott; Associate Professor of Dance