Julia Jordan-Zachery

Julia Jordan-Zachery

Julia Jordan-Zachery Author, Professor Julia S. Jordan-Zachery is professor and chair of the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department at Wake Forest University. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on African American women and public policy. She is...
Damon Young

Damon Young

Damon Young Author Pittsburgh writer Damon Young’s debut memoir, What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir In Essays (Ecco/HarperCollins), won the Thurber Prize for American Humor and Barnes & Noble’s Discover Award. Damon is also a founder of...
Vanessa K. Valdés

Vanessa K. Valdés

Vanessa K. Valdés Author, Historian  Dr. Vanessa K. Valdés is a cultural critic and historian whose work focuses on the literatures, visual arts, performances, and histories of Black peoples throughout the Western hemisphere. An engaging speaker, she served as a...
Shay-Akil McLean

Shay-Akil McLean

Shay-Akil McLean Writer, Biologist  @Hood_Biologist Dr. McLean is a writer, educator, independent research scientist, public scholar and thought  leader studying the relationships between human biology, racism, and health inequities. Dr.  McLean is a trained...
Quartez Harris

Quartez Harris

Quartez Harris Author, Educator  @QuartezHarris1 Quartez Harris is a poet and teaching artist and was a second-grade teacher for six years. Harris is a Baldwin House fellow and named The Ohio Poetry Association’s Poet of the Year for his book We Made It to...