Abdoulaye Ba
Storyteller. Organizer. Immigrant. HBCU Alum. Abdoulaye has spent over a decade in public service, crossed nearly all 50 US states and 40+ countries, mentored underserved youth, advised public servants, nonprofits, and universities, written poetry, produced travel content, made music, and earned recognition as an Immigrants Lead Boston awardee, all while carrying Senegal, NYC, Tampa, Mississippi, […]
Jessi Brewer
Jessi Brewer is a writer, educator, and prison abolitionist whose work bridges literary studies, nonprofit leadership, and community engagement. She is passionate about building transformative futures through storytelling, education, and collective action. She currently serves as Director of Operations and Administration at Partakers, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit dedicated to reducing recidivism by supporting formerly and currently incarcerated […]
P. Carl
P. Carl is a Senior Distinguished Artist in Residence, Department of Performing Arts, at Emerson College in Boston. He is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir, Becoming a Man: The Story of a Transition (Simon & Schuster, 2020) and the play adaptation Becoming a Man commissioned and produced by the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.), Harvard in February of […]
Joanna Davidson
Joanna Davidson is an associate professor of anthropology and faculty director of BU’s Society of Fellows. She has conducted ethnographic research in rural Guinea-Bissau, West Africa since 2001 and has written a monograph (Sacred Rice, 2016) two edited volumes (Opting Out: Women Messing with Marriage around the World, 2022 and Pathos and Power: Interdisciplinary Perspective on Widowhood […]
Michelle Delateur
Michelle DeLateur is a creative storyteller who plays with cameras and lenses and dives deep into personal creative pursuits, including data sonification, copywriting, and creative essays. She is the Content Producer at Boston University College of Communication, where she leads social media, video, and visual storytelling efforts with an eye for trends and cultural relevance. […]
Sriram Emani
Sriram Emani is a filmmaker, actor, and the founder of IndianRaga, a global platform for South Asian performing arts that has reached over 500 million viewers through digital storytelling and performance, with work presented at the United Nations Headquarters, Lincoln Center, and TEDx. A graduate of MIT Sloan where he was a Siebel Scholar and an […]
Jenai Engelhard Humphreys
Jenai Engelhard Humphreys is a lecturer of Rhetoric at the College of General Studies at Boston University. Jenai specializes in 19th to 21st century French literature, thought, and culture, with focuses on literary decadence and African studies. She is also a creative nonfiction writer and essayist with a master’s in journalism. In addition to teaching various […]
Roy Grundmann
Roy Grundmann is an associate professor of film and media studies at Boston University College of Communication. Motivated by his longtime interest in maritime history, he has investigated the role of ocean liners as material objects, symbols, and mediums for transportation, with a specific interest in linking the question of the social or environmental landscape to […]
Alula Hunsen
Alula Hunsen is an essayist, editor, and publisher at the Boston Ujima Project. His specific intrigues lie in Black cultural production and economies that support self-determination; his work has appeared in Technology Review, Boston Art Review, Hobart Pulp, Nonprofit Quarterly, The Bay State Banner, on his website, and in Ujima’s various publications. He has also edited and published small book projects with […]
Patrick Keys
Dr. Patrick Keys is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth & Environment at Boston University. His overarching aim is to explore how society will navigate climate and societal turbulence toward a sustainable and just future. His research focuses on a broad range of global challenges, including moisture recycling in the Anthropocene, climate change […]