Black Faculty Futures
IMAGINING TOGETHER
Dr. Melvin Whitehead
Dr. Melvin Whitehead (he/him) is an assistant professor at Binghamton University where his research places a square focus on whiteness and anti-blackness in U.S. higher education. He has also published research focused on the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community college students and Muslim college students in the U.S. South. Prior to joining the faculty, Professor Whitehead’s taught service-learning and civic engagement courses, advised student organizations, and collaborate with student affairs colleagues to enhance the support for minoritized college students.
Dr. Brianna Clark-Williams
Dr. Brianna Clark-Williams (Dr. Bri) is a lecturer in the Marymount University School of Business and serves as Director of the Center for Career Development and Community Engagement. Dr. Bri's intellectual interests include focusing on HBCU athletics and gender and racial equity in sports administration, aiming to uplift marginalized voices within sports. As a practitioner, Dr. Bri enhances career readiness and holistic development for students and alumni through innovative educational strategies and experiential learning.
Dr. Jarrel T. Johnson
Dr. Jarrel T. Johnson (he/him/his) is an assistant professor at the University of Utah where his research investigates issues of college student identities and higher education leadership and change across various institutional contexts. Currently, Dr. Johnson’s agenda focuses on how institutional stakeholders (e.g., senior leadership, student affairs administrators, and faculty) at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) facilitate organizational change that is inclusive of queer and trans* students by employing higher education change and Black queer theory frameworks.
Dr. Stacey D. Garrett
Dr. Stacey D. Garrett (she/her) is an associate professor of higher education at Appalachian State University, where she also serves as the program director for the M.A. in Higher Education overseeing curriculum, enrollment, and advising processes while teaching graduate courses in the master’s and doctoral degree programs. The theme of her research agenda is the diversification of higher education through an exploration of the experiences of Faculty, Students, and Staff of Color at predominantly White institutions.
Dr. Paris Wicker
Dr. Paris Wicker(she/her) is Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at the University at Buffalo (Territory of the Seneca Nation). Her interdisciplinary research, informed by a decade of experience in student affairs and college admissions, explores the conditions and consequences of success and well-being in higher education, especially for Black and Indigenous students, faculty, and staff. Dr. Wicker’s combination of counseling training, student affairs experience, and research has been at the intersections of well-being, anti-racist and race-conscious policy and practice, and organizational change towards equity and justice.
Victoria Alexander, M.S.
Victoria Alexander (she/her) is a fourth-year doctoral candidate Victoria is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in the Higher Education, Student Affairs, and International Education Policy program at the University of Maryland. Victoria’s work focuses on anti-racist pedagogy, critical consciousness building, and the liberation of Black and racially minoritized people. As a future faculty member, Victoria aims to provide pedagogical space for people to make sense of their own social identities and social locations within overlapping and intersecting systems of power.
Jeanette Snider, Ph.D.
Dr. Jeanette Snider (she/her) is a is an Assistant Research Professor with the Social Justice Alliance and Anti-Black Racism Initiative and Adjunct Professor at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. Snider’s research interests center around Multiracial/Biracial student experiences and mentoring relationship as well as issues of social justice, race, and equity more broadly. Specifically, Snider has examined the racialized experiences of Multiracial women student involvement in social Greek letter organizations utilizing a Critical Race Theory and Critical Multiracial Theory (MultiCrit) lens
Behind The Scenes
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the process of the Imagined Futures team and collaborators.
Dr. Sharon Fries-Britt on Listening to Your Genius
Take a moment and listen the Distinguished University Professor in Higher Education, Dr. Sharon Fries-Britt.,as she reflects on what it meant for the University of Maryland College of Education to host the Imagined Futures pop-up studio after her decades of service.
Dr. Charles H.F. Davis III and Dr. Christopher Travers Talk BTS
A brief reflection from Dr. Christopher Travers (University of Maryland) on Candace's suggestion we begin documenting our process behind the project.