Initiative Faculty
Participating Faculty
Advisory Council
Joy Ford Austin
CEO, Joy Ford Austin Arts and Humanities Advocacy
Kent Blansett
University of Kansas
Langston Hughes Associate Professor of Indigenous Studies and History
Gabe Bruguier
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Assistant Professor, University Libraries
Francene Blythe
Executive Director, Vision Maker Media
Holly Brewer
University of Maryland
Burke Professor of American History and Associate Professor of History
Taja-Nia Henderson
Rutgers University-Newark
Professor of Law, Dean of the Graduate School
Lina-Maria Murillo
University of Iowa
Assistant Professor, History, and Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies
Alise Pape
Gretna High School History Teacher
2022 Nebraska History Teacher of the Year
Linda Ho Peché
Project Director, Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive
Sharon Pratt
Founding Director, Institute for Politics Policy and History
Doris Morgan Rueda
Stanford University
Fellow, Center for Law and History
Sharlene Sinegal-DeCuir
Xavier University of Louisiana
Associate Professor of History, Keller Family Endowed Professor
Previous Council Members
Anne Soon Choi
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Interim Associate Director of Online Pedagogy and Learning for the Faculty Development Center, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
Alberto Rodriguez
Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Associate Professor of History, Director of the Mexican American Studies Institute