Initiative Faculty

  1. Avatar for William G. Thomas III
    Co-Director, Professor of History, John and Catherine Angle Chair in the Humanities, College of Arts & Sciences Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education
  2. Avatar for Katrina Jagodinsky
    Co-Director, Susan J. Rosowski Associate Professor of History
  3. Avatar for Jeannette Eileen Jones
    Co-Director, Happold Professor of History and Ethnic Studies, Director of the 19th Century Studies Program
  4. Avatar for Donna D. Anderson
    Mellon Research Assistant Professor in U.S. Law and Race

Participating Faculty

  1. Avatar for Genesis M. Agosto
    Assistant Professor of Law Library & Reference Librarian
  2. Avatar for Eric Berger
    Earl Dunlap Distinguished Professor of Law
  3. Avatar for Danielle C. Jefferis
    Assistant Professor of Law
  4. Avatar for Laura K. Muñoz
    Assistant Professor of History and Ethnic Studies
  5. Avatar for Jessica A. Shoemaker
    Steinhart Foundation Distinguished Professor of Law
  6. Avatar for Catherine Lee Wilson
    Associate Professor of Law

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