Center for Arts, Migration + Entrepreneurship

Hannah Alarian 

Assistant Professor, Political Science at UF 

Maria Luisa Angulo 

Artist Researcher 

Angelos Barmpoutis 

Professor and Coordinator of Research and Technology, Digital Worlds Institute at UF 

Jacquelyn Berry 

Assistant Professor Psychology, The American University in Cairo 

Heidi Boisvert 

Associate Professor, UF School of Theatre + Dance, AI and the Arts  

Braxton Rae 

Former Maker in Residence 

Kenneth Broadway 

Professor, UF School of Music 

Megan Butala 

Assistant Professor, UF Materials Science and Engineering 

Rachel Carrico 

Assistant Professor, School of Theatre and Dance at UF 

Tawanda Chabikwa 

Assistant Professor of Dance and Africana Studies at the University of Texas at El Paso 

Dionne Champion 

Research Assistant Professor; Center for Arts in Medicine, College of the Arts 

Amanda Concha-Holmes 

Assistant Lecturer; Department of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at UF 

Kyaien Conner 

Professor and Donald M. Henderson Endowed Chair, University of Pittsburgh 

Silviu Ciulei 

Assistant Professor; School of Music at UF 

Thomas DeFrantz 

Professor, Theatre and Performance Studies, Northwestern University 

Aikaterini Diakoumopoulous 

Assistant Professor, University of Athens, Greece 

Thomas Simsarian Dolan 

Faculty Fellow, Emory University 

Historian, Armenian General Benevolent Union 

Rujeko Dumbutshena 

Assistant Professor, School of Theatre + Dance 

Giséle Manganelli Fernandes 

Professor, São Paulo State University (UNESP) 

Joan Frosch 

Professor; School of Theatre and Dance, College of the Arts 

Jeremy Frusco 

Associate Scholar; Laney Graduate School, Dean’s Office (Emory University) 

Fabio Garcia 

Director, The StoryLab 

Kate Golebiowska 

Senior Research Fellow at the College of Indigenous Futures, Education and the Arts at Charles Darwin University 

Shabnam Goli 

Adjunct Professor, Music, Folsom Lake College 

Laura Gonzales 

Associate Professor; Digital Writing and Cultural Rhetorics 

Mustapha Diyaol Haqq 

Co-Founder, Okuafo Foundation 

Aida Hozic 

Associate Professor of International Relations and Associate Chair of the Department of Political Science; College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at UF 

Alana Jackson 

Director, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts 

Millicent Johnnie 

Visiting Associate Professor, School of Theatre and Dance 

Stan Kaye 

Professor Emeritus, School of Theatre and Dance 

Chrysostomos Kostopoulos 

Lecturer; Department of Classics, Modern Greek, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 

Jamie Kraft 

Director, Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Warrington College of Business Administration 

Magdalena Lamarre 

Professor Emeritus of History and Sociology, Miami Dade College 

Armin Langer 

Assistant Professor at the Center for European Studies 

Miles Larmer 

Professor of History, Director of the Center for African Studies at UF 

Abigail Lindo 

Ad Astra Fellow and Assistant Professor of Digital Music Cultures, University College Dublin 

Wanda Lloyd 

Founder, BLSSD Future Inc. 

Ginessa Mahar 

Anthropology Librarian and Liaison to the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program at UF 

Barbara McDade-Gordon 

Associate Professor Emerita; Department of Geography, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 

Jasmine McNealy 

Professor of Media Production, Management & Technology, Director, Infrastructure for Communities Ecology for Data Hub, UF College of Journalism and Communications, 

Marq Mervin 

Entrepreneur 

Kenneth Metzker 

Adjunct Lecturer, School of Theatre and Dance, College of the Arts 

Erika Moore 

Assistant Professor, Center for Arts in Medicine 

Porchia Moore 

Associate Professor, School of Art and Art History, College of the Arts 

Imani Mosley 

Assistant Professor of Musicology, UF School of Music 

John Mugubi 

Professor; Communication, Media, Film and Theatre Studies (Kenyatta University) 

Eric Murianki 

University of Kansas 

Tim Murray 

Adjunct Lecturer, UF School of Music, Center for Undergraduate Research 

Saidah Nash Carter 

Co-Founder – Bright Insights Global LLC 

Vernelle Noel 

Assistant Professor in Architecture, Director, Situated Computation + Design Lab, Carnegie Mellon University 

Qudus Oneikeku 

Former Maker in Residence 

Rich Pellegrin 

Associate Professor, School of Music, College of the Arts at UF 

Sarah Politz 

Assistant Professor of Music, The City College of New York 

Alireza Pourreza 

Biological and Agricultural Engineering, UC Davis 

Heidi Powell 

Program Director, Art Education Online, Associate Professor, School of Art and Art History, College of the Arts at UF 

Kishau Rogers 

Entrepreneur, Systems Thinker, Computer Scientist 

Esther Romeyn 

Instructional Professor, Center for European Studies 

Andrew Rosenberg 

Associate Professor; Department of Political Science, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 

Colleen Rua 

Assistant Professor; School of Theatre + Dance, College of the Arts 

José V. Ruiz-Resto 

Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of the Music Business & Entrepreneurship Program at the University of Florida 

Emrah Sahin 

Senior Lecturer; Associate Instructional Professor, Center for European Studies at UF 

Kelley Sams 

Adjunct Assistant Professor, UF Center for Arts in Medicine; Senior Associate, Development Gateway: An IREX Venture 

Jashodhara Sen 

Assistant Professor, UF School of Theatre and Dance at UF 

Rachel Silveri 

Assistant Professor; School of Art + Art History at UF 

Manuel Simons 

Assistant Professor, School of Theatre + Dance at UF 

Ariel D Smith 

Assistant Teaching Professor, Center for Entrepreneurship, Wake Forest University 

Augusto Soledade 

Professor; School of Theatre and Dance at UF 

Anita Spring 

Professor Emerita; Department of Anthropology at UF 

Christa Sylla 

Adjunct Lecturer, School of Theatre and Dance at UF 

István Tarrósy 

Director, Africa Research Center, Professor, Department of Political Science and International Studies (University of Pécs) 

Ariadna Tenorio Lopez 

Assistant Professor, Center for Latin American Studies 

Ryan Hope Travis 

Assistant Professor, School of Theatre and Dance at UF 

Welson Tremura 

Professor; School of Music, Center for Latin American Studies 

Fatimah Tuggar 

Associate Professor; School of Art + Art History 

Margarita Vargas-Betancourt 

Special Collections Librarian, George A. Smathers Libraries at UF 

Vinata Vedam-Mai 

Lecturer, School of Theatre and Dance at UF 

Melissa White 

Instructional Assistant Professor for Engineering Innovation Institute with the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering 

Antoine Williams 

Assistant Professor; School of Art + Art History, College of the Arts 

Jahmie Blanche Williams 

CEO of Greatness By Design 

Trent Williams 

Associate Professor, School of Dance, University of Arizona 

Cynthia Wilson Graham 

Educator, Photographer, Author 

Kevin Winstead 

Assistant Professor of Critical Media and AI, Assistant Director, African American Studies   

S Ama Wray 

Professor at the University of California, Irvine, Co-principal investigator of the Africana Institute for Creativity, Recognition and Elevation in the School of the Arts and Humanities 

Simona Wright 

Professor, Department of World Languages and Culture, College of New Jersey 

Ying Xiao 

Associate Professor; Global Chinese Studies, Film and Media Studies at the University of Florida 

Payam Yousefi 

Assistant Professor of Musicology and Ethnomusicology, UF School of Music