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Kyle Abraham
Abraham.In.Motion
Fati Abubakar
Juan Acevedo
Holly Ackerman
Duke University
Dasan Ahanu
Jennifer Ahern-Dodson
Duke University
Shireen Ahmed
Abdullah Al-Arian
Georgetown University in Qatar
Sylvia Alajaji
Franklin and Marshall College
John Aldrich
Duke University
Kelly Alexander
Ra’anan Alexandrowicz
Maytha Alhassen
University of Southern California
Zaheer Ali
Columbia University
Alsarah
Claudia A. Amaro
#Dream9
Blitz the Ambassador
Shirlette Ammons
Jill Anderson
Otros Dreams en Acción
Colman Andrews
Nancy Armstrong
Duke University
Jonas Attis
Emanuel Ax
Cemil Aydin
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
M.V. Lee Badgett
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Jonathan Bagg
Duke University
Edward J. Balleisen
Duke University
Edward Baptist
Cornell University
Fadi Bardawil
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Raymond Barfield
Duke University
Rhae Lynn Barnes
Princeton University
Beth Allison Barr
Baylor University
Maya Barzilai
University of Michigan
Diana Butler Bass
Anita N. Bateman
Joseph Bathanti
Appalachian State University
Ian Baucom
University of Virginia
Dimitar Bechev
European Policy Institute
Eric Beckman
Madison Smartt Bell
Writer
Nouria Belmouloud
Duke University International Patient Services
Abbas Benmamoun
Duke University
John Biewen
Duke University
Anat Biletzki
Tel Aviv University and Quinnipiac University
Laurent Binet
Writer and Journalist
Laurence Binet
Médecins Sans Frontières
Amahl Bishara
Tufts University
Eula Biss
Author and Essayist
Yaba Blay
Drexel University
David W. Blight
Yale University
Eladio Bobadilla
University of Kentucky
Filip de Boeck
University of Leuven
Anthony Bogues
Brown University
Christophe Boltanski
Le Nouvel Observateur
Doug Boyer
Duke University
Regina Bradley
Kennesaw State University
Roberto Brodsky
Camille A. Brown
Lou Brown
Duke University
Natalie Bullock Brown
Saint Augustine's University
Vincent Brown
Harvard University
Sarah Bruno
Duke University
Peter Burian
Duke University
Omisade Burney-Scott
Matt Busch
Natu Camara
Michelle Campos
University of Florida
Nicholas Carnes
Duke University
Daileidys Carrazana
Malpaso Dance Company
Mandy Carter
Andrew Carter
The News & Observer
Leonard Cassuto
Fordham University
Christopher S. Celenza
Georgetown University
Ebru Nihan Celkan
William Chafe
Duke University
Dasha A. Chapman
Duke University
Guy-Uriel Charles
Duke Law
Mel Chin
Eileen Cheng-yin Chow
Duke University
Steven Churchill
Duke University
Marcello Di Cintio
C. B. Claiborne
Gerald Clayton
Joan Clifford
Duke University
Serge Attukwei Clottey
Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Atlantic
Charles E. “Charlie” Cobb
John Cohen
Musicologist
Steve Coleman
Robert Keith Collins
Michael Collins
Freelance Translator
Cindy Parlow Cone
Sus Long & Michael Conner
Philip Cook
Duke University
Brittney Cooper
Rutgers University
Saskia Cornes
Anthony Roth Costanzo
Rocky Cotard
Lesley University
Christine Cox
BalletX
Howard L. Craft
Samantha Crain
Karen Cranston
Duke University
Michaeline Crichlow
Duke University
Christopher Curmi-Hall
Tina Haver Currin
Joyce Dalsheim
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Samuel Fury Childs Daly
Duke University
Joanna Dee Das
Washington University in St. Louis
Adrienne Davis
Washington University Law School
Zack Davisson
Michael C. Dawson
University of Chicago
Schuyler DeBree
Rory Owen Delaney
Christopher DeLaurenti
Osnel Delgado
Malpaso Dance Company
Jonathan Demme
Cate Denial
Robert Densmore
Sonali Dev
Elise DeVido
Duke Kunshan University
Yoav Di-Capua
University of Texas at Austin
Kassé Mady Diabaté
Jess Dilday
Lisa Dillman
Emory University
Tyra Dixon
William Dobbie
Utica Academy for International Studies
Rodrigo Dorfman
Anson Dorrance
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Patrice D. Douglass
Duke University
Jennifer Doyle
University of California, Riverside
Katharine Brophy Dubois
Laurent Dubois
Duke University
Patrick Duddy
Duke University
Kathleen DuVal
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Edouard Duval-Carrié
Michaela Dwyer
Ainehi Edoro
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Laura Edwards
AdvaNCe
Will Ehrenfeld
Matt Eisenbrandt
Martin Eisner
Duke University
Lerna Ekmekçioğlu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Laila El-Haddad
Maha El-Metwally
Nadia El-Shaarawi
Colby College
Brenda Elsey
Hofstra University
Ryan E. Emanuel
Duke University
Sophia Enriquez
Duke University
Özge Ertem
Erin Espelie
Liz Essary
Indiana University Health Language Services
Annie Evans
University of Richmond
Sara M. Evans
University of Minnesota
Chase Iron Eyes
Alex Ezeh
Eric Fair
Grant Farred
Cornell University
Elena Feinstein
Duke University
Ada Ferrer
New York University
Jim Findlay
Céline Flécheux
Université Paris-VI Diderot
Amadou Fofana
Williamette University & Duke University
Aaron Fox
Columbia University
Nnenna Freelon
Pierce Freelon
Blackspace | Beat Making Lab
Marjorie Diggs Freeman
Niels W. Frenzen
University of Southern California
Lara Friedman
Foundation for Middle East Peace
Andrew Fuller
Howard Fuller
Marquette University
Julia Gaffield
Georgia State University
Matt Gallagher
Kevin Gannon
Grand View University
David Garcia
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Lana Garland
Scott Garlock
John Gartrell
Duke University
Julia Gartrell
Barry Gaspar
Duke University
Torren L. Gatson
Lurgio Gavilán
Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico)
Jeffrey N. Gerson
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Trevor R. Getz
San Francisco State University
Jehanne Gheith
Duke University
Amitav Ghosh
Jamaica Gilmer
Shai Ginsburg
Duke University
Thavolia Glymph
Duke University
Jon-Sesrie Goff
Duke University
Erdağ Göknar
Duke University
David Goldblatt
Thomas Goldsmith
Mónica González
ESPN
Gustavo Gorriti
Instituto de Defensa Legal (Lima, Peru)
David A. Graham
The Atlantic
Alyssa Granacki
Kelsey Graywill
Duke University
Walter D. Greason
Monmouth University
Robert Greene
Claflin University
Aaron Greenwald
Duke University
Farah Jasmine Griffin
Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Mobile Homecoming
Sandra Gutierrez
Anna Schuleit Haber
Lisa Hajjar
University of California, Santa Barbara
Zeina Halabi
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Bruce Hall
Duke University
Kim F. Hall
Barnard College of Columbia University
Jacquelyn Dowd Hall
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Rahaf Harfoush
Alex Harris
Duke University
Lynden Harris
Rachel S. Harris
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Duchess Harris
William David Hart
University of North Carolina Greensboro
Sam Haselby
Aeon Magazine
Amira Hass
Ron Haviv
VII Photo
Didem Havlioğlu
Duke University
Stephen L. Hayes
Duke University
Titus Brooks Heagins
Lauren Henschel
Duke University
Joseph Hillel
Glenn Hinson
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Rev. Fr. Stefan Hippler
HOPE Cape Town
Luke Hirst
Durham LGBTQ History Project
Brian J. Hoffman
CARA Family Detention Pro Bono Project
Wesley Hogan
Duke University
Jonathan Scott Holloway
Yale University
Karla FC Holloway
Duke University
Emmanuel Hondré
Philharmonie de Paris
Peter Jan Honigsberg
University of San Francisco School of Law
Jazzmeia Horn
Maha Houssami
Duke University
Tomas van Houtryve
Jayne Huckerby
Duke University
Piper Huguley
Spelman College
Reeve Huston
Duke University
Abdullah Ibrahim
Jayne O. Ifekwunigwe
Rachel Ingold
Duke University
D’atra Jackson
Stephen Jaffe
Tsitsi Jaji
Duke University
Leslie Jamison
Columbia University
Abdul Sattar Jawad
Duke University
David Jay
Beverly Jenkins
Rev. Dr. Willie James Jennings
Yale University
Deborah Jenson
Duke University
Judith Jeremie
Sona Jobarteh
Erin Johnson
Jereann King Johnson
Jessica Marie Johnson
Michigan State University
Kirk Johnson
Martha Jones
Johns Hopkins University
Daniel Jones
Sherry Jordon
St. Thomas University
Handerson Joseph
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Khyati Y. Joshi
Kevin Kallaugher
Nina Kamberos
Laertes
Dimitris Kamouzis
Centre for Asia Minor Studies, Athens, Greece
Virginia Kantra
Özlem Karadağ
Melissa S. Karp
Duke University
Ed Kashi
VII Photo
Catherine Kastleman
Duke University
Jonathan M. Katz
Suzanne Katzenstein
Duke University
Adrienne Keene
Brown University
Anthony M. Kelley
Duke University
Blair L.M. Kelley
North Carolina State University
Caitlin Margaret Kelly
Power Plant Gallery
Rashid Khalidi
Columbia University
Ranjana Khanna
Duke University
Nan Kim
Warren Kinghorn
Duke University
Robin Kirk
Duke University
Phil Klay
Michael Muhammad Knight
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jennifer Koh
Brandon Kohrt
Duke University
Suraj Koirala
Transcultural Psychosocial Organization Nepal
Sally Kornbluth
Duke University
Sarah Krainin
Duke University
Amy Kramer
Duke University
Catherine Kudlick
Dare Kumolu-Johnson
Talib Kweli
Chaédria LaBouvier
Helen F. Ladd
Duke University
Ingrid LaFleur
Andre and Dafney Lafortune
Daphne Lamothe
Smith College
Elena Langdon
Michelle Lanier
Duke University
Marc Lapointe
Pete Lapré
Deborah Zoe Laufer
Kiese Laymon
University of Mississippi
Heba Ledwon
Ayanna Legros
Christian C. Lentz
University of North Carolina at Chapel HIll
Adriane Lentz-Smith
Duke University
Dan Levy
Lital Levy
Princeton University
Courtney Lewis
Duke University
Xi Lian
Duke University
Jeannie Lin
Scott Lindroth
Duke University
Treva Lindsey
Ohio State University
Mary Caton Lingold
Duke University
Ethan Lipton
John Little
Mbaye Lo
Duke University
James Longley
Maggie Loredo
Otros Dreams en Acción
Susan Lozier
Duke University
Wahneema Lubiano
Duke University
Nagendra Prasad Luitel
Transcultural Psychosocial Organization Nepal
Darrin Zammit Lupi
Deborah Luster
Erin M. Lyons
Nathaniel Mackey
Duke University
Nancy MacLean
Duke University
Sarah MacLean
New York Times Bestselling Author
Lucia Macro
Avon Books
Elaine Maisner
University of North Carolina Press
Ziad Majed
American University in Paris
Anne-Maria Makhulu
Duke University
Wu Man
Paolo Mangiafico
Duke University
Cecilia Márquez
Duke University
Branford Marsalis
Wayne Martin
North Carolina Arts Council
Óscar Martínez
Angela M. Mason
Maia Matheny
Jack Matlock
Achille Mbembe
Alan McBride
Tom McCabe
Elayne McCabe
Filmmaker
Jocelyn McCalla
National Coalition for Haitian Rights
Leyla McCalla
Lisa McCarty
Duke University
J. Hamilton McCoy
Duke University
Kiyoko McCrae
Christopher McElroen
The American Vicarious
Kate McGarry
Cahal McLaughlin
Queen's University Belfast
Kathy McMahon-Klosterman
Khadija McNair
Giovanna Meek
Jeff Melnick
Erica Mena
Nina Angela Mercer
Tift Merritt
Michael H. Merson
Duke University
Jessica Metcalfe
Edgar Meyer
Curtis Institute of Music
Laura Micham
Duke University
Kimberly Middleton
Stephen Mihm
University of Georgia
Courtney Milan
Sarah Miles
J. Michael Miller
Library of the Marine Corps
Nick Mirzoeff
New York University
Neha Misra
Solar Sister
Siddhartha Mitter
Eric Moe
Pharoahe Monch
Michèle Montas
Joan Morgan
Richard Auguste Morse
Negar Mottahedeh
Duke University
Kathleen Muldoon
Midwestern University
Jean Bélony (BélO) Murat
Martin Murray
University of Michigan
Murs
Tinashe Mushakavanhu
Neo Muyanga
Godfrey Mwampembwa
Joshua Nadel
North Carolina Central University
Mark Anthony Neal
Duke University
Thomas Nechyba
Duke University
Naomi Nelson
Duke University
Joe Newberry
Theresa Newman
Duke University
Fallou Ngom
Boston University
Zach Niles
Jodee Nimerichter
American Dance Festival
Melissa Nobles
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sarah Rose Nordgren
Sally A. Nuamah
Duke University
Arturo O’Farrill
Afro Latin Jazz Alliance
Achy Obejas
Eric Oberstein
Duke Performances
Oddisee
Jules Odendahl-James
Duke University
Jocelyn Olcott
Duke University
Carla Overbeck
Duke University
Kelly Owensby
Transplanting Traditions Community Farm
Gwendolyn Oxenham
Rissi Palmer
Sasha Panaram
Liliana Paredes
Duke University
Casey Parker
Khadija Patel
Laurie Patton
Duke University
Edward Paulino
John Jay College, CUNY
Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton
Sara Peach
Robert Pearson
The Middle East Institute
Raoul Peck
Bethânia Pereira
Kevin Pérez
Sallie Permar
Duke University
Caroline Perny
HarperCollins Publishers
James Braxton Peterson
Jerry Philogene
Dickinson College
Jacques Pierre
Duke University
Tarish Pipkins
Billy Pizer
Duke University
Elizabeth Schrader Polczer
Duke University
Joe Ashby Porter
Duke University
Richard J. Powell
Duke University
Richard Powers
Rev. Dr. Luke A. Powery
Duke University
Leela Prasad
Duke University
Martin Puchner
Harvard University
Jedediah Purdy
Duke University
Danielle Purifoy
Anne Pusey
Duke University
Ato Quayson
University of Toronto
Marion Quirici
Sauharda Rai
Duke University
Michael Ralph
New York University
Shelly Rambo
Boston University
Tom Rankin
Duke University
Joshua Redman
Donald M. Reid
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Deborah S. Reisinger
Duke University
Adrienne Resha
Saleem Reshamwala
Andrea Reusing
Olfa RIahi
Beth Ricanati
Judy Richardson
Pascal Rioult
RIOULT Dance NY
Clay Risen
New York Times
Laura Ritchie
The Carrack
Diego Riveros-Iregui
UNC-Chapel Hill
Neil Roberts
Corey Robin
Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center
Chamila Rodríguez
Bradley Rogers
Duke University
Sherrill Roland
Theresa Romain
Deondra Rose
Duke University
Sari Beth Rosenberg
Andrea Rosenberg
Adam R. Rosenblatt
Michael Rössner
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Susan Roth
Duke University
Dr. Charmaine Royal
Duke University
Jeffrey Rubin
Boston University
Catherine Russell
Erin Gloria Ryan
James Martin, S.J.
Aaron Sachs
Cornell University
Fernando Sáez
Omid Safi
Duke University
Michael Salgarolo
Anne-Gaëlle Saliot
Duke University
Amber Carroll Santibañez
Keilla Vila Flor Santos
Felwine Sarr
Duke University
Margaret Sartor
Duke University
Beryl Satter
Rutgers University
Scott Saul
Susan Scafidi
Fordham Law
Jennifer L. Schaefer
Emory University
Steve Schewel
Michael Schoenfeld
Duke University
Rob Schofield
NC Policy Watch
Trevor Schoonmaker
Duke University
Julius S. Scott
University of Michigan
Jessica Scott
Roy Scranton
University of Notre Dame
Anthony M. Sease
Civitech
Emily Seawell
Southern Coalition for Social Justice
Daniel Seidemann
Terrestrial Jerusalem
Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall
Miguel La Serna
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kim Severson
Aya Shabu
Elizabeth Shapiro-Garza
Duke University
Merrill Shatzman
Samuel Shearer
Duke University
Helen Shears
Jay Simple
Christopher Sims
Duke University
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Crystal Simone Smith
Dan Smith
Duke University
Géraldine Smith
Latoya Smith
Matthew J. Smith
University of West Indies - Mona, Jamaica
Stephen Smith
Duke University
Amy Sodaro
Helen Solterer
Duke University
Maboula Soumahoro
University of Tours, France
Brian Southwell
Lester Spence
Johns Hopkins University
Danielle Spencer
Columbia University
Danielle Spurlock
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Michelle Staggers
Tim Stallmann
Orin Starn
Duke University
Rebecca Stein
Duke University
Kearsley Stewart
Duke University
Anna Storti
Nicholas Strozza
Interpro Translation Solutions, Inc.
Sue Sturgis
William Sturkey
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ned Sublette
Damon Suede
Rayma Suprani
Charlotte Sussman
Duke University
Alina Taalman
Saba Taj
M.C. Taylor
Lisa B. Thompson
University of Texas at Austin
Roberto Tijerina
Southerners on New Ground
Ana Tijoux
Brian Tipton
Toni Tipton-Martin
R. Larry Todd
Duke University
Évelyne Trouillot
Richard Lee Turits
College of William & Mary
Timothy B. Tyson
Duke University
Steeve Valcourt
Jina Valentine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Maria Varela
John Vaughn
Duke University
Michael E. Veal
Yale University
Melinda Wagner
Laura Wagner
Grant Wahl
Sports Illustrated
Priscilla Wald
Duke University
Jonathan Waldman
Deshira Wallace
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Javier Wallace
Duke University
Julia Roxanne Wallace
Mobile Homecoming
Jenny Warburg
John Warner
Myra Washington
University of New Mexico
Jeffrey Wasserstrom
University of California-Irvine
Shayne Watson
Shayne Watson Designs
Erika Weinthal
Duke University
Sarah Wendell
Marco Werman
Public Radio International
Barbara Claypole White
Sarah Wilbur
Gary Wilder
CUNY
Frank B. Wilderson
University of California, Irvine
Amy Wilentz
Jean Williams
University of Wolverhampton/JJHeritage Consultancy
Saul Williams
Sonja Williams
Howard University
Yohuru Williams
University of St. Thomas
Ara Wilson
Duke University
Joseph Richard Winters
Duke University
Alexander Wolff
Sports Illustrated
9th Wonder
Courtney Woods
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Zoë Wool
Rice University
Kelly Wooten
Duke University
John Worsencroft
Amie Wright
Helen Yanovsky
B'Tselem
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