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Award-winning young adult, horror, fantasy, and science fiction author Maurice Broaddus is the inaugural Writer in Residence for the Center for Africana Studies & Culture (CASC) in the IU School of Liberal Arts in Indianapolis. Mr. Broaddus is also a community organizer and a teacher and librarian at the Oaks Academy Middle School where he …

Renowned Indianapolis-based jazz musician Rob Dixon is the inaugural Artist in Residence for the Center for Africana Studies and Culture in the IU School of Liberal Arts in Indianapolis. He is in residence for the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 academic years. In this role, Dixon serves as an ambassador for CASC and promotes the proliferation of …

In 2022, award-winning author and journalist A’Lelia Bundles was named the inaugural Prestigious Fellow in the Center for Africana Studies and Culture in the IU School of Liberal Arts in Indianapolis. She continues in that role. Bundles’ contributions focus on her strengths, expertise, and interests by engaging in innovative programming and public scholarship. This includes …

2022-23 Prestigious Fellow: A’Lelia Bundles

Caroline Bailey, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Sha’Kema Blackmon, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Education Mercedes Cannon, Ph.D., Assistant Director, Adaptive Educational Services Karen Dace, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Professor Communication Studies Tyrone Freeman, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Philanthropy Gina Sanchez Gibau, Ph.D., Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Diversity and Inclusion, …

Rob Dixon, Artistic Director Indianapolis Jazz Foundation Susan Hall Dotson, Coordinator of African American History, Indiana Historical Society Charlene Fletcher, Ph.D., Curator of African American Life and History, Conner Prairie Nichelle Hayes, Director, Center for Black Literature and Culture, Indianapolis Public Library Ivan Douglass Hicks, Ph.D., Senior Minister First Baptist Church North Breanca Merritt , …

Cleveland Hayes II, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Professor of Education and Africana Studies Ronda Henry Anthony, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English and Public Scholar of Africana Studies Lasana Kazembe, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Education and Africana Studies Obioma Nnaemeka, Ph.D., Chancellor’s Professor of French and Africana Studies Jennifer Thorington Springer, Ph.D., Associate Dean …