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  • PETRE DIMITRIU

    Petre (He/Him) is a sophomore in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences from Topeka, Kansas. He is majoring in English with a concentration on rhetoric and language. He is a student at the Honors College and a member of the KU Chess Club. Some of his many hobbies include juggling, playing bass, reading Romanian children’s books, and learning about flags.

  • AMAR KAMALULRAHIM

  • LUCY WHITTINGTON

  • BRENDAN WILLIAMS-CHILDS

    Brendan Williams-Childs (he/him) is a Collections Assistant with the Black Book Interactive Project (BBIP) and a graduate research assistant with the BBIP and HathiTrust Research Center collaboration. He is pursuing an MFA in Fiction and a Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies.

  • ASHLEY SIMMONS

    Ashley Simmons is a third year Ph.D. student at the University of Kansas, where she is coordinating the organization of HBW’s archive. She graduated from Howard University with her bachelor's and Bowie State University (where she was awarded the BSU Graduate Scholar Award for her research) with a master's in English. Most of her research before coming to KU has focused on black science fiction and the expansion of Foucault’s concept of heterotopia, using this concept as a lens for discussing queer futurity. Through her time in the BBIP Scholars program, Ashley has expanded her research to include defining black transgressive fiction. In addition to her studies, Ashley has a background in media education and civic engagement in the after-school setting. Students she has worked with received awards for their documentary on the intersection of police brutality with a national lack of resources dedicated to student engagement during and after school. Ashley hopes to continue her passion for media production and education while pursuing her Ph.D. at KU.

  • MELEAH PEREZ

    Meleah Perez is a poetry MFA student at the University of Kansas. She has a B.A. from the University of Arkansas in both journalism and creative writing. Her passions are wide-ranging and impossible to count, but among them are creative writing, anti-racism, Scorpio season, yoga, and her dog, Sadie. Meleah is currently a member of the Black Book Interactive Project (BBIP) as a collections assistant at KU and hopes to create a bubble of inclusivity wherever she goes.

  • JARED OHM

    Jared Ohm is the Black Literature Network Coordinator for the Project of the History of Black Writing (BHW). Jared earned his B.S. in Biology from Northwest Missouri State University in 2016 and Masters in Clinical Psychology from Emporia State University in 2020. Jared is currently in his second year in the Counseling Psychology PhD program at the University of Kansas. Jared has worked as a therapist with predominantly Black populations in the Kansas correctional system for the past three years. When not conducting research or school related tasks, Jared enjoys spending time with his family, reading, and doing Zumba.

  • ERIN MURRAY

    Erin Murray (She/Her) is a Ph.D. student in Counseling Psychology at KU. She is currently a member of the Black Book Interactive Project (BBIP) and coordinator for the BBIP Scholars Program Digital Publishing cohort. In her free time, Erin enjoys painting, playing basketball, taking long walks with her dog Atlas, and listening to spooky podcasts – she is a Halloween baby after all.

  • DAVID JAMES MILLER

    David Jones Miller (He/Him) is a poet, publisher, and PhD student at the University of Kansas. He is the author of several books and chapbooks, including CANT (Black Radish Books), Fold (These Signals Press), As Sequence (These Signals Press), and Facts & Other Objects (JR Vansant). He lives with his family.

  • ONAT KOLCU

    Onat Kolcu (He/Him) is a Political Science Ph.D. student at the University of Kansas. He has a B.A. from the Izmir University of Economics (Turkey) in International Relations and European Union. Also, he has an M.A. degree in Sustainable Energy from the same university. His research focuses on energy governance, terrorism, and Turkish politics. He likes to travel and learn about other cultures, especially their cuisines. Onat is currently a member of the Black Book Interactive Project (BBIP) at the University of Kansas.