Organizers
Dr. Priscilla McCutcheon
Dr. Priscilla McCutcheon is an Assistant Professor at the University of Louisville with joint appointments in Pan African Studies and Geography/Geosciences. Her research broadly focuses on the intersection of race, food/agriculture, and space. She is currently working on an archival project on Fannie Lou Hamer's Freedom Farms.
Dr. Ellen Kohl
Dr. Ellen Kohl earned her Ph.D. in geography from the University of Georgia. Her research focuses on how intersecting forms of oppression affect the human-environment interactions and how knowledge is produced in the science-policy interface. Dr. Kohl is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies of St. Mary's College of Maryland.
Tanisha Stanford is a graduate student at the University of Louisville in Pan-African Studies. Her thesis is centered on exploring the socio-psychological experiences of the African American grandmothers as critical members of the black family.
Mindy Grant is an undergraduate student at St Mary's College of Maryland studying English and Environmental Studies.
Jolyn Coleman will be graduating from St Mary's College of Maryland this Spring with a self-designed degree in Women, Gender, and Sexuality.
