RaceB4Race executive board Patricia Akhimie Director of the Folger InstituteFolger Shakespeare Library Ruben Espinosa DirectorArizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Kim F. Hall Professor of English and Africana studiesBarnard College Jonathan Hsy Professor of EnglishGeorge Washington University Farah Karim-Cooper DirectorFolger Shakespeare Library Dorothy Kim Assistant professorBrandeis University Dan-el Padilla Peralta Associate professorPrinceton University Scott Manning Stevens Associate professorSyracuse University Carla María Thomas Assistant professorFlorida Atlantic University Ayanna Thompson Executive directorArizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Cord J. Whitaker Associate professor of EnglishWellesley Former board members David Sterling Brown Associate professor of EnglishTrinity CollegeFounding RaceB4Race Executive Board member 2019-2025 Seeta Chaganti Professor of EnglishUniversity of California, DavisFounding RaceB4Race Executive Board member 2019-2025 Urvashi Chakravarty Associate professorUniversity of TorontoFounding RaceB4Race Executive Board member 2019-2025 Shokoofeh Rajabzedah Program managerCommunity Word ProjectFounding RaceB4Race Executive Board member 2019-2025 Watch past RaceB4Race symposia and roundtables.Watch now Sign up for our mailing list to stay up to date on future symposia, events, and RaceB4Race initiatives. Sign up now Learn more about the Mellon Foundation funded RaceB4Race: Sustaining, Building, Innovating project.Learn more