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Ford Fellow Regional Liaisons


Alaska

Maria Williams
Institution: University of Alaska-Anchorage
Field: Alaska Native Studies
E-mail:
mdwilliams6@alaska.edu


Arizona, New Mexico, and West Texas

Ernesto Chavez
Institution: University of Texas-El Paso
Field: History
E-mail:
echavez@utep.edu


Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma


Rafia Zafar
Institution: Washington University in Saint Louis
Field: English, African and African-American Studies, American Culture Studies
E-mail: zafar@wustl.edu


California: Calif. Inst. Tech, City of Hope Nat. Med. Ctr., Claremont, USC, UCLA, and UC Santa Barbara; Nevada

Rhacel Parrenas
Institution: University of Southern California
Field: Ethnic Studies, Sociology
E-mail: parrenas@usc.edu


California: San Diego State University, University of California-San Diego, UC-Riverside, and UC-Irvine

Mark Lawson
Institution: University of California-San Diego
Field: Biomedical Sciences
E-mail:
mlawson@ucsd.edu


California: Stanford University

Paula M. L. Moya
Institution: Stanford University
Field: English

Email: pmoya@stanford.edu 
 

California: University of California-Berkeley

 

Ula Yvette Taylor
Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Field: History

Email: uyt@berkeley.edu 
 

California: UC Davis, UC Merced, UC San Francisco, and UC Santa Cruz

Rudy Ortiz
Institution: University of California, Merced
Field: Molecular and Cell Biology
E-mail:
rortiz@ucmerced.edu


Colorado

Lee Anne Martinez
Institution: Colorado State University-Pueblo
Field: Ecology
E-mail:
leeanne.martinez@csupueblo.edu


Connecticut and Rhode Island

Melina Pappademos
Institution: University of Connecticut, Storrs
Field: History, Africana Studies
E-mail: melina.pappademos@uconn.edu


Delaware and Pennsylvania (Central and East)


Carla Willard
Institution: Franklin & Marshall College
Field: American & Africana Studies
E-mail: carla.willard@fandm.edu


Florida

Alex Chaparro
Institution: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Field: Psychology
E-mail:
alex.chaparro@erau.edu


Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama

Tene Tuere Lewis
Institution: Emory University
Field: Psychology
E-mail: tene.t.lewis@emory.edu


Hawaii

Caroline G. Sinavaiana
Field: Literature
E-mail:
sinavaia@hotmail.com


Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming


Kathryn Shanley
Institution: University of Montana
Field: Ethnic Studies
E-mail: shanleykw@mso.umt.edu


Illinois

Aixa Alfonso
Institution: University of Illinois-Chicago
Field: Biomedical Sciences
E-mail:
aalfonso@uic.edu


Indiana, Iowa, and Nebraska

John Nieto-Phillips
Institution: Indiana University
Field: Latino Studies
E-mail:
jnietoph@indiana.edu
 

Kentucky and Tennessee

Keivan Guadalupe Stassun
Institution: Vanderbilt University
Field: Physics
E-mail: keivan.stassun@vanderbilt.edu


Louisiana and Mississippi


Calvin Mackie
Institution: STEM NOLA
Field: Engineering
E-mail: cmackie@stemnola.com


Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont

Mark Eric Williams
Institution: Middlebury College
Field:  Political Science
E-mail: mwilliam@middlebury.edu


Maryland, DC, and Virginia

Rashawn Ray
Institution: University of Maryland
Field: Sociology
E-mail:
rjray@umd.edu


Massachusetts

Robbin Nicole Chapman
Institution: Harvard University
Field: Computer Science
E-mail: 
robbin_chapman@hks.harvard.edu

Fox Harrell
Institution: Massachusetts Inst. of Technology
Field: Computer Science
E-mail: fox.harrell@mit.edu


Michigan

Ashley Lucas
Institution: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Field: Theater and Drama, Literature
E-mail: lucasash@umich.edu


Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota

Brenda J. Child
Institution: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Field: Native American History
E-mail: child011@umn.edu


New Jersey and New York (New York City)

Rita D. Colon-Urban
Institution: SUNY-College at Old Westbury
Field: Biomedical Sciences
E-mail:
urbanr@oldwestbury.edu

Iris Lopez
Institution: City University of New York, Hunter College/NY
Field: Anthropology
E-mail: irislopeziol@yahoo.com


New York (Upstate)


Scott Manning Stevens
Institution: Syracuse University
Field: Native American Studies
E-mail:
scsteven@syr.edu


North Carolina

Yvette Maria Huet
Institution: University of North Carolina-Charlotte
Field: Biomedical Sciences
E-mail:
ymhuet@uncc.edu

Sekazi Mtingwa
Institution: TriSEED Consultants, LLC
Field: Physics
E-mail: sekazi.mtingwa@gmail.com


Ohio, Pennsylvania (West), and West Virginia

Koritha Mitchell
Institution: Ohio State University
Field: Literature and Performance Studies
E-mail:
mitchell.717@osu.edu


Puerto Rico: Mayagüez

Ingrid Yamill Padilla
Institution: University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
Field: Engineering
E-mail:
ingrid.padilla@upr.edu


Puerto Rico: San Juan

Juan Giusti-Cordero
Field: History
E-mail:
juangicor@gmail.com


Texas (North, East, and South)

Paul Bonin-Rodriguez
Institution: University of Texas, Austin
Field: Performance Studies
E-mail:
pbonrod@austin.utexas.edu


Washington and Oregon

Lil Pabon
Institution: Sana Biotechnology
Field: Biomedical Sciences
E-mail:
pabon4stem@gmail.com


Wisconsin

Alfonso Morales
Institution: University of Wisconsin, Madison
Field: Sociology
E-mail:
morales1@wisc.edu

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