Gloria Barajas Rojas, IRT ’19 is currently a King, Chavez, Parks Future Faculty Fellow Instructor & Clinician at Central Michigan University. Congratulations Gloria!
Melvin Earle Villaver, IRT ‘18 is an Assistant Professor of Music and Global Black Studies in the Department of Performing Arts at Clemson University. Melvin earned a Ph.D. in American Studies at Purdue University this year. Congratulations and good luck at Clemson!
Alyssa Strykers, IRT’ 14 began their first year as Assistant Principal at Inwood Academy for Leadership Charter School in New York. Congratulations and best wishes for a great school year!
Adom Getachew, IRT’ 08 was named one of the 2023 Freedom Scholars by the Marguerite Casey Foundation. This prestigious award provides a one-time, unrestricted award of $250,000 to each honoree to advance their work. Adom is an Assistant Professor in the Political Science and the Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity departments at the University of Chicago. CONGRATULATIONS!
Irvin Hunt, IRT ’04 was named to the 2023 Short List by the MAAH Stone Book Award for their book Dreaming the Present: Time, Aesthetics, and the Black Cooperative Movement, published by the University of North Carolina Press. The award is an annual prize given by the Museum of African American History (MAAH) recognizing scholarship and writing within the field of African American history and culture. Congratulations Irvin!
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