In its third year (2024), the North Star Collective awarded fellowships to 31 BIPOC faculty from across our 18 member institutions.
The North Star Collective Faculty Fellowship is a semester-long fellowship created by BIPOC faculty for BIPOC faculty in New England. Grounded in tenets of reparative justice, the Fellowship promotes racial trauma healing by providing a nourishing community of care, mentorship and professional development for Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) faculty in all fields.
The 2024 NSC Faculty Fellows are:
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- Ebenezar Afarikumah (Goodwin University, Business Administration)
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- Suzanne Angeli (University of Maine, Molecular and Cell Biology)
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- Bodunrin Banwo (University of Massachusetts Boston, Education Leadership)
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- Perla Barbosa (Salem State University, TESOL)
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- Alexia Buono (University of Vermont, Early Childhood Education)
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- Melissa Colon (University of Massachusetts Boston, Education)
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- Mohammadmehdi Danesh (University of Hartford, Architecture)
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- Jimoh Fatoki (Roger Williams University, Management)
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- Chantrell Frazier (Framingham State University, Chemistry)
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- Meng Guo (Eastern Connecticut State University, Accounting)
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- Nandita Gurjar (Rhode Island College, Elementary Education)
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- Myrlene Jean-Venant (Simmons University, Social Work)
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- Seokyoung Kang (University of Bridgeport, Biology)
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- Nabin Malakar (Worcester State University, Physics)
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- Ana Marcelo (Clark University, Psychology)
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- Miguel Montalva Barba (University of Massachusetts Boston, Sociology)
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- Kaushik Mukherjee (Worcester State University, Business Administration)
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- Vanita Naidoo (Salem State University, Sociology)
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- Nahyun Oh (Eastern Connecticut State University, Management)
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- Jonix Owino (Sacred Heart University, Psychology)
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- Ashlie Perry Banerjee (Endicott College, Criminal Justice and Security Studies)
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- David Ramirez (Rhode Island College, Spanish and Latin American Studies)
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- Forrest Rodgers (Framingham State University, Sociology & Criminology)
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- Seung Whan Ryu (Sacred Heart University, Management)
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- Lara Salahi (Endicott College, Journalism)
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- Zeina Salame (University of Vermont, Theater)
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- Gohar Siddiqui (Clark University, Screen Studies)
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- Stefano Tijerina (University of Maine, Management)
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- Nayomi Walton (University of Hartford, Nursing)
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- Brittany Williams (University of Vermont, Higher Education)
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- Maurice Williams Jr. (Bridgewater State University, Educational Leadership)