North Star Collective Faculty Fellows: Cohort IV

In its fourth year (2024-2025), the North Star Collective awarded fellowships to 33 BIPOC faculty from across our 20 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 2025 NSC Faculty Fellows are:

: Hisham Abdelrahman (Roger Williams University, Aquaculture and Marine Biology)

: Zahedur Arman (Framingham State University, Communication and Media Studies)

: Hadi Banat (University of Massachusetts Boston, English Studies)

: Trishnee Bhurosy (University of Vermont , Public Health)

: Chalais (Cee) Carter (University of Vermont, Education)

: Justin A. Coles (University of Massachusetts Amherst, Education)

: Melissa Cuba (University of Maine, Education)

: Jasmine A.H. Griffith (Rhode Island College, Counseling Education and Supervision)

: Alia Hadid (Rhode Island College, Educational (TESOL))

: Christina Hodel (Bridgewater State University, Film Studies)

: Dorothea L. Ivey (University of Southern Maine, Social Work)

: Florianne Jimenez (University of New Hampshire, English)

: Jung Hyun Lee (Roger Williams University, Construction Management)

: Annie Lee-Zimerle (University of Southern Maine, Visual Art)

: Jacqueline Lubin (University of Hartford, Special Education)

: Mbita Mbao (Salem State University, Social Work)

: Juan Carlos Morales (Endicott College, Graphic Design)

: Munkaila Musah (University of Massachusetts Amherst, Environmental Conservation)

: Samuel Odom (Simmons University, Social Work)

: Karen Okigbo (University of Massachusetts Boston, Sociology)

: Alison Okuda (Worcester State University, History)

: Pamela Zabala Ortiz (Boston University, Sociology)

: Keyana Parks (University of Massachusetts Boston, English)

: Sandra Sanchez (Framingham State University, Biology)

: Don Simmons Jr. (Simmons University, Library and Information Science)

: Qian Song (University of Massachusetts Boston, Sociology/Gerontology)

: Stephanie Tavarez (University of Hartford, Psychology)

: Jerry Whitmore, Jr. (Boston University, Education)

: Rashmi Viswanathan (University of Hartford, Art History)

: Sarah Brooks Zahed (Westfield State University, English)

: Luis Zambrano-Cruzatty (University of Maine, Civil and Environmental Engineering)

: Chongyang (William) Zhou (Sacred Heart University, Management)

: Ya Zhou (Salem State University, Chemistry)