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The BU Center for Antiracist Research (CAR) will close on June 30, 2025

Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, CAR’s director, has decided to join the history faculty at Howard University and direct the newly established Howard Institute for Advanced Study. Read more at BU Today and at Howard’s The Dig.

Our Teams

Meet the teams behind our antiracist research, policy, narrative, and advocacy work

Our Teams

Overseen by founder Ibram X. Kendi and run by an accomplished and talented staff, the Center for Antiracist Research conducts work in multiple distinct areas, from policy and research to advocacy and narrative. Members of the center’s offices include scholars, advocates, and thought leaders, all of whom bring to the table a relentless commitment to social justice.

 

Central Operations

  • Ibram X. Kendi, Director and Founder of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research.
    Ibram X. Kendi

    Founder & Director

  • Portrait of Dawna Johnson
    Dawna Johnson

    Executive Director

  • Lorraine Weiss

    Director of Finance & Administration

  • Adeline Gutierrez Nuñez

    Chief of Staff

  • Abigail Dundore, Administrative Specialist at the Center for Antiracist Research
    Abigail Dundore

    Administrative Specialist 

  • Michael L. Chambers II

    Associate Director, Special Projects

  • Portrait of Heather Sanford, Research Manager at the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research
    Heather Sanford

    Research Manager

  • Hunter Moyler

    Research Assistant


The Emancipator

  • Portrait of Amber Payne, Publisher & General Manager, The Emancipator
    Amber Payne

    Publisher & General Manager, The Emancipator

  • Cristal Balis

    Special Projects & Marketing Lead, The Emancipator

  • Portrait of Alex LaSalvia, Digital Producer, The Emancipator
    Alex LaSalvia

    Digital Producer, The Emancipator

  • Portrait of Melissa Clavijo, Social Media Producer, The Emancipator
    Melissa Clavijo

    Social Media Producer, The Emancipator

  • Portrait of Tami Nguyen, Senior Communications Specialist at the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research
    Tami Nguyen

    Video Journalist

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