Dr. Joseph Hill is a leading authority on an African American variety of American Sign Language and an advocate for education, culture, and language of Black Deaf people.
Joseph Hill
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Maaza Mengiste
Maaza Mengiste — author of “The Shadow King,” which was named Best Book of the Year and shortlisted for the Booker Prize — writes about war, violence, and migration from the perspective of individuals often forgotten by the historical record.
Kristina Jacobsen
Dr. Kristina Jacobsen is a multitalented cultural anthropologist and singer-songwriter who explores cultural identity through music. She is best known for her work with the Navajo Nation in New Mexico, where she spent two-and-a-half years singing and playing steel guitar with country-western bands.