THE COMMITTEE
We have established an Advisory Committee comprising individuals from various academic disciplines, researchers, statisticians, representatives from expat organizations, the field of citizen science, libraries, etc. The Committee will meet once a year to provide input and guidance on the project.
Avery Atkinson
Founder
Passport Life
Raleigh, NC
Janet Awokoya, Ph.D.
Director, Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program and Adjunct Professor of Global Studies
California Lutheran University
Thousand Oaks, CA.
Ira Berlin, Ph.D. (1941-2018)
Professor, Department of History
University of Maryland
College Park, MD
Ivy Brewer, MPA, MBA, JD
Assistant General Counsel, PAE
Washington, DC
Martin V Burrows Jr., MLIS
Coordinator, Oceania Sport Information Centre and Olympic Studies Centre
Suva, Fiji
Joy Carew, Ph.D.
Retired
Previously, Professor, Pan African Studies
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY
Katrina Sunnei Dias
Founder
Black Americans Living Abroad
Jeju, South Korea
Ivy Forsythe-Brown, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
University of Michigan
Dearborn, MI
Andrea Jackson Gavin, MA
Grant Writer, Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
Atlanta, GA
Andrew Gordon
CEO & Founder
Diversity Abroad
Berkeley, CA
Sylvia Sprinkle Hamlin, MS
Retired
Previously, Library Director, Forsyth County Library
Winston Salem, NC
Mosi Adesina Ifatunji, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Afro American Studies, Department of Sociology, and Center for Demography and Ecology
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
James Jackson, Ph.D. (1944-2020)
Daniel Katz Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Professor of Health Behavior & Health Education
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Karen Jefferson, MS
Retired
Previously Records Manager, AUC Woodruff Library
Atlanta, GA
Keith Jennings, Ph.D. (1959-2021)
President
African American Center on Global Politics and Human Rights
Atlanta, GA
Cha Jones, MA
Founder
Expat Women of Color
Washington, DC
Ms. Caya Lewis, MPH
Senior Technical Coordinator, Adolescent Girls and Young Women
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Geneva, Switzerland
Clarence Lusane, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Political Science
Howard University
Washington, DC
David Pagett, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Geography and Director, Geographic Information Sciences Laboratory
Tennessee State University
Nashville, TN
Dr. Deborah Robinson, MBA, Ph.D.
Director, African Americans Living Abroad Research and Education Project
Assistant Director for International Projects, Program for Research on Black Americans
(ex-officio member of Advisory Committee)
Washington, DC
Suzanne Simon, Ph.D.
Consultant
Clean Energy for a Healthy Arizona
Mesa, AZ
Belinda Tucker, Ph.D.
Retired
Previously, Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Amanda Klekowski von Koppenfels, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer in Migration and Politics
Director, MA International Migration
University of Kent/Brussels School of International Studies
Brussels, Belgium
Andrea Wiggins, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Information Systems & Quantitative Analysis
University of Nebraska
Omaha, Nebraska
Avery Atkinson
Founder
Passport Life
Raleigh, NC
Janet Awokoya, Ph.D.
Director, Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program and Adjunct Professor of Global Studies
California Lutheran University
Thousand Oaks, CA.
Ira Berlin, Ph.D. (1941-2018)
Professor, Department of History
University of Maryland
College Park, MD
Ivy Brewer, MPA, MBA, JD
Assistant General Counsel, PAE
Washington, DC
Martin V Burrows Jr., MLIS
Coordinator, Oceania Sport Information Centre and Olympic Studies Centre
Suva, Fiji
Joy Carew, Ph.D.
Retired
Previously, Professor, Pan African Studies
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY
Katrina Sunnei Dias
Founder
Black Americans Living Abroad
Jeju, South Korea
Ivy Forsythe-Brown, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
University of Michigan
Dearborn, MI
Andrea Jackson Gavin, MA
Grant Writer, Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
Atlanta, GA
Andrew Gordon
CEO & Founder
Diversity Abroad
Berkeley, CA
Sylvia Sprinkle Hamlin, MS
Retired
Previously, Library Director, Forsyth County Library
Winston Salem, NC
Mosi Adesina Ifatunji, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Afro American Studies, Department of Sociology, and Center for Demography and Ecology
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
James Jackson, Ph.D. (1944-2020)
Daniel Katz Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Professor of Health Behavior & Health Education
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Karen Jefferson, MS
Retired
Previously Records Manager, AUC Woodruff Library
Atlanta, GA
Keith Jennings, Ph.D. (1959-2021)
President
African American Center on Global Politics and Human Rights
Atlanta, GA
Cha Jones, MA
Founder
Expat Women of Color
Washington, DC
Ms. Caya Lewis, MPH
Senior Technical Coordinator, Adolescent Girls and Young Women
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Geneva, Switzerland
Clarence Lusane, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Political Science
Howard University
Washington, DC
David Pagett, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Geography and Director, Geographic Information Sciences Laboratory
Tennessee State University
Nashville, TN
Dr. Deborah Robinson, MBA, Ph.D.
Director, African Americans Living Abroad Research and Education Project
Assistant Director for International Projects, Program for Research on Black Americans
(ex-officio member of Advisory Committee)
Washington, DC
Suzanne Simon, Ph.D.
Consultant
Clean Energy for a Healthy Arizona
Mesa, AZ
Belinda Tucker, Ph.D.
Retired
Previously, Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Amanda Klekowski von Koppenfels, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer in Migration and Politics
Director, MA International Migration
University of Kent/Brussels School of International Studies
Brussels, Belgium
Andrea Wiggins, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Information Systems & Quantitative Analysis
University of Nebraska
Omaha, Nebraska