cultural studies

Black History with a focus on Caribbean American experiences, Black feminism, youth development and community organizing

Stephen completed a BA with a self-designed, interdisciplinary major in Comparative Literature at Sewanee: The University of the South. He taught middle and high school literature in Georgia before pursuing an MA in English at Georgetown University. Stephen has also taught freshman-level rhetoric and composition courses at Northern Virginia Community College and Howard University. Stephen is now a doctoral student in Cultural Studies at George Mason University.

Spelman College in Atlanta recently named Mason alum Liz Andrews executive director of Spelman College Museum of Fine Art. She began her new role Aug. 2.

Deborah Willis (PhD cultural studies 2003) remembers wanting to be a photographer since she was 10 years old. Her mother worked as a beautician, and Willis said the images and stories that surrounded her in her mom’s shop had a lasting impact on her career and her view of activism. Willis was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences this year in recognition of her life of activism as a photographer.

Richard Todd Stafford is the director of communications in the Honors College; co-organizer of the Center for Humanities Research Environmental Justice reading group; and a scholar studying culture, energy, and the environment.