Gabriel Bump is an assistant professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature within the UNC College of Arts and Sciences. He writes novels to better understand himself and the places and people he holds dear.

Blair Kelley, director of the Center for the Study of the American South, hopes to amplify the work ethic carried from enslavement to freedom.

Graduate student Jamshaid Shahir studies the intricacies of how embryonic stem cells divide and the ramifications for what cells they turn into, which has implications for regenerative medicine.

CPPFD fellow Millicent N. Robinson’s research incorporates interdisciplinary theories and perspectives from social work, public health, African, African American, and diaspora studies, and medical sociology.

María DeGuzmán is the founding director of the UNC Latina/o Studies Program. She has been contributing to research at Carolina for 24 years.