Deborah King (Associate Prof of Sociology, emerita) has expertise in sociology of law; prisons; African American women; race, class and gender; deviance and social control; sociology of culture. She is Co-Director of the Dartmouth and Slavery Project.

Nicole Maskiell (Associate Prof of African and African American Studies) specializes in the colonial history of the Northeast, with a focus on early Black Americans in the region. She teaches courses that explore  themes of race, family, memory, and silence.

Rachel Chavkin received the 2019 Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Director of a Musical for "Hadestown." She is a director, writer, and dramaturg, as well as the founding Artistic Director of Brooklyn-based ensemble The TEAM, whose work has been seen all over New York (including the Public Theater and PS122), nationally, the UK (including the National Theatre in London, and multiple collaborations w/ the National Theatre of Scotland), and Festivals across Europe, Australia, and Asia. The TEAM's consensus-drive collaborative creation process was the subject of a feature-length documentary by Emmy Winner Paulette Douglas.

Selected work: Dave Malloy's "Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812" (Ars Nova, ART, Broadway), Matt Gould and Carson Kreitzer's "Lempicka" (Williamstown, La Jolla, Broadway), Caryl Churchill's "Light Shining in Buckinghamshire" (New York Theatre Workshop), Marco Ramirez's "The Royale" (Old Globe, Lincoln Center), Bess Wohl's "Small Mouth Sounds" (Ars Nova, Off-Broadway, national tour), Sarah Gancher's "I'll Get You Back Again" (Round House), and multiple collaborations with Taylor Mac including "The Lily's Revenge, Act 2" (HERE). Her upcoming projects include the direction of the feature film "Shrew's Nest" and the new musical "Gatsby". She is a proud Usual Suspect of the NEW YORK Theater Workshop, and a member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC).

Jillian Walker (Gogo) writes and performs sacred texts to break the brutal boundaries of the colonial imagination. Her work has taken the form of plays, musicals, sacred lecture-sermon-concert gatherings, and prayerformances for remembrance and liberation. She draws deeply on her training as an initiated iSangoma Priestess, her background in dramaturgy (MFA Columbia), and the ongoing work of Black feminist thinkers to bring process-driven performance to life.
Her works include The Whitney Album (Soho Rep), Sarah's Salt. (developed at MCC Theater, Roundabout Theater Company; Honorable Mention for the Relentless Award; finalist for the 2019 Bay Area Playwrights Festival). Songs of Speculation (Third Coast's inaugural "Audio Unbound" competition winner); and "Blue Ink: A Night with Jillian Walker" performed at Joe's Pub. Her ancestor-revering work, SKiNFoLK: An American Show (co-presented by The Bushwick Starr and National Black Theatre) was a NY Times Critics' Pick, a "Best Orchestrations" Antonyo Award-winner, and appears on the 2020 Kilroys List. It is published by 53rd State Press.

Jillian is currently co-conspiring with The TEAM as a writer/performer and Process Director on Reconstructing. www.thisisjillianwalker.com