Lynn Cazabon is the Director of the Center for Innovation, Research, and Creativity in the Arts (CIRCA) and Professor of Visual Art at UMBC. She is the Principal Investigator on the grant and assists with the promotion of the activities sponsored by the grant.
Ann Sophie Clemmenson is a choreographer, educator, and performer. She has lived in the United States for the past fourteen years. Clemmensen holds a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and Pedagogy from the Norwegian College of Dance (Oslo), a Graduate Diploma in Contemporary Dance (Company Pathway) with Distinction from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance (Leeds, UK), and a Master of Fine Arts in Dance from The Ohio State University (US).
Clemmensen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Dance, teaching courses in contemporary movement practice, improvisation, composition, and interdisciplinary creative research.
Sarah Fouts is an Assistant Professor in the Department of American Studies, an affiliate professor in the Language, Literacy, and Culture doctoral program, an affiliate professor in the Latin American Studies minor, and program director of the Public Humanities Minor.
Nicole King is Associate Professor and chair of the Department of American Studies, an affiliate professor in the Language, Literacy, and Culture doctoral program, and is Director of the Orser Center for the Study of Place, Community, and Culture at UMBC.
Mark Breeding serves as the Maryland Traditions Archivist, processing folklife materials housed at UMBC in collaboration with Maryland Traditions, the Maryland State Arts Council’s traditional arts program. He received his Bachelor’s degree at UMBC in History with a Minor in Africana Studies and a Master’s Degree in Historical Studies with a specialization in Public History at UMBC.
Laurainne Ojo-Ohikuare is the Processing Archivist for the Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery, where she arranges and describes the photographic and manuscript collections. Before UMBC, she was the Athletics Archivist for University of Maryland, College Park and processed collections for the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). She received her bachelor’s degree from Muhlenberg College in English Literature and Computer Science, a M.S in Information and Library Science and M.A. in Irish Literature from New York University’s dual degree program with Long Island University.
Bill Shewbridge is Professor of the Practice in the Media and Communication Studies department at UMBC.