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DBI Staff - Executive Team

Director
617.496.5468
617.495.9590 Fax
gates@harvard.edu    
 
Amy Gosdanian
Executive Assistant to
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
gosdan@fas.harvard.edu
 
Vera I. Grant
Executive Director
Sheila Biddle Ford Foundation Fellow

On leave 2011-2012
 
617.384.8344
617.495.8511 Fax
vgrant@fas.harvard.edu
 
Abby Wolf
Assistant Director and Communications Manager
 
Interim Executive Director 2011-2012

 617.495.1798
617.495.8511 Fax
wolf@fas.harvard.edu
 
Communications | Media | Events
Sheldon Cheek
Senior Curatorial Associate
 
 
617.495.1875
617.496.4488 Fax
scheek@fas.harvard.edu
 
Image of the Black | Art | Gallery
Kelly Ciccolo
Department Administrator
 
 
617.496.1315
617.496.4488 Fax
kciccolo@fas.harvard.edu  
 
Department Administrator | Finance | HR
Donald Yacovone
Manager of Research and Program Development
 
617.496.2872
617.495.8511 Fax
yacovone@fas.harvard.edu
 
Research Projects | Fellowships | Internships

 

Staff List - Alphabetical

 
Sara Bruya
Managing Editor, Publications
617.384.8338
617.495.8511 Fax
sbruya@fas.harvard.edu
 
Alvin Benjamin Carter III
Associate Director of Programs
The Hiphop Archive
617-496-8885
617-495-9366 Fax
abcarter@fas.harvard.edu
 
Sheldon Cheek
Senior Curatorial Associate
Image of the Black in Western Art Research Project and Photo Archive
617.495.1875
617.496.4488 Fax
scheek@fas.harvard.edu
 
Kelly Ciccolo
Department Administrator
617.496.1315
617.496.4488 Fax
kciccolo@fas.harvard.edu
 
Jean Collins
Acting Finance Associate
617.496.2879
617.495.8511 Fax
jeancollins@fas.harvard.edu
 
 
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Director
617.496.5468
617.495.8511 Fax
gates@harvard.edu
 
Amy Gosdanian
Executive Assistant to Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
617.496.5468
617.495-9590 Fax
617.495.8511 Fax
gosdan@fas.harvard.edu
 
Vera I. Grant
Executive Director
Sheila Biddle Ford Foundation Fellow
On leave 2011-2012
617.384.8344
617.495.8511 Fax
 
Dell M. Hamilton
Image and Publications Rights Coordinator
617.496.8046
617.495.8511 Fax
dhamilt@fas.harvard.edu
 
Joanne Kendall
Researcher for Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
617.495.8508
617.495.8511 Fax
jkendall@fas.harvard.edu
 
Delphine M. Kwankam
Front Office Manager
617.384.8588
617.495.8511 Fax
dkwankam@fas.harvard.edu
 
Krishna Lewis
Fellows Officer
tel:  617.495.3611
fax: 617.495.8511
krishna_lewis@harvard.edu
 
Marcyliena Morgan
Director
The Hiphop Archive
617-496-8885
617-495-9366 Fax
mmorgan@fas.harvard.edu
 
Steven Niven
Executive Editor, Dictionary of African Biography and Executive Editor, African American National Biography
Dictionary of African Biography
African American National Biography Project
617-359-1470
617.495.8511 Fax
sjniven@fas.harvard.edu
 
Tom Wolejko
Technology and Research Coordinator
617.495.4852
617.495.8511 Fax
twolejko@fas.harvard.edu
 
Abby Wolf
Assistant Director and Communications Manager
Interim Executive Director 2011-2012
 617.495.1798
617.495.8511 Fax
wolf@fas.harvard.edu
 
Donald Yacovone
Manager of Research and Program Development
617.496.2872
617.495.8511 Fax
yacovone@fas.harvard.edu
 
 
W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research
Harvard University
104 Mount Auburn Street, 3R
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617.495.8508
Fax: 617.495.8511
dbi_desk@fas.harvard.edu
 
Du Bois Institute Events Office
617.495.3611
(Du Bois Institute Office)
617.495.3612
(Barker Center Office)
617.495.8511 Fax
dbievent@fas.harvard.edu
 
Transition Magazine
617.496.1312
617.496.2877 Fax
transit@fas.harvard.edu
 
Du Bois Review
617.495.8508
617.495.8511 Fax
dbreview@fas.harvard.edu
 
DBI Fellowship Program