Brown University’s Newest Black Faculty

Chanelle Howe is an assistant professor of epidemiology at Brown. She is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she majored in chemical engineering. She holds a master of public health degree from Columbia University and a master’s degree in biostatistics and a Ph.D. in epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Howe did postdoctoral work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on the effect of alcohol consumption and HIV infection.

Kym Moore is a new assistant professor of theater arts and performance studies at Brown. Since 2008 she has been the Gerard Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre, Speech, and Dance at Brown. Previously, she has taught at Swarthmore College, Sarah Lawrence College, Dartmouth College, Hampshire College, the University of Notre Dame, Indiana State University, and the State University of New York at Purchase. Over the past 30 years, she has directed more than 50 plays at Off-Broadway, regional, and college theaters.

Moore is a graduate of the State University of New York at New Paltz. She holds a master of fine arts degree in directing from the University of Massachusetts.

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