Eddie Chambers has been named the Goldabelle McComb Finn Distinguished Professor in Art History, Theory, and Criticism at School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He comes to his new role from the University of Texas at Austin, where he serves as the David Bruton, Jr. Centennial Professor in Art History. He previously served as editor-in-chief of Art Journal. He is the author of two books: Black Artists in British Art: A History Since the 1950s (I.B. Tauris, 2014) and World Is Africa: Writings on Diaspora Art (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2021).
A native of the United Kingdom, Dr. Chambers holds a bachelor’s degree in fine art from Sunderland Polytechnic and a Ph.D. in art history from Goldsmith College at the University of London.
Stefanie K. Dunning has been named the Susan B. Anthony Professor at the University of Rochester. A faculty member since 2001, she currently serves as a professor of English, professor of Black studies, and director of the Susan B. Anthony Institute. Her research focuses on African American literature, speculative fiction, Black ecologies, queer theory, film and visual culture, and Black feminist theory. Her latest book is Black to Nature: Pastoral Return and African American Culture (University Press of Mississippi, 2021).
Dr. Dunning is a graduate of Spelman College in Atlanta, where she majored in English. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in English from the University of California, Riverside.
Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire has been named the Melvin J. and Geraldine L. Glimcher Assistant Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. As a viral immunologist, she focuses on developing vaccines for emerging and re-emerging viruses in an effort to increase global pandemic preparedness. Her work was essential in developing the first SARS-CoV-2 vaccine during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Corbett-Helaire is a graduate of the University of Maryland, where she double-majored in biological sciences and sociology. She holds a Ph.D. in microbiology and immunology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
