Leadership & Staff
Gaye Theresa Johnson, PhD
Associate Director
Jennifer Thomas, MSW
Assistant Director
Fund Management and Operations Team
Tiffani Mellado
Manager
Eva Nguyen
Senior Contracts & Grants Fund Manager
Darling Sianez
Business & Operations Analyst
Isaiah Bradshaw
Administrative Coordinator
Jacqueline Aguirre
Program Assistant
Student Affairs
Lily Yanez
Student Affairs Officer
Dean Dacumos
Student Affairs Officer (until March 2025)
Research, Projects, and Programs Support Staff
Eric Lee
Senior Data Analyst
Mariah Tso
GIS Specialist
Library & Archives
Stacy Williams
Librarian
Ishmael Ross
Digital Archivist
Jordan Brewington
Oral Historian
Kesheena Doctor
Digital Archivist Assistant
Postdoctoral Scholars
Izul de la Vega
Postdoctoral Scholar
Audrey Devost
Postdoctoral Scholar
Shazeda Ahmed
Postdoctoral Scholar
Faculty Directors for Bunche Research Initiatives & Programs
Courtney Thomas Tobin
Faculty Co-Director, Bunche Fellow Program (BFP)
Ketema Paul
Faculty Co-Director, Bunche Fellows Program (BFP)
Michael A. Stoll
Faculty Director, Black Policy Project (BPP)
David Turner
Faculty Director, Million Dollar Hoods (MDH)
H. Samy Alim
Faculty Director, Hip Hop Initiative (HHI)
Robert Cooper
Faculty Director, Arthur Ashe Oral History Project