Brown 2026 Steering Committee

Co-Chairs
Kevin McLaughlin, George Hazard Crooker University Professor of English, Professor of Comparative Literature, Director of the John Nicholas Brown Center for Advanced Study, Dean Emeritus of the Faculty
Karin Wulf, Beatrice and Julio Mario Santo Domingo Director and Librarian, John Carter Brown Library, Professor of History

Committee Members
Keisha Blain, Professor of Africana Studies, Professor of History
Anthony Bogues, Director of the Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, Asa Messer Professor of Humanities and Critical Theory, Professor of Africana Studies, Professor of History of Art and Architecture
Mary Jo Callan, Vice President for Community Engagement, Stark Family Executive Director of the Howard R. Swearer Center for Public Service
Prudence Carter, Sarah and Joseph Dowling Professor of Sociology, Director of Race and Ethnicity in America
Philip Gould, Israel J. Kapstein Professor of English
Louise Manfredi, Associate Professor of the Practice of Engineering
Ateev Mehrotra, Chair of Brown University Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice
Joseph Meisel, Joukowsky Family University Librarian 
Seth Rockman, Associate Professor of History 
Melvin Rogers, Associate Director of the Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Professor of Political Science
David Skarbek, Director of the Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Professor of Political Science and Political Economy
Sydney Skybetter, Director of Brown Arts Institute, Associate Professor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Professor of Data Science and Computer Science, Professor of Humanities, Interim Director of Data Science
Rashid Zia, Dean of the College, Professor of Engineering, Professor of Physics

Previous Committee Members
Avery Willis Hoffman

Brown 2026 Coordinator
Rebecca Brenner Graham, John Nicholas Brown Research Associate in the Brown 2026 Presidential Initiative  

Brown 2026 Fellows

Fellows, 2025-2026
Joseph Adelman, Associate Professor of History, Framingham State University
Katherine Jewell, Professor of Economics, History and Political Science, Fitchburg State University
Irene Peirano Garrison, Director of Graduate Studies and Pope Professor of the Latin Language and Literature, Harvard University

Fellows, 2024-2025
Marina Moskowitz, Lynn and Gary Mecklenburg Chair in Textiles, Material Culture & Design and Professor of Design Studies, University of Wisconsin
Simon Newman, Emeritus Sir Denis Brogan Professor of History, University of Glasgow and Honorary Fellow, Institute for Research in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin, Madison