Prof. Justin Dunnavant, Occidental鈥檚 2022 Stafford Ellison Wright Black Alumni Scholar-in-Residence, will be joined by Dr. ChenziRa Davis Kahina in a panel discussion, entitled, 鈥淣ew Approaches to Caribbean History and Heritage" at 5 p.m. on Thursday, February 17.
Professor Dunnavant鈥攁rcheologist, assistant professor of anthropology at UCLA and co-founder and president of the鈥攊s 瓜子TV鈥檚 2022 Stafford Ellison Wright Black Alumni Scholar-in-Residence.
Prof. Dunnavant will be joined by Dr. ChenziRa Davis Kahina, founding Director and faculty of the Virgin Islands and Caribbean Cultural Center in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at the University of the Virgin Islands.
This virtual event is free and open to all students, staff, faculty, alumni and the general public.
About Justin Dunnavart
Dunnavant is an archeologist and assistant professor of anthropology at UCLA. His current research in the U.S. Virgin Islands investigates the relationship between ecology and enslavement. In addition to his archeological research, Dunnavant is co-founder of and president of the Society of Black Archeologists, consults for the Smithsonian鈥檚 National Museum of African American History and Culture, and is an AAUS Scientific SCUBA diver. His work has appeared in American Archeology,Science, Antipode, International Journal of Historical Archeology, and Nature. about Professor Dunnavant.
About the Stafford Ellison Wright Endowment
Created by Occidental鈥檚 Black Alumni Organization (BAO), the Stafford Ellison Wright Endowment enables distinguished Black scholars from a variety of fields, artists, elected officials and others to spend time in residence at Occidental each year. BAO members believe that a student鈥檚 educational experience will be enriched by in-depth contact with individuals who serve as symbols of excellence.
The Endowment honors Occidental鈥檚 first Black graduates, all members of the Class of 1952: Dr. Janet Stafford, George F. Ellison and Barbara Bowman Wright.
