The 2017 UNCF/Mellon Domestic Faculty Seminar took place October 11-12, 2017 in Atlanta, GA. Faculty representing the Interdenominational Theological Center, Bennett College, Tougaloo College, Xavier University, Spelman College, Claflin University, Huston-Tillotson University, and Dillard University were selected as participants in this seminar. The theme of the 2017 Seminar, which was facilitated by Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Women’s Studies, Spelman College is “New Directions in Gender and Sexuality Studies.”

2017 UNCF/Mellon Domestic Faculty Seminar Co-facilitators

• Dr. Linda Carty, Syracuse University

• Dr. Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Syracuse University

• Dr. Moon Charania, Spelman College

• Dr. Alix Chapman, Spelman College

• Dr. Alisha Lola Jones, Indiana University, Bloomington

• Prof. Dellareese Jackson, Syracuse University