Our Team, BRP Directors & Staff
Dr. Ashley C. Adams (she/her), Director
Mills College at Northeastern University, Oakland
Associate Teaching Professor, Business & Social Sciences Unit, Elinor Kilgore Snyder Professorship, Office of the Dean Special Faculty Appointment for Strategic Initiatives, Black Faculty and Staff Association Co-Chair
Dr. Erika Weissinger (she/her), Director
Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
Assistant Professor of Practice, Reparation Generation National Advisory Board & Evaluation Lead, Berkeley Unified School District Reparations Task Force Member, and Board Treasurer for Waterside Workshops, a non-profit providing vocational education and wraparound services for young people in the Bay Area
Dr. Darcelle Lahr (she/her), Director of Curriculum
Mills College at Northeastern University, Oakland
Professor of Practice, John and Martha Davidson Professorship, Northeastern University Elected Senator, Senate Agenda Committee, Faculty Antiracism & DEI Committee Chair, Black Faculty and Staff Association Co-Chair
Ife Tayo Walker (she/her), Director of Events
Mills College at Northeastern University, Oakland
Associate Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Campus Culture with Antiracism and Social Justice/DEI Committee Chair, Black Faculty and Staff Association Co-Chair, Black Student Collective Advisor
Jamira Collins (she/her), Research Assistant
COS & CSSH, Northeastern University, Boston
Candidate for a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a minor in Africana Studies. Research interests center on the intersections of barriers to equitable healthcare in diasporic communities, prevention science, and mental health awareness, with a focus on community advocacy and empowerment through cultural resilience and healing.