Our Team, BRP Directors & Staff
Dr. Ashley C. Adams (she/her), Director
Mills College at Northeastern University
Associate Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, Elinor Kilgore Snyder Professorship, Office of the Dean Special Faculty Appointment: Student Academic Concerns and Conflict Resolution, Black Faculty and Staff Association Co-Chair
Dr. Erika Weissinger (she/her), Director
University of California, Berkeley
Assistant Professor of Practice, U.C. Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy; 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
Professor of Practice, John and Martha Davidson Professorship, Northeastern University Elected Senator, Senate Agenda Committee, Office of the Dean Special Faculty Appointment: Chair, Faculty Antiracism & DEI Committee, Black Faculty and Staff Association Co-Chair
Ife Tayo Walker (she/her), Director of Events
Mills College at Northeastern University
Director, Grad Programs and Alumnae Engagement Lokey School of Business & Public Policy, Office of the Dean Special Appointment, Director of Community & Belonging, Black Faculty and Staff Association Co-Chair, Black Student Collective Advisor
Imani N. Karpowich-Smith (she/her), Visual Content Creator
Mills College at Northeastern University
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art and Bachelor of Ethnic Studies (People of Color in Film), Mills College, Interdisciplinary Visual Artist and Filmmaker, Black Faculty and Staff Association Co-Chair, Black Action Forum Member
Alec Edges (she/her), Research Assistant
Mills College at Northeastern University
Graduate Alum, Joint Master of Public Policy and Master of Business Administration, Mills College Lokey School of Business and Public Policy, Research Expertise in African American Historical Preservation Policy, BIPOC business issues, and public transportation systems
Shivangi Basu (she/her), Research Assistant
CSSH, Northeastern University Boston
Candidate for a Masters in Political Science, College of Social Sciences and Humanities Northeastern University, Research interests in restorative justice, gender, race and caste in policy, social change advocacy, foreign policy, global politics and South Asian politics
Trina Madziwa (she/her), Research Assistant
CSSH, Northeastern University Boston
Candidate for Bachelors in Arts in Cultural Anthropology and International Affairs with a minor in Africana studies, research interests in Africana diasporic studies, community development, advocacy, cultural preservation, and restorative justice