About

Credits

Principal Investigators

  • Kwame Dawes. Chancellor's Professor of English and Glenna Luschei Editor of Prairie Schooner, UNL
  • Lorna Dawes. Associate Professor UNL Libraries

Project Staff

  • Paul Clark. Social Media Editor, UNL
  • Karin Dalziel. Digital Design & Development Specialist, UNL
  • Ella Durham. Design Specialist, UNL
  • Jessica Dussault. Programmer, UNL
  • Sarita Garcia. Web Developer, UNL (2021-2023)
  • Rezina Habtemariam. Project Manager, UNL
  • Wren Lottman. Digital Project Specialist, UNL
  • Siwar Masannat. Project Managing Editor, UNL
  • Ashley Strosnider. Former Project Editor & Managing Editor Prairie Schooner and the African Poetry Book Fund, UNL
  • Greg Tunink. Programmer, UNL
  • Laura Weakly. Metadata Encoding Specialist, UNL

Institutional Collaborators

  • Jennifer Skinner, Cambridge University
  • Abdulahi Ahmed, Edward Miner, Library of Congress
  • Esmeralda M. Kale, Northwestern University
  • Lucy McCann, Oxford University
  • Nikki Crowster, Mandy Noble, Michal Singer, University of Cape Town
  • Samuel Owusu-Ansah, University of Ghana
  • Patron K. Henekou, University of Lomé
  • Loyd Mbabu, University of Michigan

Researchers

  • Chris Abani. Northwestern University in Chicago, Index for Contemporary African Poetry
  • Bernardine Evaristo. Creative Writing at Brunel University London, Index for Contemporary African Poetry
  • Tsitsi Jaji. Duke University, Index for Contemporary African Poetry
  • Major Jackson. University of Vermont, Index for Contemporary African Poetry
  • John Keene. Rutgers University, Index for Contemporary African Poetry
  • Lokangaka Losambe. University of Vermont, Index for Contemporary African Poetry
  • Matthew Shenoda. Brown University, Index for Contemporary African Poetry
  • Helen Yitah. University of Ghana, Index for Contemporary African Poetry

Graduate Research Assistants, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  • Folasade John, 2023 - 2024
  • Claire Jimenz, 2021-2022
  • Alina Nguyen, 2023-2024
  • Olufunke Ogundimu, 2021 - 2023
  • Zainab Omaki, 2022 - 2024

Research Assistants

  • Susie Rand. UNL, African Poets and Poetry in the News
  • Stephanie Camerone. UNL, Index for Contemporary African Poetry
  • Saddiq Dzukogi. UNL, Index for Contemporary African Poetry
  • David Henson. UNL, Index for Contemporary African Poetry
  • Katie Schmid Henson. UNL, Index for Contemporary African Poetry
  • Anna Ralls. Oxford University, Index for Contemporary African Poetry

Digital Humanities Grant Review Panel

  • Gabeba Baderoon. Associate Professor, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, African Studies and Comparative Literature; Pennsylvania State University
  • Erin Chambers. Front-End Developer, UNL
  • Matt Cohen. Professor of English, UNL
  • Kwame Dawes. Chancellor's Professor of English and Glenna Luschei Editor of Prairie Schooner, UNL
  • Lorna Dawes. Associate Professor UNL Libraries
  • Sarita Garcia. Web Developer, UNL
  • Andrew Jewell. Co-Director of the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, UNL
  • Ng'ang'a Wahu-Muchiri. Assistant Professor of English, UNL
  • Olufunke Ogundimu. Graduate Research Assistant, UNL

Consultants

  • Salome Asega. Technology Fellow, Creativity and Free Expression, Ford Foundation
  • Elleke Boehmer. Professor of World Literature in English. University of Oxford
  • Mary Ellen Ducey. University Archives & Special Collections Librarian. University of Nebraska - Lincoln
  • Andrew Jewell. Co-Director, Center for Digital Research in the Humanities. University of Nebraska - Lincoln
  • Margaret Mering. Metadata Librarian, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
  • David Scott. Professor of Anthropology & Research Fellow, Columbia University

African Poetry Book Fund Editorial Board

  • Chris Abani. Northwestern University in Chicago
  • Gabeba Baderoon. Pennsylvania State University
  • Kwame Dawes. University of Nebraska–Lincoln
  • Phillippa Yaa de Villiers. University of the Witwastersrand
  • Bernardine Evaristo. Creative Writing at Brunel University London
  • Aracelis Girmay. Stanford University
  • John Keene. Rutgers University
  • Matthew Shenoda. Brown University