Nadège Dufort is a Henderson Fellow in the Department of Romance Languages. She received her Ph.D. in Francophone Studies from the University of Louisiana, at Lafayette in Spring 2009 with a specialization in insular literatures. She earned an M.A. in Foreign Languages and Pedagogy at the University of Delaware in Spring 2005. She also earned a Maîtrise de Français Langue Etrangère (F.L.E.), (M.A. in French as a Foreign Language) at the Institut Supérieur d'Etudes Francophones (I.S.E.F.), University of Antilles and French Guiana, Martinique, September 2001. She was a recipient of the Regional Council of Martinique grant for her dissertation. Her research interests center on the comparison between French Caribbean and Indian Ocean Literatures around the concepts of Créolité, Créolisation, and Coolitude. She has done extensive research and presentations at conferences (C.I.E.F) on Indian Ocean and French Caribbean authors. She has six years of experience teaching French and Francophone cultures at various levels in the United States, Martinique, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic.

Rashad Shabazz is a George Washington Henderson Post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Geography. Next year he will become an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography. A graduate of the History of Consciousness department, Rashad’s work explores the ways in which space shape Black identity in the United States and South Africa. His current work examines how ubiquitous forms of carceral punishment organized the lives of poor Blacks in America’s cities.

Pablo Bose, former Henderson Fellow, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and affiliated with the Global Studies, Canadian Studies, Asian Studies, and ALANA Ethnic Studies programs. His work is focused on issues of space, place, and power. He has taught courses on South Asia, immigration, transnationalism, political ecology, race and ethnicity, and population displacement at UVM. Dr. Bose’s current projects include a study of globalization and urbanization in mega-cities in India, a book on ethics and international development, and ongoing research into refugee resettlement and acculturation in Vermont.

Dorian McCoy, former Henderson Fellow, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrated Professional Studies (Higher Education and Student Affairs). His research focuses on the experiences of people of color in higher education, access to higher education, and faculty/graduate student socialization. Dorian’s courses include the Student Affairs Profession, Issues of Access in Higher Education, and Introduction to Higher Education Research. His most recent work was “Multicultural Student Services at Public Institutions;” a chapter in the forthcoming text Building Bridges, Re-visioning Community: Multicultural Student Services on Campus.

Randall Harp is a Henderson Fellow in the Department of Philosophy. His Ph.D. is expected from Stanford University in the Spring of 2009 jointly from the departments of Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities. His primary academic interests are in decision theory, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of action, with particular interests in collective action and collective deliberation.

Rashad Shabazz is a George Washington Henderson Post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Geography. Next year he will become an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography. A graduate of the History of Consciousness department, Rashad’s work explores the ways in which space shape Black identity in the United States and South Africa. His current work examines how ubiquitous forms of carceral punishment organized the lives of poor Blacks in America’s cities.