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FI Spotlight: Dr. Colette Daiute, FI Advisory Board Member
This October, we are delighted to spotlight FI Advisory Board member Colette Daiute, a Distinguished Professor in the Ph.D. Programs in Psychology, Educational Psychology, and Urban Education at the Graduate Center. Dr. Daiute is an internationally recognized scholar of human development whose research examines how people use language and other verbal and non-verbal symbol systems…
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FI Spotlight: Sham Habteselasse
Fellow in Resident, Sham Habteselasse is a PhD student in Developmental Psychology at the Graduate Center and the 2026-2027, Fellow in Resident for the Futures Initiative. Sham Habteselasse is a first generation, Eritrean, Developmental Psychology PhD student hailing from Annandale, Virginia. She joins us this year for her second residency with the Futures Initiative; during her first,…
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FI Spotlight: fi Assistant director & Phd candidate in critical psychology, Britney Moreira
Britney Moreira is a PhD candidate in Critical Psychology at The Graduate Center, CUNY, and Assistant Director of the Futures Initiative, but her work moves far beyond any one title. Grounded in critical psychology and shaped by Black feminism, abolitionist thought, and participatory research, Britney studies how systems of carcerality and racialized neglect shape Black…
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FI SPOTLIGHT: FI FELLOW AND PhD Candidate Judy Wei
Judy Wei is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Computational Chemistry Program at The Graduate Center, CUNY. Judy’s research focuses on understanding the photosynthesis mechanisms and inspire new approaches in renewable energy design and bioengineering. In photosynthesis, proteins convert solar energy into chemical energy. There is an essential protein (called the bacterial reaction center) that is…
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FI SPOTLIGHT: Professor and FI Advisory Board member, Kristopher Bryan Burrell
FI Advisory Board member Kristopher Bryan Burrell is Associate Professor of History at Hostos Community College—CUNY, in the Bronx, NY. He earned his Ph.D. from the CUNY Graduate Center in 2011. Dr. Burrell researches and writes about the Black American civil rights movement in New York City. He has contributed chapters on Ella Baker and…
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FI Faculty Fellow & Board Member Spotlight
Dr. Amber Jamilla Musser is a 2025 Futures Initiative Faculty Fellow and a Future’s Initiative Board Member. A professor of English, Africana Studies, and Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies (BRES) at the CUNY Graduate Center, Dr. Musser has published widely on race and critical theory, queer femininities and race, race and sexuality, and queer of…
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