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Faculty Curator
Photo of Dr. E. Cassandra Dame-Griff Bio: E. Cassandra Dame-Griff, PhD. Dr. Dame-Griff is an Assistant Professor in Critical Race and Ethnic Studies. Her work examines the intersections of anti-fat and anti-Latina/o/x public rhetoric, focusing the racialization of fatness as evidence of Latina/o/x pathology and unassimilability.

Interns
Photo of Caitlin Shorten Bio: Caitlin Shorten. Caitlin Shorten is a Communication Studies major along with her CRES minor at Gonzaga University. As a senior she served as the first CRES intern for this project and also as the Intercultural Relations Assistant for the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Faculty Contributors
Photo of Dr. Bernadette Marie Calafell Bio: Bernadette Marie Calafell, PhD. Dr. Calafell is Professor and Chair of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies. Her research and teaching interests are in women of color feminisms, queer of color theories, performance studies, critical rhetoric, and monstrosity/horror.

Student Contributors
Photo of Nicole Blaber Bio: Nicole Blaber. Nicole Blaber is a member of Gonzaga University’s class of 2021. She majored in Philosophy with minors in Women’s & Gender Studies and Critical Race & Ethnic Studies.
Photo of August Corppetts Bio: August Corppetts. August is a graduating senior at Gonzaga University who is majoring in Political Science with minors in Women's and Gender Studies, and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies. August is passionate about reading, social justice, and serving her community. She is proud to minor in CRES and be a part of this incredible project. 
Photo of Avier Doss Bio: Avier Doss. Avier is majoring in Communication Studies with minors in Solidarity and Social Justice and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies. He hopes to see a future where every voice is heard respectfully; regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, creed, or sexuality!
Photo of Michelle Farias-Maldonado Bio: Michelle Farias-Maldonado. Michelle Farias-Maldonado has been a student at Gonzaga University since Fall 2019 after transferring schools. She is a Mathematics major with a minor in Critical Race and Ethnic Studies and is set to graduate in Spring 2022.
Photo of Kehau Gilliland Bio: Kehau Gilliland. Kehau Gilliland is from Kane’ohe, HI. She attends Gonzaga University studying Nursing & Critical Race & Ethnic Studies. She will be graduating in May of 2022. 
 
Photo of Anisia Khammala Bio: Anisia Khammala. Anisia Khammala is a student at Gonzaga University studying Sociology & Critical Race and Ethnic Studies. Khammala is a low-income, first generation, student of color and hopes to obtain her degree to work in college-access and help students like herself gain access to higher education. 
Photo of Kristy Montoya Bio: Kristy Montoya. Kristy Montoya is an English major at Gonzaga with minors in CRES and Sociology. Her primary interest is writing whatever she wants.
Photo of CJ Murillo Bio: CJ Murillo. CJ is a History major and a Critical Race and Ethnic studies minor who adores cats.
Photo of Ale Torres Bio: Ale Torres.

Alejandra Torres is a second year student at Gonzaga University studying Criminology with a minor in Critical Race and Ethnic Studies. They are passionate about anti-racism and intersectional feminism and hope to center those pedagogies in their future work.

Consultants
Photo of Avery Dame-Griff Bio: Avery Dame-Griff, PhD. Dr. Dame-Griff is a Lecturer in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Gonzaga University and curator of the Queer Digital History Project, an independent digital history project archiving the early LGBTQ Net, and the Read/Write Memories oral history project. His research focuses on LGBTQ studies, web history, and digital humanities.