Festival Committee

Langston Hughes Festival Director

Jervette R. Ward, Black Studies Department Chair

Advisory Committee

Christina Castro, Acting Director, Publishing Certificate Program

Jodi-Ann Francis, Chief of Staff, Black Studies Department

Emmanuel Lachaud, Assistant Professor, Black Studies Department

Felice Neals, Instructor, Creative Writing MFA Program

Emily Raboteau, Professor, Black Studies Department

DeAsia Samuels, CCNY Alumna, Class of 2024

Gregory Shanck, Managing Director, Aaron Davis Hall & The City College Center for the Arts

Norval Soleyn, Director, Student Outreach Services

Michelle Valladares, Director, Creative Writing MFA Program

Kedon Willis, Assistant Professor, English Department

Laurie Woodard, Associate Professor, Black Studies Department

Ex Officio

Renata Kobetts Miller, Dean, Division of Humanities & The Arts