Plantation Politics and Campus Rebellions: Power, Diversity, and the Emancipatory Struggle in Higher Education

Mia Ellis is a member of the Resident Acting Company at Trinity Repertory Company. Based in Providence and New York, she is also a teaching artist and writer. Some of her film and television credits include Elementary, Person of Interest, and Louder Than Words. Mia is a graduate of the Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Acting Program.

Bianca C. Williams is associate professor of anthropology at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, and author of The Pursuit of Happiness: Black Women, Diasporic Dreams, and the Politics of Emotional Transnationalism.

Dian D. Squire is assistant professor of counseling-student affairs at Northern Arizona University.

Frank A. Tuitt is vice president, chief diversity officer, and professor of education at the University of Connecticut and coeditor (with Chayla Haynes and Saran Stewart) of Race, Equity, and the Learning Environment: The Global Relevance of Critical and Inclusive Pedagogies in Higher Education.