Festival Committee

Langston Hughes Festival Director

Jervette R. Ward, Black Studies Department Chair

2026 Langston Hughes Festival Advisory Committee

Theresa M. Clayton, Administrative Manager, Black Studies Department

Opal Gay, Assistant Professor, Black Studies Department

Emmanuel Lachaud, Assistant Professor, Black Studies Department

Emily Raboteau, Professor, Black Studies Department

Leilani Ross-Graham, Academic Experience Manager, Black Studies Department

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

Norval Soleyn, Associate Director for Transfer Evaluation Services, Office of Admissions

Laurie Woodard, Associate Professor, Black Studies Department

Ex Officio

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