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Black History Month Profiles – 2021

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Black History Month Profiles

In celebration of Black History Month, we recognize a few of the exceptional researchers who are making a difference at the University of Oklahoma and beyond.

George Richter-Addo
George Richter-Addo

George B. Richter-Addo is a George Lynn Cross Research Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Price Family Foundation Institute of Structural Biology at the Stephenson Life Sciences Research Center.
 

 

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Karlos Hill
Karlos K. Hill

Karlos K. Hill is an associate professor and chair of the Clara Luper Department of African and African American Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Oklahoma. He is a community-engaged scholar and historian of racial histories and their present-day implications.

 

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Te'a Williams
Te’a Williams

Te’a Williams is a President’s Community Scholar, McNair Scholar and a senior majoring in international studies and criminology. Her research explores “how racism and cultural oppression contributes to the exploitation of the inordinate number of Black and brown bodies pushed into the commercial sex trade.”

 

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Kaeli Johnson
Kaeli Johnson

Kaeli Johnson is a senior psychology and women's and gender studies double major and McNair Scholar. While at OU, Johnson conducted research about honor culture and if these behaviors correlate with gender norms or are moderated by gender typicality.
 

 

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