People
The North American Cultural Diplomacy Initiative (NACDI) is a global network of academics, policymakers and practitioners mobilizing research and initiating dialogue in cultural diplomacy and cultural relations.
Our Team
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Lynda Jessup (she/her)
Director of NACDI, Vice Dean in the Faculty of Arts and Science at Queen’s University, NACDI
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Sascha Priewe (he/him)
Co-founder and Team member of NACDI; Director of Collections & Public Programs at the Aga Khan Museum; Associate Professor in the Department of the History of Art, University of Toronto, and Adjunct Associate Professor in Cultural Studies, Queen’s University, NACDI
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Sarah E.K. Smith (she/her)
Canada Research Chair in Art, Culture and Global Relations; Associate Professor, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, Western University; NACDI Team Member, Western University
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Jeffrey Brison (he/him)
Co-founder of NACDI, Director of Cultural Studies and Professor of History, Queen's University, NACDI
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César Villanueva Rivas (he/him)
Professor of International Relations and Public/Cultural Diplomacy, Universidad Iberoamericana
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Nicholas J. Cull (he/him)
Professor of Public Diplomacy and founding director of the Master of Public Diplomacy, University of Southern California (USC)
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Eduardo Luciano Tadeo Hernández (he/him)
Profesor de Cátedra, Departamento de Estudios Internacionales, Universidad Iberoamericana
Research Associates & Fellows
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Amanda Rodríguez Espínola (she/her)
NACDI Research Fellow and independent researcher
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Guadalupe Moreno Toscano (she/her)
NACDI Research Associate, Academic and Research Secretariat, School of Fine Arts, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico. PhD in Communications, UIA
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María Montemayor de Teresa (she/her)
NACDI Research Associate; Ph.D. in Social and Political Sciences, with an International Relations orientation at UNAM
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Francisco Zepeda Trujillo (he/him)
NACDI Research Fellow and PhD Candidate, Cultural Studies, Queen's University
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Simge Erdogan-O'Connor (she/her)
Research Associate at the North American Cultural Diplomacy Initiative (NACDI)
NACDI Community
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Ulrike Al-Khamis
Director of Collections and Public Programs, Aga Khan Museum, Toronto
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Thomas Bastien
Director of Education and Wellness, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
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Jutta Brendemühl
Program Curator, Goethe-Institut Toronto
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Katriina Campitelli
Researcher and cultural manager
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Anton Clark
PhD. student, Film and Moving Image Studies, Concordia University
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Bradley Clements
Doctoral candidate, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto; Communications and Project Manager, GRASAC
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Catherine C. Cole (she/her)
Principal Consultant, Catherine C. Cole & Associates and Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Association of Museums (CAM)
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Louisa Collins
Founder, Cultural Relations Collective
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Kate Cornell (she/her)
Co-Chair, Canadian Arts Coalition/la Coalition canadienne des arts
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Alexandre Couture Gagnon
Assistant professor, Department of Public Affairs and Security Studies, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
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Simon Dancey
British Council Global Director for Cultural Skills
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Anne Dymond
Associate Professor of art history and museum studies and Board of Governor’s Teaching Chair, University of Lethbridge in Alberta