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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Saada El-Akhrass
PhD candidate in Cultural Studies, Queen's University and NACDI Research Fellow
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Drew Fagan
Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto and principal, Greenbrook Consulting Inc.
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Dani Fecko
Founder, Fascinator Management
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Eric Fillion
Buchanan Postdoctoral Fellow & Term Adjunct, Department of History, Queen’s University
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Patricia Goff
Associate Professor, Political Science, Wilfrid Laurier University and Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
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Madeleine Goubau
PhD student, Communication, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Natalia Grincheva (she/her)
Research Fellow, Public Cultures, University of Melbourne.
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Heather Kelly
Director of Marketing for The Royal Conservatory's Performing Arts Division / Koerner Hall, founder and director of the Bloor St. Culture Corridor
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Rashi Khilnani
MPA candidate, Harvard Kennedy School
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Catherine Krull
Professor in the Department of Sociology. Special Advisor to the Provost at the University of Victoria, and adjunct professor in Cultural Studies at Queen’s University
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Meghan Lindsey
PhD. student, Cultural Studies, Queen's University
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Palina Louangketh
Founder & Executive Director, Idaho Museum of International Diaspora