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, Queen's University
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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
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Sarah E.K. Smith (she/her)
Co-founder and Team member of NACDI; Canada Research Chair in Art, Culture and Global Relations; Associate Professor, Western University
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Jeffrey Brison (he/him)
Co-founder and team member of NACDI; Director of Cultural Studies and Professor of History, Queen's University
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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
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Simge Erdogan-O'Connor (she/her)
Director, Canadian Museum of Health Care; Course Director, Certificate in Museum Studies, Ontario Museum Association
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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Isabelle Burrows (she/her)
NACDI Research Fellow and PhD Student, Cultural Studies, Queen's University
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Kaileigh La Belle (she/they)
NACDI Research Fellow and PhD Student, Cultural Studies, Queen's University
NACDI Community
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Graciela Martínez-Zalce
PhD in Modern Literature; Researcher at the Centre for Research on North America, UNAM
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Andrea Matallana
Professor, Historical and Social Studies Department, University Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires
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Fiona McConnell
Associate Professor in Human Geography, University of Oxford and Tutorial Fellow in Geography, St Catherine’s College
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Asa McKercher (he/him)
Assistant Professor, Department of History, Royal Military College of Canada
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Laura McLeod
Director, Cultural Engagement, Harbourfront Centre
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Toby Miller
Stuart Hall Professor of Cultural Studies, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana—Cuajimalpa and Sir Walter Murdoch Distinguished Collaborator, Murdoch University
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Sam Mogelonsky
Arts professional
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Tracy Neumann
Associate Professor of History, Wayne State University
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Jonathan Paquette
Associate professor at the School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa
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Evan Potter
Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University of Ottawa
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Nora Rahimian
Co-founder of #CultureFix
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Vincent Raynauld
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Emerson College and Affiliate Professor in the Département de lettres et communication sociale at Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. He