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

    Lynda Jessup (she/her)

    Director of NACDI, Vice Dean in the Faculty of Arts and Science, Queen's University

  • Sascha Priewe

    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

  • 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

  • Jeffrey Brison (he/him)

    Co-founder and team member of NACDI; Director of Cultural Studies and Professor of History, Queen's University

  • César Villanueva Rivas (he/him)

    Professor of International Relations and Public/Cultural Diplomacy, Universidad Iberoamericana

  • Nicholas J. Cull (he/him)

    Professor of Public Diplomacy and founding director of the Master of Public Diplomacy, University of Southern California (USC)

  • Eduardo Luciano Tadeo Hernández (he/him)

    Profesor de Cátedra, Departamento de Estudios Internacionales, Universidad Iberoamericana

  • 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

  • Guadalupe Moreno Toscano (she/her)

    NACDI Research Associate, Academic and Research Secretariat, School of Fine Arts, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico. PhD in Communications, UIA

  • María Montemayor de Teresa (she/her)

    NACDI Research Associate; Ph.D. in Social and Political Sciences, with an International Relations orientation at UNAM

  • Francisco Zepeda Trujillo (he/him)

    NACDI Research Fellow and PhD Candidate, Cultural Studies, Queen's University

  • Isabelle Burrows

    Isabelle Burrows (she/her)

    NACDI Research Fellow and PhD Student, Cultural Studies, Queen's University

  • Kaileigh La Belle

    Kaileigh La Belle (she/they)

    NACDI Research Fellow and PhD Student, Cultural Studies, Queen's University

NACDI Community

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  • Cynthia Roberts

    Creative professional in cultural and design industries

  • Christine Sadler

    Managing Director, National Gallery of Canada Foundation

  • Zoila Sánchez Espinosa

    Independent Consultant

  • Ben Schnitzer (he/him)

    PhD candidate, Cultural Studies, Queen’s University; Manager of Policy and Research, 2SLGBTQI+ Secretariat, Queen’s University

  • Tahseem Shams

    Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto

  • Jeff Thomas

    Curator and Photographer

  • Odila Triebel

  • María José Núñez Villalpando

    Undergraduate student, International Relations, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Aragón, UNAM

  • Rebecka Villanueva Ulfgard

    Associate Professor, International Studies, Instituto Mora, Mexico City

  • R.S. Zaharna

    Professor at the School of Communication, American University, and 2018 Distinguished Scholar in International Communication

  • Joyce Zeymans

    Professor Emerita, former director of the Canada Council for the Arts, Order of Canada

  • Tracy Zhang

    Assistant Professor, Department of Communication & Media Studies, York University