Diane Straker, Staff

Diane Straker, Staff

Abstract In this oral history captured over the course of four interviews, Diane Straker, the Pembroke Center’s administrative assistant, details her experiences living in various states along the eastern seaboard and in Saint Thomas, her daughter’s struggle with...
Heidi Sasseville, Staff

Heidi Sasseville, Staff

Abstract In this interview, Heidi Sasseville, Senior Sales Clerk at the Brown University Bookstore, discusses her experiences living through the COVID-19 global pandemic. Sasseville begins by recalling that she heard about COVID-19 on the news and that changes to her...
Jennifer Currier, Staff

Jennifer Currier, Staff

Abstract In this interview, Jennifer Currier, former Publications and Programs Coordinator for the Portuguese and Brazilian Studies Department at Brown University, discusses her experiences leading up to and participating in one of the Black Lives Matter protests in...
Clarice LaVerne Thompson, Faculty

Clarice LaVerne Thompson, Faculty

Abstract In this interview, Clarice LaVerne Thompson discusses her educational and professional path to becoming a visiting professor in Africana Studies and Music Director at Brown University, and founder of RPM Voices of Rhode Island. Thompson begins by describing...
Rachel Cassidy, Faculty

Rachel Cassidy, Faculty

Abstract In this interview, Rachel Cassidy, Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences at Brown University, discusses her experiences leading up to and participating in one of the Black Lives Matter protests in Providence, Rhode Island, following the murder...