our team
founders
Diane Sabenacio Nititham, PhD
(she/her)
Karen Chan
(she/her)
Danielle Mužina, MFA
(she/her)
I am a daughter of immigrants, a Filipina Thai American, and scholar mama. I am an educator and ethnographer interested in social communities, migration, and belonging. I am inspired by my family’s migration story, my experiences of cultural exchange living in the US and Ireland, and my desire to make visible minoritized experiences and create enduring spaces for equity.
As an entrepreneur, I center the creation of sustainable opportunities for marginalized groups and individuals. In my 18 years working as a C-level administrator in a corporate environment, I witnessed firsthand the need for equitable changes in the workplace. I am a child of Chinese immigrants and bring a unique multicultural perspective to the creation of brave spaces. My family’s migration story and my life in the Chicago area deeply shape my aspiration to increase the visibility of minoritized voices.
I am an artist and educator from Cleveland, Ohio. My paintings explore place, identity, and crisis, inspired by my experiences as a queer woman and member of an immigrant family from Croatia. In my teaching and community organizing, I use art as a touchstone for listening to and amplifying multiply-situated, layered stories about identity and community that illuminate interconnectedness and collective responsibility.
education team
Tanya Saroj Bakhru, PhD
(she/her)
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I am an educator and scholar with an interest in reproductive justice and global women's health issues. I am biracial and grew up in a household that was deeply impacted by colonization and displacement. Because of my family's background, I am dedicated to centering the voices of those on the margins and working with an intersectional understanding for social transformation and justice.
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Antje K. Gamble, PhD
(she/her)
I’m a researcher, educator, and organizer. As an art historian from a working class background, my career has been shaped by ongoing experiences of conflict between my means and the expectations of my career. With this background, my work focuses on the intersections of art (Italian modernism in particular) and political, economic, and sociological shifts. I am also keenly interested in the field of digital humanities and public (art) history to make academic study more accessible, including the use of Open Educational Resources (OERs) and Wikipedia.
David Pizzo, PhD
(he/him)
I am an educator from Durham, North Carolina. I have been working with other educators on issues related to the Holocaust, antisemitism, and transatlantic slavery for over 25 years. My own work focuses on issues of power, colonialism, race, discrimination, and violence. I lived for many years in Germany, Austria, Italy, South Africa, and Tanzania, and I operate a study abroad program in Bregenz and Vienna, Austria.
Beau Shaniuk, MA
(he/him)
As a transmasculine person, I am passionate about empowering LGBTQ+ populations through highlighting experiences of queer joy and resilience. I am an intersectional scholar with broad interests in LGBTQ+ studies, social psychology, and sociolegal mobilization efforts of historically excluded populations. Queer existence is resistance, and I serve as a reminder that we're all who we say we are, and that who we say we are is always more than enough.