Research Associates and Fellows

CERCL Research & Programming Fellow

Kimberly Lewis received her Doctor of Education in Leadership at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). She is a certified English Language Arts, Reading, and English as a Second Language teacher, with 15 years of experience in both private and public schools in the United States and abroad. As CERCL Research & Programming Fellow she re-imagined our High School Essay contest and offered a Rap Writing Contest and Hip Hop Pedagogy Workshop for Educators to expanded school districts during the 2025-26 school year.

CERCL Fellow in the Humanities and the Arts

Devin T. Mays is an artist interested in the here and there of things. He uses sculpture, installation, performance and pictures for pleasure. He often refers to his practice as a place for things to become Things.

CERCL Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Architecture

Chelsea Spencer is an architectural historian and editor.

CLIR/DLF Postdoctoral Research Associate in Data Curation for African American Studies

Portia D. Hopkins holds a doctorate in American Studies from the University of Maryland, College Park. As the CLIR/DLF Postdoctoral Research Associate in Data Curation for African American Studies at Rice University she lead efforts to curate digital collections focused on African American activism and cultural expression in Houston. Dr.