Convening Attendees

The Hub

At the core of this work is The Hub, a diverse group of editors, scholars, and practitioners, working collaboratively to critically reimagine and transform health science knowledge publishing systems.

The Hub explicitly challenges the entrenched norms and hierarchies that marginalize non-institutionalized, non-Western ways of knowing.

  • Dexter Blackman, PhD

    MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

    Associate Professor and Director of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Department of History and Geography

  • Jordan Causadias, EdD

    ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

    Clinical Assistant Professor,
    Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College of Education

  • José Causadias, PhD

    ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

    Associate Professor,
    The Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics

  • Christabel Cheung, PhD, MSW

    UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

    Associate Professor and Director of the Research Assistant Scholars Program, School of Social Work

  • Shauna Cooper, PhD

    UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL

    Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, and Director of the Strengths, Assets, and Resilience Laboratory

  • Monica McLemore, PhD

    NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

    Visiting Professor (February–December 2025), Rory Meyers College of Nursing

  • Patrick McMurray, MSN, RN

    NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY

    Clinical Skills Lab Coordinator

  • Michael Simanga, PhD

    MOREHOUSE COLLEGE

    Assistant Professor, Division of Humanities, Social Sciences, Media, and Arts

  • Vabren Watts, PhD

    ACADEMY OF HEALTH INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS

    Director of Equity, Health Affairs

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

This work is supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as part of a pioneering initiative to decolonize and transform the health science knowledge ecosystem, and center equity and social justice in academic publishing practices.  

  • Jamae "Mae" Morris, PhD

    ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION

    Senior Program Officer

  • Miranda Yates, PhD

    ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION

    Senior Program Officer

  • Jamae Morris, PhD

    ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION

    Program Officer

  • Miranda Yates, PhD

    ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION

    Senior Program Officer

Mirror Group, LLC

The consulting firm Mirror Group, LLC, provides strategic guidance and facilitation for The Hub, helping to organize its work and sustain its vision. Mirror Group specializes in advancing culturally responsive practices that promote racial equity.

  • Mindelyn Anderson, PhD

    MIRROR GROUP, LLC

    Founder + CEO 

  • Sharon Asonganyi, PhD, MPH

    MIRROR GROUP, LLC

    Senior Consultant

  • Mindelyn Anderson, PhD

    MIRROR GROUP, LLC

    Founder + CEO 

  • Sharon Asonganyi, PhD, MPH

    MIRROR GROUP, LLC

    Senior Consultant