August 2021

Dr Obinna Nwokike

Dr Obinna Nwokike - orcid.org/0000-0001-6850-8001

RACE.ED Archival Fellow, November 2021 - August 2022

Home Institution: Benson Idahosa University, Nigeria

Dr Nwokike’s work is interdisciplinary. It involves studying some of the University of Edinburgh’s collections to re-organize the knowledge embedded within these archival materials. Prior to joining this fellowship at IASH, Obinna was lecturing at Benson Idahosa University.  He was awarded his PhD from Babcock University.

Dr Matthew D. Morrison

Dr Matthew D. Morrison

American Council of Learned Societies Fellow, September 2021 - December 2021

Home Institution: New York University

Matthew D. Morrison, a native of Charlotte, North Carolina, is an Assistant Professor in the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Matthew holds a Ph.D. in Musicology from Columbia University, an. M.A. in Musicology from The Catholic University of America, and was a Presidential music scholar at Morehouse College, where he studied violin and conducting.