Louisiana Poet Laureate 2021-23, Conrad N. Hilton Endowed Professor of English and UNCF/Mellon Mentor Has Been Published! University of New Orleans Press: “Who are Black Creoles? Saloy’s new poems address ancestral connections to contemporary life, traditions celebrated, New Orleans Black life today...

Bearing Witness: Contemporary Works by African American Women Artists, 1996 and Revelations from Bearing Witness, 2026

The research of three Fellows from the 2021–22 class, all of whom are part of the Center’s ongoing initiative to support research by scholars from Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

The National Humanities Center has partnered with the UNCF/Mellon Programs to provide an opportunity for UNCF faculty members for a one-semester fellowship at the National Humanities Center.