team – Arts and Social Justice Fellows Program

Laura Asherman

September 25, 2023

Laura Asherman, Director of Ethics and the Arts, is a documentarian, stop-motion animator, and sculptor. After growing up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, she moved to Georgia to attend Emory (BA ‘12), where she began observing and documenting Southern stories. She is interested in the manifestation of intergenerational…

Kaelyn McAdams

September 25, 2023

I am Kaelyn McAdams, a Ph.D. candidate in the History Department at Emory. My dissertation examines the intersection of Greek and Roman imperial identity in the 4th century CE, specifically by access to the Roman government and laws. While at Emory, I have specialized in digital…

Emma Yarbrough

October 11, 2022

In addition to her role as assistant director of Emory Arts, Emma Yarbrough is a writer and performer who works in personal storytelling and the world of immersive theater experiences. A proud alum of Emory University, she has spent the past decade working to enhance…

Maggie Beker

September 13, 2022

Maggie Beker is an Atlanta based actor, writer, and comedian. She is a Project Coordinator for Emory Arts with a focus on student engagement and student experience. Her personal work plays with magical realism, and she likes to imagine a world where something wonderful hides…

Jacque Pritz

September 13, 2022

Jacquelyn (Jacque) Pritz is an Atlanta based dancer, choreographer, and arts administrator. She is Program Coordinator of Emory Arts and a company member of ALA Dance and Bautanzt Here. Her choreography examines the connection between her personal identity as a Filipino-American woman and the collective…

Kevin Karnes

September 13, 2022

Kevin C. Karnes is a musicologist who studies sounding expressions of identity, difference, and belonging in eastern and central Europe from the nineteenth century to the present. His work combines archival research and ethnography, engaging projects in such domains as sound studies, anthropology, philosophy, art…

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Carlton Mackey

December 15, 2020

Carlton Mackey the Assistant Director, Community Dialogue and Engagement at the High Museum of Art. In this newly created role at the High, Mackey will use complex visual culture to strengthen self-awareness, frame productive public discussion, and engender institutional empathy regarding the fundamental issues defining…

Laura Asherman

Kaelyn McAdams

Emma Yarbrough

Maggie Beker

Jacque Pritz

Kevin Karnes

Carlton Mackey

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