Postdoctoral fellow, Society of Fellows in the Humanities
Giardini is pursuing research on the closure of Johns Hopkins’ Gender Identity Clinic in the late 1970s. They teach for the Program for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality and work on library collections development, especially related to queer and trans literary history.
Postdoctoral fellow, Society of Fellows in the Humanities
Hupp acts as an assistant liaison between the Writing Seminars and Sheridan Libraries. He is working with Heidi Herr to tailor a collection of manuscripts, literary artifacts, and reference items to the needs of Writing Seminars undergraduates and MFA candidates.
The Peabody Ballroom Experience Working Group
The Peabody Ballroom Experience Working Group is composed of Icons and Legends in Baltimore’s ballroom community. The group organizes the annual Peabody ball and related programming, including films, dance trainings, youth internships, and oral history initiatives:
- Legendary Rhonda Carr
- Legendary Marco Gray/Marco West
- Icon Sebastian Escada
- Icon Hall of Famer Enrique St. Laurent
Tabb Center Advisory Committee
- madison moore, Assistant Professor of Critical Studies in the Roski School of Art and Design at the University of Southern California
- George Ciscle, founder of the Contemporary Museum; founder and director of the MFA in Curatorial Practice at the Maryland Institute College of Art
- Nicole King, Associate Professor, Department of American Studies; Director, Orser Center for the Study of Place, Community, and Culture, UMBC
- François Furstenberg, Professor, Department of History, Johns Hopkins University
Public Humanities Research Assistants
- Alex Peeples, 2022/23 academic year
- Marios Falaris, 2022/23 academic year
- Sophia Lola, Summer 2022
- Marvis Gutierrez, Spring 2022
Organizational Partners
The Tabb Center is built on partnerships with people, institutions, and initiatives across Johns Hopkins University and Baltimore. Partners have included: