Welcome The Graduate AADHum Scholars

The Graduate AADHum Scholars Program (tGASP) is specifically designed to support local students whose digital work is or might become an element of their graduate coursework, MA thesis, or dissertation. Applications are open to University System of Maryland and regional HBCU graduate students.

Christiana McClain  is a black queer writer from Houston, Texas. She graduated from Spelman College in 2018 and received her MFA from Southern University Illinois in 2021. She is currently enrolled in the MLIS program at University of Maryland where she is aiming to combine her love of literature, archives, and museum studies into a unique career path. 

// Click here to learn more about Christiana's virtual literary gatherings project, How Fingers Make Cherries Sing.

Renee Nishawn Scott  is a PhD student in the Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at University of Maryland. With research interests in post-Civil Rights girlhood, African American Culture, and play, Renee investigates Black Girl Play and Joy as mechanisms for promoting racial health among Black girls. Prior to pivoting to academia, Renee was an administrator, teacher, and curriculum designer for various DC Public Schools, Charter Schools and educational organizations.

// Click here to learn more about Scott's digital exhibition and exploration project, The Museum of Black Girl's Play.