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Hannah Gill
Associate Director, Institute for the Study of the Americas
Hannah Gill is an anthropologist and oral historian with a specialization in Latin American/Caribbean migration studies. She is Associate Director of the Institute for the Study of the Americas and oversees the Latino Migration Project, which includes the New Roots archive. She is the author of the book, “The Latino Migration Experience in North Carolina: New Roots in the Old North State.” She received a DPhil in Social Anthropology from the University of Oxford, England. She is a native of North Carolina and an alumna of UNC Chapel Hill.
301 Pittsboro Street
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
CB# 3205
Daniel Velásquez
Community Documentarian, Institute for the Study of the Americas
Daniel Velásquez is Community Documentarian at the Institute for the Study of the Americas (ISA), at UNC-Chapel Hill, where he works with the New Roots archive conducting oral history interviews, designing programing and workshops around New Roots content, and supporting ISA’s Building Integrated Communities initiative. Daniel holds a Master’s degree in Public History from the University of Central Florida and is completing a doctorate in history at UNC. His research interests and public history work center on the migratory links between Latin America and the US South. He has conducted archival research in the United States, Mexico, Spain, and the United Kingdom, and has been involved in numerous projects ranging from historic preservation to history podcast production. He has also taught courses on Latin American studies and history at UNC and other NC institutions.
301 Pittsboro Street
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
CB# 3205