HBCU Fellowship Program

Tuskegee-INFAS CISC HBCU Fellowship Program (CHFP)

The Carver Integrative Sustainability Center (CISC) of Tuskegee University and INFAS partnership is hosting it's 4th year of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Graduate Fellowship Program for the 2025-2026 academic year. This year we are excited to welcome 30 fellows and honorees, making this our largest group of graduate fellows and honorees to date!

Current HBCU Fellows Current HBCU Honorees Current Mentors

CHFP Fellowship News

06/16/2025

The CISC HBCU Fellowship Program hosted their annual Fellowship Showcase on June 3rd and 5th, 2025, offering fellows an opportunity to present their research and how it adds to the collective capacity to build US food system resilience, sustainability & equity. All seven of our fellows were able to present their work in the two day event. 


June 3rd, 2025 Showcase Presenters:

  • Joel O. Alabi, North Carolina A&T State University
    Topic: Circular Economy in Agriculture: Transforming Spent Mushroom Substrate into Sustainable Livestock Feed for Limited Resource Farmers

  • Breanna Magee, Southern University Law Center
    Topic: Advancing Equity for Minority Farmers: Legal and Legislative Pathways in the Post-Inflation Reduction Act

  • TreDarious Clifton, Alcorn State University 
    Topic: Intercropping Flowering Plants with Watermelons as a Habitat for Pollinators for Sustainable Crop Production

June 5th, 2025 Showcase Presenters:

  • Eboni Major, Alabama A&M University
    Topic: Utilization of Distillers Spent Grain into Sustainable Food Products

  • Mariam Marafa, North Carolina A&T State University
    Topic: Racial Disparity, Discrimination, Food Insecurity and Health Impact

  • Christiana Ugbem, North Carolina A&T State University
    Topic: Enhancing Equitable Food Access for US Southern Older Adults

  • Johnpaul Kagulire, Tuskegee University
    Topic: Leveraging WIC Program Utilization Data to Strengthen U.S. Food System Resilience, Sustainability, and Equity

If you weren’t able to join us, check out our replays of each day: 

Current Fellows

Stay tuned to meet our 2025-26 fellows!

Current Honorees

Stay tuned to meet our 2025-26 honorees!

Current Mentors

 

INFAS Mentor

Christopher Bacon

Associate Professor, Dept. of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Santa Clara University

INFAS Mentor

Collins Bugingo, PhD

Assistant Professor, Oregon State University

INFAS HBCU Mentor

Ebony Woodruff

Director, Agricultural Law Institute for Underrepresented and Underserved Communities, Southern University Law Center

INFAS HBCU Mentor

Emily Reno

Founder, Mezclada & Host, The Transcendent Farmer Podcast

INFAS Mentor

Kareem M. Usher, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, College of Engineering / Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture City and Regional Planning Section; Ohio State University

INFAS HBCU Mentor

Kim Niewolny

Professor, Director, Center for Food Systems and Community Transformation, Virginia Tech

INFAS HBCU Mentor

Kristin Reynolds

Chair and Associate Professor, Food Studies, Director, Food and Social Justice Action Research Lab, The New School

INFAS HBCU Mentor

Lindsey Lunsford

Assistant Professor for Food Systems Education and Policy, Tuskegee University

INFAS Mentor

Megan Govindan

Teaching Associate Professor, MPH, MS, RDN, LDN, School of Agriculture and Food - Human Nutrition & Foods; West Virginia University

INFAS Mentor

Michelle Miller

Associate Director, Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems; University of Wisconsin

INFAS HBCU Mentor

Raymon Shange

Director, Carver Integrative Sustainability Center, 1890 Extension Administrator, Tuskegee University Cooperative Extension
Associate Dean, College of Agriculture, Environment, and Nutrition Sciences, Tuskegee University

INFAS HBCU Mentor

Whitney Fung Uy

Research Scientist, Center for Nutrition and Health Impact

Alumni Fellows

2024/25 Fellows

Joel O. Alabi

Mariam Marafa

Christiana Omojo Ugbem

TreDarious Clifton

Johnpaul Kagulire

2023/24 Fellows

Asamoah Zadok

Brianna Smith

Ebony Thornton

Obianuju Egiebor

Success Amobi-Ndubusi Okafor

William Gaspard Jr.

2022/23 Fellows

Alyson Whitted

Asya Montgomery

Bernard Iwegbu 

Christopher Iweriebor 

Kavaughn Prout

Manoj Paudel 

Miriam Hagan 

Tanisha Felton 

Alumni Honorees

2024/25 Honorees

Omowunmi Odeyomi

Sandesh Chapagain

Emmanuel Kuufire

Juliana Noi

Kwadwo Antwi-Wiafe

Peter Owolabi

Olabisi Tolulope Somefun

Matthew Olaniyi Akindoyin

Yvette Mukunzi

Sara Gutierrez Diaz

2023/24 Honorees

Adewumi Adegboye

Chika Anotaenwere

Dipak Khanal

Elijah Agene

Joel Alabi

Kelvin Ofori

Oludotun Adelusi

Philip Junior Yeboah

Rejoice Nyarku

Sola Ikuejamoye-Omotore

Yesutor Soku

2022/23 Honorees

Chinedu Ahuchaogu

Kingsley Bentum

Lydia Olagunju

Micah Talbert