Technology | The Harriet Tubman Institute

Carlito Oliveira Junior

rebsl — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:54:48 +0000

PhD Candidate in History at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), CAPES scholarship holder, and Graduate Research Assistant based in Brazil at the Harriet Tubman Institute, 91��ɫ. His research focuses on Economic History and Business History, with particular emphasis on slavery, markets, wealth, credit, finance, economic networks, and regional economic development in nineteenth-century Brazil.

His doctoral research examines the formation of markets, wealth, and economic networks in the Recôncavo da Guanabara, with particular attention to the former Vila de Estrela in the Province of Rio de Janeiro. His broader research interests include the economic history of slavery, capital accumulation, financial institutions, business history, industrialization, and the relationship between enslaved labour, technology, markets, and modernization in Brazil and the Atlantic world.

He holds a Master's degree in Social History from the Federal Fluminense University (UFF) and a Bachelor's degree in History from the University of São Francisco (USF). He is also affiliated with research groups and scholarly networks in Economic and Business History in Brazil and internationally.

Keywords: Economic History, Business History, Slavery, Enslaved Labour, Internal Slave Trade, Markets, Wealth, Credit, Finance, Capital Accumulation, Economic Networks, Industrialization, Technology, Modernization, Nineteenth-Century Brazil, Atlantic History, Brazilian Economic History, History of Banking, Regional Economic Development

Michael Kalu

rebsl — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 17:29:34 +0000

Dr. Michael Kalu is an assistant professor of Rehabilitation Therapy in the School of Kinesiology and Health. His research spans a multifaceted, multidisciplinary approach to mobility assessment, addressing prevention, improvement, and maintenance of mobility in older adults across Africa and Canada. He also explores the use of artificial intelligence and related technologies to enhance the quality of life for Black older adults, employing Afrocentric methodologies to advance social and health equity in Canada and Africa. Read more about his projects and how to get involved at /research/project/m4aginglab/.

Keywords: Mobility, Afrocentric, Health equity, Social equity, Technology and AI

Yousif Hassan

rebsl — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 16:23:00 +0000

Dr. Hassan is a Faculty Affiliate with the Center for African Studies and Illinois Distinguished Fellow and Research Associate in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA. His research examines the relationship between race, digital technology, and technoscientific capitalism. Dr. Hassan’s work is at the intersection of social and racial justice, and technology policy focusing on the social, economic, and political implications of emerging technologies including artificial intelligence (AI) and data. Dr. Hassan was a research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. His most recent project investigates the sociotechnical knowledge production practices of the state, scientists, and the tech industry focusing on the development of AI and its innovation ecosystem across multiple African countries.

Keywords: Science and Technology Studies, Black and African Studies, Political Economy of Technoscience, Information Science, Communication Studies, Critical Algorithm Studies, Critical Innovation Studies, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Digital Platforms

Alvine Boaye Belle

rebsl — Sat, 13 Nov 2021 18:41:27 +0000

Alvine Boaye Belle is Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Lassonde School of Engineering. Her research interests include: system assurance, assessment of confidence in assurance arguments, assessment of uncertainty in assurance arguments, knowledge representation, cultural awareness, requirement debt, architectural technical debt (ATD), artificial intelligence, and machine learning. She speaks both French and English. Dr. Boaye Belle is very passionate about poetry.