Ben Castleman gained attention with a text-message-based approach to encouraging first-generation students to enroll in college. He’s now seeking to help them finish degrees. (Photo by Sanjay Suchak, University Communications)

(Photo by Sanjay Suchak, University Communications)

Nelson’s recent research has focused on slave life in the Academical Village and Harold’s has examined black political movements in the Jim Crow South. (Photos by Dan Addison, University Communications)