Nicholas Gaskill studies nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century U.S. literature, philosophy, and visual culture. He’s currently writing a book on U.S. literature and theories of color perception at the turn of the twentieth century. He is an editor of The Lure of Whitehead (U of Minnesota P, 2014) and the author of several articles on topics such as aesthetics, pragmatism, the poster craze of the 1890s, and turn-of-the-twentieth-century U.S. fiction.
Kevin Connolly works on perceptual learning, cases in which a person (often an expert) perceives the world in an improved way because of prior exposure or practice. As a Mellon Fellow with the Forum, he is focusing on the role of expertise and learning in color perception. He was previously a postdoctoral fellow with the Network for Sensory Research, an interdisciplinary group of perception researchers with research hubs at Harvard, MIT, Toronto, London, and Glasgow. In 2011, he received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Toronto.
Dhanveer Singh Brar is a scholar of black studies specializating in the intersections of black critical thought, black radicalism, and culture. He has taught at Goldsmiths College (University of London), Central St. Martins College of Art and Design (University of the Arts, London), and University of East London. Dhanveer is also a founding member of the London-based Black Studies Group.
