Akeia de Barros Gomes

Akeia de Barros Gomes has a background in Anthropology with a PhD from the University of Connecticut. Akeia has held roles such as Assistant Professor at Wheelock College and currently serves as the Director at the Frank C. Munson Institute of American Maritime History. Their previous positions include Curator of Social History at the New Bedford Whaling Museum and Visiting Scholar at the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice. Akeia also has experience as a Consultant at Soltec International and as a Graduate Student at the University of Connecticut.