The following scholars and culture bearers serve as Humanities Advisors for the public humanities components of the Black Pacific Project.

Susan D. Anderson, History Curator, California African American Museum

Dr. David Igler, Professor, History, UC Irvine

Dr. Omise'eke Tinsley, Professor, Black Studies, UC Santa Barbara

Skip Finley, Public Historian of Whaling Captains of Color

Dr. Keolu Fox, Assistant Professor, Anthropology, UC San Diego 

Zeinabu Davis, MFA, Filmmaker and Professor, Communication, UC San Diego 

Image Credit: Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Big Sur, California. Photo by Caroline Collins