Researcher + Writer + Scholar + Comrade
ABOUT ME & THE WORK
The Haiti I inherited from my elders while here lòt bò dlo, its rich literature that I can now read in French and English, and the vastness of Haitianist scholarship fuel my curiosities in ways not always apparent, not always present in my citational work. Onè.
I arrived at my current project, Beyond A Question of Extraction, following years of travels and sojourns outside the United States. I was not only a visitor to these places—the United Kingdom, France, Haiti, Senegal—but also a student while in these places. Through the experience of immersion, I learned to embrace the disorientation that results from inhabiting another geographical and linguistic space. Disorientation indeed troubles my own received knowledge, and yet I find it germane to knowledge seeking and production.
Abridged C.V. below. Full C.V. provided upon request, Contact.
CURRENT APPOINTMENT
Adjunct Faculty African American and African Diaspora Studies Department Columbia University
EDUCATION
PhD Comparative Literature & Literary Theory University of Pennsylvania
MPhil Comparative Literature Université de Paris VIII Vincennes/Saint-Denis
BA Afro-American Studies & Philosophy Smith College
AWARDS
2022 | Dean's Scholar University of Pennsylvania
2021-22 | Dissertation Completion Fellowship American Council of Learned Societies
2020-21 | Penfield Fellowship for Dissertation Research University of Pennsylvania
2019 | Mellon Mays Graduate Studies Enhancement Grant Social Science Research Council
2019-20 | Lapidus Center for Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery New York Public Library
PAST APPOINTMENTS
2022-25 | Mellon Fellow in the Society of Fellows in the Humanities Columbia University
2018-19 | Instructor of Record University of Pennsylvania
2012-16 | English Instructor École Nationale Supérieur d'Architecture de Paris la Villette
2013-14 | English Language Assistant École Nationale de Commerce