Graduate Student, History of Art and Architecture
Gabrielle
Jorge Paulo Lemann Associate Professor of Education and of Brazil Studies 
Marília da Silva Lima
Universidade Estadual de Campinas 
Gutiele Gonçalves dos Santos
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz – FIOCRUZ 
Thiago Mattos-Batista
Graduate Student 
Mariana Abreu
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia da Universidade de Brasília (PPGSOL/UnB) 
Mauricio Acuña
Dartmouth College 
Nicolas Aguía Betancourt
University of Pittsburgh 
Paulina L. Alberto
Professor of African and African American Studies and of History 
Wlamyra Albuquerque
Fall 2015: Afro-Latin American Research Institute Fellow 
Karina Aldaba Flores
APACHETA Consultores 
Felipe Alfonso
PhD Candidate in the History Department 
Alice Alice Diniz
Graduate Student, History Department 
James Almeida
Assistant Professor 
James Almeida
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumnus 2022 
Angela Alonso
ALARI Visiting Research Associate 
Eliane Alves
ALARI Visiting Research Associate 2021-2022 
Raíla Alves
Universidade de Brasília (UnB) 
Ladjane Alves Sousa
Universidade Federal da Bahia 
Richard Anderson
Yale University 
Maria Eduarda Andreazzi Borges
Universidade de São Paulo (USP) George Reid Andrews
Distinguished Professor 
Milena Annecchiarico
Universidad de Buenos Aires 
John Herlyn Antón Sánchez
IAEN – Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales Ecuador 
Eduarda Araujo
Mellon Sawyer Graduate Student Fellow 
Etyelle Araujo
ALARI 2019-2020 Visiting Student 
Maria Clara Araújo dos Passos
Universidade de São Paulo 
Yoseth Ariza-Araújo
CEAF Universidad Icesi Eduard Arriaga
University of Indianapolis 
Ana Carolina Assumpção
The University of Texas Austin 
Luiz Augusto Campos
Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Políticos (IESP-UERJ) 
José Francisco Ávila López
Garifuna Advocacy Luz Bacerra
La COMADRE 
José Manuel Baeza Zúñiga
Stony Brook University 
Mauri Balanta Jaramillo
Asociación Casa Cultural el Chontaduro 
Daniela Balanzategui
UMass Boston 
Emma Banks
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop 2017 Alumna 
Denise Barata
2022-2023 ALARI Research Associate 
Maria del Carmen Barcia Zequeira
University of Havana Manuel Barica Paz
University of Leeds Maryluz Barragán González
Ilex Acción Jurídica 
Gabriela Barreto de Sá
Messias Moreira Basques Júnior
2022-2023 ALARI Research Associate 
Marcos Antonio Batista da Silva
Centro de Estudos Sociais (CES)- Universidade de Coimbra Sven Beckert
Laird Bell Professor of History 
Maya J. Berry
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop 2016 Alumna 
Marcelo Henrique Bezerra Ramos
Universidade Federal Fluminense Kevin William Blacutt
PhD Candidate in Latin American History 
Dayana Blanco Acendra
Ilex Acción Jurídica 
Danielle N. Boaz
2019-2020 ALARI Fellow 
Marcelo Boccato Kuyumjian
Bucknell University 
Katherine Bonil Gomez
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop 2016 Alumna 
Nicole Bonino
University of Virginia 
Inês Borges Santos
Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul PPGE-PUCRS Estefanía Bournot
ALARI Visting Fellow Spring 2025 
Flávia Bozza Martins
Revista Gênero e Número Unirio Renata Braga
Afro-CEBRAP 
Denise Braz
University of Texas at Austin 
Fernanda Bretones Lane
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop 2017 Alumna 
Larissa Brewer-García
University of Chicago 
Rita Brito
Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumna 2018 
Chasitie Brown
University of Texas at Austin 
Vincent Brown
Center for Government and International Studies 
Nicole Burrowes
Rutgers University Valeria Busnelli
Universidad Nacional de Colombia 
Timothy Byram
PhD Candidate in History of Christianity 
Carla C. Francisco
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumna 2020 
Patrícia C. Letro de Brito
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumna 2019 
Marcelo Jose Cabarcas Ortega
University of Pittsburgh 
Mayra Caceres Sanchez
Jose Antonio Caicedo Ortiz
Universidad del Cauca 
Jorge Camacho
University of South Carolina – Columbia 
Yuly Campiño
Special Jurisdiction for Peace 
Janaina Campos Lobo
2024-25 Lemann Visiting Scholar, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies 
Alejandro Campos-Garcia
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop 2016 Alumnus 
Magdalena Candioti
Spring 2020 ALARI Visiting Fellow 
Xiomara Carballo Briceño
Activist and Philanthropy Consultant 
Doris Careaga-Coleman
University of New Mexico 
Anna Carolina Venturini
Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumna 2018 
Bruno Carvalho
Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and African and African American Studies 
Odette Casamayor-Cisneros
Visiting Fellow, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies and Visiting Scholar 
Odette Casamayor-Cisneros
University of Pennsylvania 
Sidney Chalhoub
David and Peggy Rockefeller Professor of History and of African and African American Studies 
Taylor Coleman
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumna 2022 
Danilo Antonio Contreras
2019-2020 ALARI Fellow 
Kaysha Corinealdi
2019-2020 ALARI Fellow 
Carlos Correa Angulo
Consortium on Afro-Latin American Studies Fellow 
Laura Correa Ochoa
Assistant Professor 
Gracyelle Costa
ALARI Visiting Fellow Spring 2023 
Ana Paula Cruz
Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro 
Ana Paula Cruz
Mark Claster Mamolen Fellow 
Thomas B.F. Cummins
Director of Dumbarton Oaks 
Harion Custodio
Visiting Fellow Fall 2023 – Spring 2024 
Linford D. Fisher
Brown University Poliana Da Silva Ferreira
Mellon Sawyer Graduate Student Fellow 
Nycolas Candido da Silva Lau
IRI/PUC-Rio Guilherme Dantas Nogueira
Coordinator of the Public Policies in Brazil – Certificate on Afro-Latin American Studies – 
Liliane de Jesus Bittencourt
Alejandro de la Fuente
Director of the Afro-Latin American Research Institute 
Jean Wyllys de Matos Santos
The ALARI Scholar at Risk 2019-2020 
Cleide Maria de Mello
2022 Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumna 
David De Micheli
Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumnus 2018 
Kleber Antonio De Oliveira Amancio
2024-2025 Mark Claster Mamolen Fellow 
Denilson Araujo de Oliveria
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro 
Rogerio de Sousa Medeiros
2018-2019 ALARI Fellow 
Eliane de Souza Almeida
Mamolen Dissertation Workshop 2018 Alumna 
Orlando Deavila Pertuz
Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumnus 2018 
Jorge Delgadillo Nuñez
CHANCELLOR’S ADVANCE POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 
Genevieve E. Dempsey
2021-2022 ALARI Visiting Research Associate 
Anthony Dest
Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumnus 2018 
Maria Camila Diaz Casas
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop 2017 Alumna 
Domila do Prado Pazzini
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumna 2019 
Gareth Doherty
Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture 
Maya Doig-Acuña
PhD candidate in African & African American Studies 
Daniel Domingues
University of Missouri Citlalli Dominguez
2019 Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumna 
Danielle Dorvil
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumna 2022 
Jaqueline Martinho dos Santos
Visiting Fellow Fall 2023 – Spring 2024 
Ginetta E.B. Candelario
Smith College 
Sotelo Eastman
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop 2016 Alumnus 
Cristina Echeverri-Pineda
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop 2016 Alumna 
Alain El Youssef
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop 2017 Alumnus 
Maria Fernanda Escallon, PhD
Assistant Professor in the Anthropology Department at the University of Oregon 
Amarilys Estrella
2019 Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumna 
Angela Eva Gutierrez
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumnus 2023 
Dayana Façanha
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop 2017 Alumna 
Rosemary Feal
2022-2023 ALARI Resident Scholar 
Malcom Ferdinand
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop 2016 Alumnus 
Nohora Arrieta Fernandez
PhD Candidate in Latin American Literature and Cultural Studies, Georgetown University 
José Carlos Fernández Salas
Graduate Student, History Department 
Marcelo Ferraro
2022-2023 ALARI Visiting Research Associate 
Roquinaldo Ferreira
Brown University Ada Ferrer
NYU Marisol Fila
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumnus 2023 
Claudia Fioretti Bongianino
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop 2017 Alumna 
Yomi Folaranmi
Graduate Student, History of Art and Architecture 
Paulo Fontes
Rita E. Hauser Fellow 
Victor Fowler
2015-2016: Mark Claster Mamolen Fellowship 
Isabela Fraga
Assistant Professor, Tufts University 
Gustavo Freire Martins
African and African American Studies 
Mercedes Garcia Rodriguez
Universidad de La Habana 
Cary Aileen García Yero
Visiting Fellow ALARI 2020-2021 
Matheus Gato
2017-2018 ALARI Visiting Fellow 
Reighan Gillam
2022-2023 ALARI Research Associate 
Reighan Gillam
2022-2023 ALARI Research Associate 
Daniel Gomez Mazo
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumnus 2020 
Yanilda González
Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School 
Catalina Gonzalez Zambrano
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop 2016 Alumna 
Bronia Greskovicova-Chang
Associate Director 
Valerie Gruber
Research associate of the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence, University of Bayreuth (Germany) 
Marcella (Sally) Hayes
Assistant Professor 
Amber Henry
Assistant Professor on African and African American Studies 
Monica Hernández Ospina
2019 Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumna 
Dinah Orozco Herrera
Graduate Student at Department of African and African American Studies 
Tamar Herzog
Monroe Gutman Professor of Latin American Affairs 
Anasa Hicks
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop 2016 Alumna 
Mary Hicks
Mamolen Fellow 2018-2019 
Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof
Professor of History 
Chloe Ireton
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop 2017 Alumna 
Mandy Izadi
2020-2021 ALARI Research Associate Maya J. Berry
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 
Jacob Sunshine Jacob Sunshine
PhD Candidate, Music Department 
Martine Jean
2019-2020 Mark Claster Mamolen Fellow 
Marcus Joaquim de Carvalho
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Janie Johnson
Intern 
Emmanuel K. Akyeampong
Ellen Gurney Professor of History and Professor of African and African American Studies; 
Mariana Katz
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumna 2023 
Marcelo Kuyumjian
Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumnus 2018 
Marixa Lasso
Sheila Biddle Ford Foundation Fellow 
Lurian Lima
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumnus 2022 
Márcia Lima
Fall 2016: Afro-Latin American Research Insitute Fellowship 
Ivan Lobo
Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumnus 2018 
Jade Lôbo
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumna 2023 
Melisa Londoño López de Mesa
Special Projects Research Assistant 
Ofelia Lopez
2022 Spring Visiting Research Associate 
América Nicte-Ha López Cháve
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop 2017 Alumna 
Lina Lucumi Mosquera
University of Leicester 
M. Leslie Santana, PhD. M. Leslie Santana, PhD.
Mamolen Alumna 2019 
Calire Maass
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumna 2020 
Janailson Macedo Luiz
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumnus 2020 
Ninive Machado
2018-2019 ALARI Fellow 
Alejandro L. Madrid
Professor of Music 
Tomas Mantilla Lozano
Harvard History Department 
Noga Marmor
PhD Candidate, Department of History 
Bárbaro Martínez Ruiz Martínez Ruiz
2020-2021 Mark Claster Mamolen Fellow 
Sindis Meza
Graduate Student 
Mia Mia Jodorcovsky
Graduate Student, History Department 
Ivor Miller
Mark Claster Mamolen Fellow 2016-2017 Academic Year 
Jhon-Kelly Monace
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumnus 2020 
Ellis Monk
Assistant Professor of Sociology 
Ana Clara Monteiro-Macedo
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (IESP-UERJ) 
Liz Moreno Chuquen
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumna 2019 
Karina Moret Miranda
Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumna 2018 
Dr. Danielle N. Boaz
Dr. Danielle N. Boaz University of North Carolina at Charlotte 
Rosario Nava
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop 2016 Alumna 
Gessiane Nazario
Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumna 2018 
Stephanie Noach
Spring 2021, Fall 2022 ALARI Visiting Research Associate 
Mariela Noles Cotito
2024-25 Custer Visiting Scholar 
Angela Yesenia Olaya Requene
ALARI Research Associate 
Leilani Oliveira Chaves
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumna 2019 
Anna Caroline Oliveira Teixeira Vertelo
Graduate Student 
Maria Pascoa Sousa
Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumna 2019 
Antônia Gabriela Pereira de Araújo
ALARI Fellow Spring 2023 
Bruno Pinheiro
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumnus 2023 
Ricardo Pirola
Spring 2020 ALARI Visiting Fellow 
Daniela Beny Polito Moraes
Universidade Federal da Bahia Stanley R.Bailey
University of California Irvine 
Ana María Reyes
Associate Professor of Latin American Art History, Boston University 
Luis Reyes Escate
Mellon Sawyer Visiting Fellow 
Edimilson Rodrigues
2019 Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumnus 
Paulo Henrique Rodrigues Pereira
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumnus 2020 
Meztli Yoalli Rodriguez Aguilera
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumna 2020 
Alejandra Rosa
Afro-Queer Non-binary Writer | Performer | Poet Jesus Ruiz
Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumnus 2018 
Daniel Ruiz-Serna
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop 2016 Alumnus 
Ligia S. Aldana
SUNY New Paltz Gloriann Sacha Antonetty
Revista Étni 
Angélica María Sánchez Barona
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of African and African American Studies 
Deborah Santos
Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumna 2018 
Edward Shore
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop 2017 Alumnus 
Moises Lino Silva
2019-2020 ALARI Fellow 
Ana Silva Rosa
Visiting Fellow Fall 2023 – Sprin 2024 
Carolina Silva-Portero
Academic Coordinator of the Certificate on Afro-Latin American Studies 
Doris Sommer
Ira Jewell Williams Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures 
Victoria Soto Esmera
Harvard History Department 
Jessika Souza
2019 Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumna 
Matti Steinitz
Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumnus 2018 
Alexander Stephens
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumnus 2023 
Yosvany Terry
Director of Jazz Ensembles 
Maria Iglesias Utset
Visiting Research Scholar at the Afro-Latin American Research Institute 
Maria Iglesias Utset
Working Group on Comparative Slavery Leader 
Luisa Valle
The Graduate Center/CUNY 
Aurora Vergara Figueroa
ALARI Visiting Fellow 2024-2025 
Maíra Vieira de Paula
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Alumna 2022 
Ben Vinson III
ALARI Research Associate 
Andrew Walker
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop 2017 Alumnus 
Javier Wallace
Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumna 2020 
Meg Weeks
Assistant Professor 
Pamela Zabala Ortiz
Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop Alumnus 2023 
Bianca Zacarias França
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 
Adriana Zenteno Hopp
Harvard University 
Adriana Zenteno Hopp
Graduate Student, History Department 