Jana Evans Braziel
Jana Braziel has scholarly and pedagogical interests in American hemispheric literatures and cultures, Caribbean studies, Haitian studies, and the intersections of race, gender, sexuality diaspora, transnational activism, and globalization. Braziel is also engaged in issues of poverty, inequality, and human rights.
Teaching
Dr. Braziel's scholarly and pedagogical interests are American hemispheric literatures and cultures, Caribbean studies, Haitian studies, and the intersections of diaspora, transnational activism, and globalization, as well as intersectional analyses of poverty, inequality, and human rights.
Braziel held the Five College Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the Center for Crossroads in the Study of the Americas (CISA) and was Visiting Assistant Professor of Black Studies and English at Amherst College. Before joining the faculty at Miami University, Braziel was Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Cincinnati.
Research
Braziel is author of 5 monographs: "Riding with Death": Vodou Art and Urban Ecology in the Streets of Port-au-Prince (2017); Duvalier's Ghosts: Race, Diaspora, and U.S. Imperialism in Haitian Literatures (2010); Caribbean Genesis: Jamaica Kincaid and the Writing of New Worlds (2009); Artists, Performers, and Black Masculinity in the Haitian Diaspora (2008); and Diaspora: An Introduction (2008).
Braziel's forthcoming book is ¡Ay, Carajo! ¡Ay, Caribe! Urban Street Art In The Greater Caribbean. Braziel has co-edited 5 peer-reviewed volumes and published scores of articles and book chapters.
Education
- Ph.D., University of Massachusetts
- M.A., University of Georgia
- B.A., University of Georgia