Javiela Evangelista

Javiela Marcelina Evangelista received a PhD in Anthropology from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY). As an Assistant Professor in the African American Studies Department, at New York City College of Technology – CUNY, Javiela leads instruction on the Caribbean. She has also developed and taught courses,such as The Heritage of Imperialism, that connect the Caribbean to other regions. Javiela’s research explores the intersections of governmentality, racialization and xenophobia, movements and consciousness for black lives, migration and citizenship, and human rights in the Dominican Republic. This year, Javiela presented research at The Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) in Santa Fe, New Mexico and The Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology (SLACA) in Antigua, Guatemala. She has a forthcoming review with the National Political Science Review.