Current Graduate Students

Status
Iman AbdoulKarim's picture Iman AbdoulKarim
Graduate School Student
iman.abdoulkarim@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Islam in America; African-American religious history; Black feminist theory; race and gender in Islamic thought; public humanities
Minali Aggarwal's picture Minali Aggarwal
Graduate School Student
minali.aggarwal@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Joshua Aiken's picture Joshua Aiken

joshua.aiken@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
19th and 20th Century U.S. History, Race and Migration in the Americas, Mass Criminalization, U.S. Empire, Black Feminist Thought, Black Poetics, Black Marxism and Queer of Color Critiques
Kaelyn Apple's picture Kaelyn Apple
kaelyn.apple@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Black British History, Motherhood, Body Politics, Racial Injustice, and Early Modern Legal History
Hamzah Baig's picture Hamzah Baig
hamzah.baig@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Middle East and North Africa
Jorge Banuelos's picture Jorge Banuelos
Graduate School Student
jorge.banuelos@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
19th & 20th Century Black Intellectual History; African-American Sociology of Religion; Black Political Economy & Political Theory; Philosophy of Religion; Critical Phenomenology
Ruthie Block's picture Ruthie Block
ruthie.block@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Fugitivity Studies; 19th - 21st Century African American and Black Diasporic Literature; Black Feminist Archival Studies; Black Print Culture
Candace Borders's picture Candace Borders

candace.borders@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Black Studies, Black Feminist Theory, 20th-century African American women’s history, oral history, public humanities
Tyler Campbell's picture Tyler Campbell
tyler.campbell@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
20th/21st century African American Literature, Black Poetics, Social Movement Histories, Prison Writing, Jazz/Hip-Hop Studies, Public Humanities
Christina Cano's picture Christina Cano
Graduate School Student
christina.cano@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Yohely Comprés's picture Yohely Comprés
Graduate School Student
yohely.compreshenriquez@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Shefali Gauri Das's picture Shefali Gauri Das
shefali.das@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Racial Capitalism, Policing, Neoliberalism, Economic Sociology, State Violence
Elizabeth Durrant's picture Elizabeth Durrant
elizabeth.durrant@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Black and women composers, Black feminism, 20th and 21st century music, neoromantic music, literature, Black Chicago Renaissance, American song
Naomi Amenu-Fesseha's picture Naomi Amenu-Fesseha
Graduate School Student
naomi.fesseha@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Alex Fialho's picture Alex Fialho

alex.fialho@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Modern and contemporary art, African American art histories, Black feminist and queer theory, AIDS cultural studies
Niara Foster's picture Niara Foster
Graduate School Student
niara.foster@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Sokeyra Francisco's picture Sokeyra Francisco
Graduate School Student
sokeyra.francisco@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Dustin Gavin's picture Dustin Gavin
dustin.gavin@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
American Religious History
Kristine Guillaume's picture Kristine Guillaume
kristine.guillaume@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
20th and 21st century African American and Black diasporic literature, prison writing, Black political thought, life-writing
Gabrielle Hill's picture Gabrielle Hill
gabrielle.hill@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Black Feminist Theory; 19th Century to 21st Century African American Poetry; Speculative Fiction; Eco-Criticism; Eco-Poetics
Conor Hodges's picture Conor Hodges
conor.hodges@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
20th Century U.S. History, Carceral Studies, Military History, Black Freedom Struggle, Insurgency & Counterinsurgency, Wars on Crime, Drugs, and Terror
Josie Hodson's picture Josie Hodson
josie.hodson@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
African Diasporic Art; Modern; Contemporary; African American Art
Makedah Hughes's picture Makedah Hughes
Graduate School Student
makedah.hughes@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Isaac Jean-Francois's picture Isaac Jean-Francois
isaac.jean-francois@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Black studies, Phenomenology, Psychoanalysis, Queer theory, and Sound Studies
Kassidi Jones's picture Kassidi Jones
kassidi.jones@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
19th-Century African American Ecopoetics and Georgia Douglas Johnson
Sam Jones's picture Sam Jones
Graduate School Student
sam.jones@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Black Europe; Black transnationalism; African-American travel, particularly in Europe; postcolonial theory; memory studies
Arabella Katz's picture Arabella Katz
Graduate School Student
arabella.katz@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Alison Kibbe's picture Alison Kibbe

alison.kibbe@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Migration and Diaspora Studies, Race and Ethnicity, Caribbean and Latin American Studies, Black feminism, Ethnography and Oral History, Performance Studies, Body Studies, Transnationalism, Citizenship
Jeong Yeon Lee's picture Jeong Yeon Lee

jeongyeon.lee@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
19th-Century American and African American Literature, Early American Literature, Christian Theology, Violence, Critical Race Studies, Black Studies
Sophia Lindner's picture Sophia Lindner
sophia.lindner@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Race and racial ideology, culture and media, mechanisms of racial stratification
Faith Macharia's picture Faith Macharia
faith.macharia@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
transnational migrations; Africans in Europe, specifically Spain and Italy; ethnographic methods; citizenship and identity.
Jathan Martin's picture Jathan Martin
Graduate School Student
jathan.martin@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Black Religious Performance, Material and Visual Culture, African American Childhoods, Death and Racialized Terror
Cedric McCoy's picture Cedric McCoy
cedric.mccoy@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Performances of Race and Gender, Sound Studies, Media Studies, Queer Studies, Black Feminisms, Afro-Diasporic popular musics, popular culture, public humanities, equitable scholarship
Christoph' McFadden's picture Christoph' McFadden
Graduate School Student
christoph.mcfadden@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
African American gospel traditions, history of the black church, 20th and 21st century popular music, celebrity studies, media studies, black theology
Jessie Modi's picture Jessie Modi
jessica.modi@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
20th/21st-century African American and black diasporic literature; poetry and poetics; history of the book; Marxism; media studies; creative writing
Lucia Olubunmi Momoh's picture Lucia Olubunmi Momoh
luciaolubunmi.momoh@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Website (link is external)
Portraiture, contemporary art, critical theory, the long nineteenth century, the Haitian Revolution, the Caribbean, the US South, New Orleans
Jeania Ree Moore's picture Jeania Ree Moore
jeaniaree.moore@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Religious Studies; Theology; Black Studies; Popular Romance Studies; Animals and Religion
Tauren Nelson's picture Tauren Nelson
Graduate School Student
tauren.nelson@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Second Year PhD Student; African American Studies and Anthropology
Maryam Parhizkar's picture Maryam Parhizkar

maryam.parhizkar@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Website (link is external)
Black studies; Latinx studies; Central American studies; comparative/relational ethnic studies; aesthetics, poetics & performance; possession and property; histories & theories of the human subject; critical-creative practice; cultural institutions and redress; public humanities
Olivia Polk's picture Olivia Polk
olivia.polk@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Black feminist theory, queer theory, 19th and 20th century African American literature, black visual culture, gender and sexuality studies, performance studies, affect and materiality, faggotry, femmes, sexual subcultures
Katherine Ponds's picture Katherine Ponds
katherine.ponds@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Performance Studies; American Studies; Classical Reception Studies; African-American Literature
Yasmina Price's picture Yasmina Price

yasmina.price@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Afro-Diasporic Cinema, affect and flesh, Black Marxism, anti-colonialism
Jocelyn Proietti's picture Jocelyn Proietti
jocelyn.proietti@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Visual art, literature, cultural history, and black feminist performances of self
James Ramsey's picture James Ramsey
Graduate School Student
james.ramsey@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Teanu Reid's picture Teanu Reid
teanu.reid@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
17th and 18th-Century African American History, Caribbean History, African Diaspora Studies, Black Studies, Economic History
Jas Riley's picture Jas Riley
jas.riley@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Performance Studies, Queer Studies, Trans Studies, and Religious Studies. 
Maurice Rippel's picture Maurice Rippel
maurice.rippel@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Race, Gender; African Diaspora; Citizenship; Education; Multimodal Ethnography
Gabriel Rivera Cotto's picture Gabriel Rivera Cotto
Graduate School Student
gabriel.riveracotto@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
18th and 19th-century Puerto Rican History, Caribbean History and Literature, Slavery and Emancipation
Joshua Ro's picture Joshua Ro
Graduate School Student
joshua.ro@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Ben Slightom's picture Ben Slightom

ben.slightom@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Website (link is external)
Political Anthropology, Afro-pessimism, Post-Industrial Landscapes, Urban Dispossession, and the Racialized Production of the Underclass
Asya Taylor's picture Asya Taylor
Graduate School Student
asya.taylor@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Babette Thomas's picture Babette Thomas
An artist, radio producer and doctoral student in the departments of American and African-American Studies
babette.thomas@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Black radio history; public humanities; sound studies; radio studies; media studies; new media studies; Black feminist theory; affect theory
Taylor Thompson's picture Taylor Thompson
Graduate School Student
taylor.thompson.twt9@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Black Feminism, Black Theories, Oral Histories, Economic History, Economics, Black Studies
Christopher Valentine's picture Christopher Valentine
Graduate School Student
christopher.valentine@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Black Queer Studies, Black Feminism, Archival Studies, HIV/AIDS Scholarship
Devin Williams's picture Devin Williams
Graduate School Student
devin.williams@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Black Studies, Critical University Studies, Theories of Knowledge and Power, Disciplinarity and Difference, Social and Institutional Movements
Connor Williams's picture Connor Williams
connor.williams@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Nala Williams's picture Nala Williams

nala.williams@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Black feminist theory, Black feminist geographies, Black studies, critical race theory, alter/native anthropology

Jonathan Howard
Director of Graduate Studies
jonathan.d.howard@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)

Naomi McWilliams
Academic Support Assistant (Registrar)
203-432-1170
naomi.mcwilliams@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)

Graduate Student Liaisons
Speak with a student about the program
Kristine Guillaume (link sends e-mail)  Devin Williams (link sends e-mail)