Contact Information

34 MacMillan Hall
Oxford, OH 45056
(513) 529-3996
brazieje@MiamiOH.edu
Office Hours (Fall 2021):
T R or F 10 - 3:30 pm by cell call, Zoom, WebEx, or Google Chat

Title

Western College Endowed Professor
Global and Intercultural Studies (Latin American, Latino/a, and Caribbean Studies)

Education

PhD, University of Massachusetts
MA, University of Georgia
BA, University of Georgia

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.