Charlotte H. Richard
Lecturer
Mellon Teaching Fellow
Charlotte Richard is a historian of the African Diaspora whose work focuses on transnational Black activism, religion, and decolonization in the Americas, with particular emphasis on the Caribbean and the United States. Her research challenges U.S.-centric narratives by centering Jamaica as a key driver of political, religious, and cultural influence across the twentieth-century Atlantic world.
Contact
Department(s)
Religion
Education
- PhD University of New Hampshire, Durham
- MA University of Nebraska, Kearney
Selected Publications
"Jump Nyabinghi: Black Radical Militancy, Rastafarianism, and Jamaican Cultural Influence on Black America," Journal of Black Studies 55, no. 2 (February 2024): 117-138, https://doi.org/10.1177/0021934723121337.
"Hailing Jamaican Independence: Jamaica's Independence Movement and the American Press," Siyabonana: The Africana Studies Journal 1, no. 2 (Summer 2023): 96-116, https://www.journalofafricanastudies.com/_files/ugd/062711_a9d2b916a8394....
Works In Progress
Small Axe: Jamaican Decolonization and the US Civil Rights Movement, University of Rochester Press, Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora, publication expected 2026.