The Expert is a Haitian-American anthropologist specializing in political and legal anthropology, transnational and migration studies, and Haitian Studies.
The Expert is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh in the Department of Anthropology. She holds a Ph.D. and M.Phil. in Anthropology from Columbia University and a MA in International Educational Development from Teachers College, Columbia University.
She has ten years' research experience on Haitian migrants, immigrants, and refugees and is currently working on a co-authored manuscript on Haitian temporary protected status (TPS) holders.
LGBTQ, Child abuse, sexual abuse/assault, gender-based violence/domestic violence, child soldiers, forced marraige, trafficking, FGM/FGC, forced conscription, ex-combatant reintegration, criminal deportees, risk of destitution/homelessness, land tenure disputes, ethnic, religious, or tribal discrimination or persecution, torture/risk of political persecutin/risk from state actors, risk from non-state actors, risk of retaliation, safe internal relocation, sufficiency of protection, healthcare access, health systems, mental illness, HIV/AIDS, other health issues
The Expert has worked as a researcher with Haitian refugees, immigrants, and diaspora; they have written grant reports and academic manuscripts on such research; they have taught college courses on immigration practices and policies.
2020 “We Know How to Work Together”: Konbit, Protest, and the Rejection of INGO Bureaucratic Dominance. Journal of Haitian Studies 26, no. 2: 53-80. doi:10.1353/jhs.2020.0012.
2022 Beyond poto mitan: Challenging the “Strong Black Woman” archetype and allowing space for tenderness (Mark Schuller co-author). Feminist Anthropology. https://doi.org/10.1002/fea2.12065
2020 “Many Global Youth Reject the Status Quo,” co-authored with Vishakha Desai and Laura Neitzel. Columbia News. Retrieved https://news.columbia.edu/news/global-youth-reject-post-covid-normal
2017 “‘You Live Under Fear:’ 50,000 Haitian People at Risk of Deportation,” co-authored with Mark Schuller. Huffington Post.