Jeanette Charles

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Jeanette Charles

Doctoral Candidate

Email: jeanettecharles@g.ucla.edu

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Biography

Jeanette is a PhD candidate focused on Latin American, Caribbean, and Afro-Atlantic histories. Her dissertation centers the relationship and trajectory of Black radicalism, political economy, and popular religions in contemporary Venezuela from 1958-2013.

Field of Study

Latin America, Caribbean, Afro-Atlantic

Subfield

Social Movements, Revolutions, Political Economy, Religion and Spirituality

Awards & Grants

  • Fulbright Hays DDRA Research Fellow
  • CLAH James Scobie Award
  • UC-Cuba Research Fellowship
  • CSW Black Feminism Initiative Mariame Kaba Graduate Fellowship
  • Davis Putter Fellowship
  • Eugene V. Cota-Robles Fellowship

Advisor(s)

Robin Derby, Robin D.G. Kelley, Winston James, Andrew Apter

Degrees

  • B.A. in Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Scripps College
  • M.A. in History, UCLA