Biography

Vialcary Crisóstomo Tejada received her PhD in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Literature and Cultures from the University of Connecticut. Her areas of specialization include Afro-Caribbean Studies, Latinx Studies, Latin American Literatures and Cultures, Decolonial Feminism, Africana Studies, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and Race, Ethnicity and Politics. Her current research focuses on Black feminist movements in the Caribbean, particularly on the political and epistemic work of decolonial Afro-Feminist collectives in Puerto Rico, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic.