Charmane M. Perry, Ph.D.
Office: AL-360
Email: [email protected]
Charmane M. Perry is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Africana Studies. As an Africana social scientist, Perry is trained in the discipline of Black Studies receiving her B.A. in African American Studies from Temple University, a M.A. in Pan African Studies from Syracuse University, and a Ph.D. in Africology from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. As a daughter of the Haitian diaspora, her current research examines the experiences of stigma, identity, and citizenship among second-generation Haitians in The Bahamas. She is also interested in global practices of antihaitianism, the global stigma of being Haitian, and the relationship between antiblackness and antihaitianism. As a Philadelphia native, her research interests also include Black Philadelphia and the efforts to desegregate Girard College, a private boarding school created for white orphaned boys in 1848.
Selected Publications
Perry, C.M. (2022). ‘Real Bahamians’ and ‘paper Bahamians’: Haitians as perpetual foreigners. Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies
Perry, C.M. (2022). Haitian, Bahamian, both or neither? Negotiations of ethnic identity among second-generation Haitians in the Bahamas. Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power
Perry, C.M. (2021). “Kouri, kouri! Bis la ap vini!”: Reflections on the stigma of being Haitian at primary and secondary school in the Bahamas. Ethnicities. Vol. 21(5):893–911.
Perry, C.M. (2020). “You can’t speak Creole in here. English only”: Experiences of Stigma and Acts of Resistance among Adults of Haitian Descent in the Bahamas. International Journal of Bahamian Studies. Vol. 26: 61-72.
Perry, C.M. (2014). Invasion from the South: Social Construction of the Haitian “Other” in the Bahamas. The International Journal of Bahamian Studies. Vol. 20, Issue No. 1: 1-12.