Claudine Michel

Claudine Michel is the editor of the Journal of Haitian Studies[1] and a professor emerita[2] of Black studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.[3] Michel is the Director of the UCSB Center for Black Studies Research. In 2004, Michel co-edited the Black Studies Reader, an early volume highlighting a broad range of significant Black Studies Scholars such as Robin D.G. Kelly, Katie Geneva Cannon, Angela Davis, Jacquelyn Grant, Elsa Barkley Brown, Stuart Hall, and Richard Brent Turner. [4] This volume shows how Black Studies Departments emerged out of civil rights struggles in the early 1960s.[5] The University of California Santa Barbara, where Michel was faculty, is one of the earliest Black Studies Programs, established in 1969. [6] Michel is a Haitian native and practitioner of Haitian Vodouwho co-edited the first emic (insider) volume on Vodou, "Haitian Vodou: Spirit, Myth and Reality," with Patrick Belgarde-Smith. Mary Ann Clark at Yavapai College, in a review in Novo Religio, called this volume, "another extraordinary contribution by the editors and publisher." [7]

2010 Haiti Earthquake

Michel believes that aid after the 2010 Haiti earthquake is too top-to-bottom, resulting in Haiti "losing [its] soul".[8] ,[3]

Works

  • Etude Comparative des Théories du Dévelopement de l'Enfant (DeBoeck/Université, Bruxelles/Paris, 1994). Co-author.
  • Aspects Moraux et Educatifs du Vodou Haitien (Le Natal, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 1995)
  • Haitian Vodou: Spirit, Myth, and Reality (Indiana University Press, 2006). Co-author.
  • Vodou in Haitian Life and Culture: Invisible Powers" (2006). Written by Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, edited by Michel.[9]
  • Offerings: Continuity and Transformation in Haitian Vodou (Oxford Press)

Awards and honors

Michel received the Haitian Studies Association Service Award in 2008, particularly for her work as editor of the Journal of Haitian Studies.[10]

In 2017 Michel was named Executive Director of the Haitian Studies Association [11]

Upon retirement for UCSB, Michel was named an Emeritus Professor ,and The Claudine Michel Fund at UC Santa Barbara was created in her honor, and awards "diverse faculty, staff and/or students".[12]

References

  1. ^ "Editorial Board | Haitian Studies". engagedscholarship.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
  2. ^ "Claudine Michel | Department of Feminist Studies - UC Santa Barbara". www.femst.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
  3. ^ a b "10 minutes with ... Claudine Michel". Religion News Service. 2010-02-11. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
  4. ^ Bobo, Jacqueline; Hudley, Cynthia; Michel, Claudine, eds. (2004-05-15). "The Black Studies Reader". doi:10.4324/9780203491348. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ Pollard, Alton B.; Duncan, Carol B. (2016), "The Black Church Studies Reader: An Introduction", The Black Church Studies Reader, New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, pp. 1–11, ISBN 978-1-349-57422-3, retrieved 2025-08-17
  6. ^ Alexander, Claire (2017-12-22). "Breaking black: the death of ethnic and racial studies in Britain". Ethnic and Racial Studies. 41 (6): 1034–1054. doi:10.1080/01419870.2018.1409902. ISSN 0141-9870.
  7. ^ Clark, Mary Ann (2010-05-01). "Review: Haitian Vodou: Spirit, Myth and Reality, by Patrick Bellegarde-Smith and Claudine Michel". Nova Religio. 13 (4): 118–119. doi:10.1525/nr.2010.13.4.118. ISSN 1092-6690.
  8. ^ Rothbard |, Sarah (2012-11-15). "Are We All Wyclef Jean? | The Takeaway". Zócalo Public Square. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  9. ^ "Vodou in Haitian Life and Culture: Invisible Powers". Goodreads. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
  10. ^ "Claudine Michel, Professor of Black Studies at UC Santa Barbara and Director of the campus's Center for Black Studies Research, has received the Haitian Studies Association Service Award. | Division of Social Sciences - UC Santa Barbara". www.socialsciences.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
  11. ^ "Claudine Michel appointed HSA Executive Director | Center for Black Studies Research UC Santa Barbara". cbsr.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
  12. ^ "UCSB Academic Initiatives - Home". academics.sa.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-30.


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