Alyssa A. James

Alyssa A. James

Dissertation Review Committee

Research Concentrations

Heritage, Commodities and Circulation, Black Atlantic Landscapes, Identity and Subjectivity, Caribbean Futures

Regions

Caribbean; Martinique

Biography

Alyssa Adina James is a 2020 SSHRC Doctoral Fellow whose research examines the consequences of recasting colonial history for Caribbean subjectivities and futures. She interrogates the discourses and practices that transform commodities into heritage - and history into commodity - as it unfolds through Martinique’s nascent coffee revival project.

She is co-host of the Black feminist anthropology podcast, Zora's Daughters.

Education

York University, MA in Social Anthropology, 2017
University of Toronto, BS in Psychology and Equity Studies, 2011

2018. "Racism in Switzerland: ‘People of colour are automatically perceived as foreigners.’" The Local.

2012. "Breaking All the Rules." Teaching Education 23, no. 1: 1-8.