Expertise

Research + Teaching Interests

  • African and African diaspora art; aesthetics and culture; graphic writing systems; rock painting; Afro-Latin American and Caribbean visual culture, art and aesthetics; theories of the avant-garde; contemporary theory


Regional Expertise

  • West Africa; Central Africa; the Americas
Degrees
PhD, Yale University, 2004
MA, Yale University, 2001
BA, University of Havana, Cuba, 1994
BFA, Academia de Bellas Artes San Alejandro, Cuba, Painting, 1986