Courses:

AFAM 381: Social Movements in the Black Diaspora

AFAM 321: Researching Black Communities

Degree:

Ph.D. Yale University, African American Studies & Political Science

Current Research:

Dr. Hayes specializes in the fields of Comparative Politics, Contemporary Theory and Race, Ethnicity and Politics. After receiving a B.A in Metropolitan Studies from NYU, she worked in the non-profit sector with the Urban Justice Center and IFCO/Pastors for Peace, which facilitates human rights delegations and material aid shipments to Chiapas, Mexico, Cuba and Nicaragua. While in graduate school, she served as co-founder and facilitator of the Black Resistance Reading Group and program coordinator for the Center for the Study of Race, Inequality and Politics. With assistance from the Ford Foundation Diversity Dissertation Fellowship as well as the Gaius Charles Bolin Fellowship at Williams College, Dr. Hayes completing a dissertation that examines how institutions indigenous to the African diaspora facilitate transnational exchanges between social movements. In addition, she is producing a documentary about the historical relationship between African Americans and Afro-Cubans.

Recent Awards:

2006-07
Postdoctoral Fellowship in African American Studies, Northwestern University

2005-06
Ford Diversity Fellow

Recent Publications: