Email
crichard@wpi.edu
Office
SL333
Affiliated Department or Office
Education
PhD University of New Hampshire
MA University of Nebraska at Kearney
Charlotte (Lottie) Richard is a historian specializing in transnational African Diaspora history with an emphasis on African American and Caribbean history in the era of the Long Freedom Movement. Dr. Richard’s scholarly focus is on the intersections of activism and political movements throughout the African Diaspora. Her work crosses geographical and geopolitical boundaries to connect movements, ideas, and struggles in the Caribbean, North America, and Africa. Dr. Richard’s research has been presented at international African Diaspora History conferences and has been published in peer-reviewed journals. Her forthcoming book looks at the influence Jamaica had on the American Civil Rights Movement and will be part of the Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora series through the University of Rochester Press. Before coming to WPI, Dr. Richard received her Ph.D. from the University of New Hampshire, where she taught for six years, and served as affiliated faculty at both Emerson College and Merrimack College.
Email
crichard@wpi.edu
Affiliated Department or Office
Education
PhD University of New Hampshire
MA University of Nebraska at Kearney
Charlotte (Lottie) Richard is a historian specializing in transnational African Diaspora history with an emphasis on African American and Caribbean history in the era of the Long Freedom Movement. Dr. Richard’s scholarly focus is on the intersections of activism and political movements throughout the African Diaspora. Her work crosses geographical and geopolitical boundaries to connect movements, ideas, and struggles in the Caribbean, North America, and Africa. Dr. Richard’s research has been presented at international African Diaspora History conferences and has been published in peer-reviewed journals. Her forthcoming book looks at the influence Jamaica had on the American Civil Rights Movement and will be part of the Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora series through the University of Rochester Press. Before coming to WPI, Dr. Richard received her Ph.D. from the University of New Hampshire, where she taught for six years, and served as affiliated faculty at both Emerson College and Merrimack College.
Office
SL333
Scholarly Work
“Hailing Jamaican Independence: Jamaica’s Independence Movement and the American Press,” Siyabonana: The Africana Studies Journal 1, no. 2 (Summer 2023): 96-116, https://www.journalofafricanastudies.com/_files/ugd/062711_a9d2b916a8394b3eba42071b9dbebc59.pdf.
“Jump Nyabinghi: Black Radical Militancy, Rastafarianism, and Jamaican Cultural Influence on Black America,” Journal of Black Studies 55, no. 2 (February 2024): 117-138, https://doi.org/10.1177/0021934723121337.
Small Axe: Jamaican Decolonization and the Civil Rights Movement, University of Rochester Press, Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora, forethcoming.