Profiles in "Colonialism" Expertise Area

  • Vanessa Fonseca-Chávez is a Chicana scholar whose research focuses on place studies, rural communities, and the legacies of colonialism in Chicanx and Indigenous literature and culture.
  • Free is Associate Professor of English, affiliate faculty in Gender and Women's Studies, and Barret Honors College faculty.
  • Capielo Rosario’s research interests include Latinx psychology, migration processes, and how coloniality impacts the mental health of Latinx communities in the United States, particularly Puerto Ricans.
  • Corlett is a historian and professional project manager interested in public history institutions and projects.
  • Harleen Kaur is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Sanford School. Her research interests are in racism, state formation, and belonging, while her teaching covers a variety of local and global approaches to inequalities.