A Scholarly Organization Dedicated To African Diaspora Studies
We seek to establish Afro-Latin/American studies as a field that is distinguished by being international, interdisciplinary, inter-ethnic, comparative, and collegial.
ALARA 2023 Conference Registration
Registration is now open for the The Fourteenth Biennial International/ Interdisciplinary Research Conference of the Afro-Latin/American Research Association:
Hemispheric Connections: Collaboration, Critique, Community and the Black Diaspora in the Americas
PALARA: The Publication of the Afro-Latin/American Research Association
The Publication of the Afro-Latin/American Research Association (PALARA) is now open access and is located here:
About ALARA
AFRO-LATIN/AMERICAN RESEARCH ASSOCIATION (ALARA) ALARA is a dynamic organization of individual scholars working in the field of African American Studies. It is the “American” section of the International African American Research Association. We seek to establish African American studies as a field that is distinguished by being international, interdisciplinary, inter-ethnic, comparative, and collegial.
Executive Committee of ALARA
Dr. Luisa Marcela Ossa
La Salle University
ossa@lasalle.edu
Ana Lucía Mosquera Rosado, MA, MLA
Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas
Dr. Debbie Lee-DiStefano
Independent Scholar
Gicela Medina
Washington University in St. Louis
gicela@wustl.edu
Dr. Antonio D. Tillis
Rutgers University - Camden
chancellor@camden.rutgers.edu
Dr. Sonja Watson
Texas Christian University
Dr. Sheridan Wigginton
California Lutheran University
wigginton@callutheran.edu
Tyra Lewis
Clark University
Dr. Sarah Soanirina Ohmer
CUNY, Lehman College
Dr. Dorothy Mosby
Mount Holyoke College