Dr. Danielle Clealand

Biography

Danielle Pilar Clealand is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mexican American and Latino/a Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an M.A. in Latin American and Caribbean Studies from New York University, and a B.A. in International Relations from Tufts University. Her research explores Black politics, group consciousness, and racial inequality, particularly within the Spanish-speaking Caribbean and the United States, utilizing a mixed-methods interdisciplinary approach. Clealand's book, 'Power Race Cuba: Racial Ideology and Black Consciousness in the Revolution', highlights the structural racism present in Cuba and its impact on Black solidarity. She has received the W.E.B. Du Bois Distinguished Book Award from the National Conference of Black Political Scientists. Currently, she is working on projects that focus on the experiences of Black Latinos in the U.S. and the Black migration narrative, particularly in relation to community building and political attitudes. Clealand's work has been published in journals such as the Annual Review of Political Science and Ethnic and Racial Studies, and she serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies.

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