Alicia L. Monroe

Alicia L. Monroe serves as a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of African, African-American, and Diaspora Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she contributes to interdisciplinary scholarship on the global Black experience.

Her academic foundation includes a doctorate in Latin American History from Emory University, providing critical context for her specialized research in diaspora studies.

Dr. Monroe's research examines the intersection of religion, identity, and civic development within African-descended communities, with primary focus on Black confraternities' religious practices and post-emancipation Afro-Brazilian societal organization during the late 19th and 20th centuries. This work bridges historical analysis with contemporary understandings of diaspora formation and resilience across the Atlantic world.

Her scholarly contributions have been recognized through prestigious competitive awards:

• J. William Fulbright Fellowship for international research
• Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery Fellowship supporting slavery studies

While specific details about current advisees and grant portfolios remain unspecified in available sources, her research trajectory demonstrates sustained engagement with foundational questions of freedom, identity, and community building in the African diaspora. No laboratory or research team affiliations were documented in the source material.