Anne Eller

Anne Eller is an Associate Professor of Latin American and Caribbean History at Yale University, specializing in the intersection of emancipation, anticolonial movements, and Caribbean sovereignty. She holds a PhD in History from NYU, where her dissertation on Dominican independence earned the Dean’s Prize.

Her research explores the interconnected histories of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, emphasizing popular resistance and transnational solidarity. Key works include We Dream Together (2016), which reinterprets Dominican independence within a broader Caribbean context, and a 2022 collaborative study on Haitian archival preservation. Her work has been supported by the Fulbright-Hays Program and multiple fellowships.

Eller teaches courses on Caribbean political thought, Atlantic history, and the African Diaspora. Her articles analyze themes like post-emancipation agency, gendered protest, and the legacies of colonial historiography. Awards include the Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Prize for scholarly excellence and recognition from the Haitian Studies Association.

• Awards: Isis Duarte Book Prize (2017), Avant Garde Book Prize (2017), Andrés Ramos Mattei—Neville Hall Article Prize (2018)
• Grants: British Library Endangered Archives Programme, U.S. Fulbright-Hays Scholarship
• Labs/Teams: Collaborations with the Bibliothèque Haïtienne des Frères de l’Instruction Chrétienne on digital preservation projects