Kessie Alexandre

Kessie Alexandre is an Assistant Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University's College of Arts & Science. Her work focuses on the intersections of race, place, and environment, particularly in urban water insecurity contexts. She holds a PhD in Anthropology from Princeton University and a BA in Anthropology and Public Health from Johns Hopkins University.

• PhD: Princeton University (2020), with a certificate in African American Studies
• BA: Johns Hopkins University (2013)

Her research explores Black environmental organizing against urban water issues (flooding, contamination, pollution) in Newark, NJ, supported by grants from the Mellon Foundation, ACLS, Wenner-Gren, and others. Current projects address anti-blackness and environmental change in Caribbean climate vulnerability contexts.

Publications appear in journals like Geoforum, Current Anthropology, and Environmental History. She previously held roles as a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University and an assistant professor at the University of Washington, Seattle.