Nicole N. Aljoe

Nicole N. Aljoe is an Associate Professor of English and Africana Studies at Northeastern University, affiliated with the College of Social Sciences and Humanities. She holds a joint appointment in the Department of Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies and directs the Africana Studies Program. Her research focuses on 18th- and early 19th-century Black Atlantic literature, Caribbean studies, and digital humanities, with a particular emphasis on recovering marginalized voices from colonial archives. Aljoe leads projects like the Early Caribbean Digital Archive and collaborates with institutions such as the NULab for Digital Humanities.

Her scholarly work bridges literary analysis, archival research, and digital methodologies. Recent projects include ‘The Secret History of the Sable Venus’, examining representations of Caribbean women in 18th-century texts, and Creole Testimonies, which analyzes slave narratives from the British West Indies. She actively mentors undergraduate researchers on topics ranging from digital literary analysis to Caribbean cultural history.

Aljoe’s affiliations include the Northeastern Humanities Center and the Center for International Affairs & World Cultures. She has contributed to interdisciplinary initiatives such as the Teaching Bioregionalism in a Digital Age and co-edited volumes like Early Caribbean Digital Archive and Testimonies of the Enslaved in the Caribbean Literary History.