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Reighan A. Gillam is an Associate Professor in the Department of Latin American, Latino & Caribbean Studies at Dartmouth College. Her work focuses on Afro-Brazilian cultural production, race representation, and visual media activism. She holds a B.A. from the University of Virginia and both an M.A. and Ph.D. from Cornell University.
Education:
- B.A., University of Virginia, Charlottesville
- M.A., Cornell University
- Ph.D., Cornell University
Her research explores how Afro-Brazilian communities leverage visual culture to challenge racial exceptionalism, with particular attention to digital protest imagery, cinema, and urban art. Recent projects include analyzing São Paulo's Afro-Paulista visual culture and the intersection of fashion studies with Black diasporic identity.
Research Trends: Over the past decade, her work has increasingly focused on:
- Transnational Black cultural production
- Visual ethnography of racialized spaces
- Digital media as antiracist tools
- Black feminist film methodologies
Advising & Grants: While specific grant details are not listed, her prolific publication record suggests sustained research investment. No advisee names are publicly listed in available materials.
Her work is housed within Dartmouth's Latin American Studies program, contributing to interdisciplinary dialogues on race, media, and cultural sovereignty in the Global South.
