Traci-Ann Wint

Traci-Ann Wint is an Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Smith College. A Black feminist and critical race scholar, her research interrogates the intersections of tourism, racialized gender hierarchies, and Caribbean nation-building projects. Her current book manuscript Reviving Paradise: Tourism and Making the Jamaican Nation analyzes how neocolonial tourism perpetuates plantation-era power structures in the anglophone Caribbean.

• Ph.D. in African and African Diaspora Studies from University of Texas at Austin (2019)
• Micromaster’s in Instructional Design and Technology from University of Maryland Global Campus
• B.A. from Vassar College

Dr. Wint’s peer-reviewed works examine:

• The Tambourine Army’s radical feminist activism in Jamaica
• Maternal politics in the Black Lives Matter era
• Tourism’s role in shaping national narratives

Her scholarship spans critical race theory, gender studies, and digital activism, with a focus on Caribbean contexts. As both a published poet and media producer, she bridges academic and creative practices.