About the Speaker: Jalane Schmidt, associate professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia, has been doing field research in Cuba for 20 years.
Prof. Schmidt cares a lot about activism and the community at UVA, and this engagement class is her passion project. However, the assignments/expectations are ...
My research and teaching is focused upon African diaspora religions of the Caribbean and Latin America, and particularly festivity and ritual.
Kinda in the Big House...and kinda not. #Blackademic. #UVA Professor. Mom. #BlackLivesMatter. Anti-fascist. Foodie. Writer. #Cuba-phile.