Yale Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity & Transnational Migration

Yale Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity & Transnational Migration An academic and research center devoted to advancing intellectual work related to Ethnic Studies

Congratulations to the 2026 winners of the Henry K. Hayase Prize and the Justice Carlos R. Moreno Prizes! Winners were s...
05/26/2026

Congratulations to the 2026 winners of the Henry K. Hayase Prize and the Justice Carlos R. Moreno Prizes! Winners were selected by faculty selection committees and announced during the 2026 commencement ceremonies.

Established in 1988, the Henry K. Hayase Prize is awarded annually to the best student paper or senior essay dealing with a topic relating to Asian American experiences in the United States.

Established in the fall of 2009, the Justice Carlos R. Moreno Prize is awarded annually to the best senior essay focusing on the field of Latinx Studies, or on the Latinx experience in the United States.

Learn more about the prizes at ritm.yale.edu

We asked our community: what’s an underrated book from your academic studies that deserves more attention?Former RITM Gr...
05/01/2026

We asked our community: what’s an underrated book from your academic studies that deserves more attention?

Former RITM Graduate Fellow Jorge Bañuelos reflects on “Social Science as Imperialism: The Theory of Political Development” by Claude Ake. The book challenges the assumed neutrality of social science, offering a critical lens on how academic frameworks can reproduce imperialist logics while pointing toward alternative ways of thinking and studying power.

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What’s an underrated book that’s stayed with you? Comment below!

04/15/2026

Get to know Amanda Reid and her work in our RITM Faculty Highlights Series (Part 3)!

Amanda Reid is an Assistant Professor of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies. Prior to coming to Yale, Amanda was a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford Humanities Center and a Lecturer in Stanford University TAPS (2020-2022). She writes and teaches about dance, q***r studies, transnational/diasporic archival methodologies, and post-colonial Caribbean black radicalism. Her first book, Smaddification: Dance and Decolonization in Jamaica (Duke University Press, 2026), explores maximalist q***r diaspora aesthetics in Jamaican concert dance to theorize West Indian regional visions of blackness, bodily freedom, and cultural autonomy. Her work can be found in Theatre Journal and The Oxford Handbook of Black Dance Studies (OUP, forthcoming 2025).

Learn more about our work at ritm.yale.edu.

03/30/2026

Get to know Amanda Reid and her work in our RITM Faculty Highlights Series (Part 2)!

Amanda Reid is an Assistant Professor of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies. Prior to coming to Yale, Amanda was a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford Humanities Center and a Lecturer in Stanford University TAPS (2020-2022). She writes and teaches about dance, q***r studies, transnational/diasporic archival methodologies, and post-colonial Caribbean black radicalism. Her first book, Smaddification: Dance and Decolonization in Jamaica (Duke University Press, 2026), explores maximalist q***r diaspora aesthetics in Jamaican concert dance to theorize West Indian regional visions of blackness, bodily freedom, and cultural autonomy. Her work can be found in Theatre Journal and The Oxford Handbook of Black Dance Studies (OUP, forthcoming 2025).

Learn more about our work at ritm.yale.edu.

03/25/2026

Get to know Amanda Reid and her work in our RITM Faculty Highlights Series (Part 1)!

Amanda Reid is an Assistant Professor of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies. Prior to coming to Yale, Amanda was a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford Humanities Center and a Lecturer in Stanford University TAPS (2020-2022). She writes and teaches about dance, q***r studies, transnational/diasporic archival methodologies, and post-colonial Caribbean black radicalism. Her first book, Smaddification: Dance and Decolonization in Jamaica (Duke University Press, 2026), explores maximalist q***r diaspora aesthetics in Jamaican concert dance to theorize West Indian regional visions of blackness, bodily freedom, and cultural autonomy. Her work can be found in Theatre Journal and The Oxford Handbook of Black Dance Studies (OUP, forthcoming 2025).

Learn more about our work at ritm.yale.edu.

03/16/2026

Brett Voyles, History: RITM Research Showcase, Fall 2025

Throughout the year, the RITM Center supports graduate and undergraduate students as they conduct research across the country and the world on topics related to race, indigeneity, and transnational migration. RITM’s Three-Minute Research Showcase is an opportunity for recipients of RITM Research and Conference Travel Awards to share their summer research projects.

Brett Voyles is a PhD student studying modern Latin American history. She is particularly interested in thinking through the connection between the Cold War and Pink Tide revolutions in places like Cuba and Venezuela. Her interests broadly include race, gender, revolutionary and counterrevolutionary movements, and state formation/consolidation.

Before coming to Yale, Brett earned a BSFS in International History at Georgetown University and an MA in history from New York University. Between her undergraduate studies and graduate school, Brett worked in non-profit organizations in Washington DC focused on civil society and due process across Latin America.

Learn more about our work at ritm.yale.edu.

03/12/2026

Tia Smith, Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism: RITM Research Showcase Fall 2025

Throughout the year, the RITM Center supports graduate and undergraduate students as they conduct research across the country and the world on topics related to race, indigeneity, and transnational migration. RITM’s Three-Minute Research Showcase is an opportunity for recipients of RITM Research and Conference Travel Awards to share their summer research projects.

Tia Smith is an MFA Candidate at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale.

Learn more about our work at ritm.yale.edu.

Registration is now open for the keynote of “First America: The Legacies of the Declaration of Independence for Native N...
03/11/2026

Registration is now open for the keynote of “First America: The Legacies of the Declaration of Independence for Native Nations.”

Scan the QR code to register today.

Cosponsored by the Yale Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration.

📣 Applications are now open for the ASCEND Faculty Fellowship at Yale University.The American Studies Program and the Ce...
03/10/2026

📣 Applications are now open for the ASCEND Faculty Fellowship at Yale University.

The American Studies Program and the Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration (RITM) invite faculty from select HBCUs to apply for a semester-long research residency at Yale in Fall 2026 or Spring 2027.

Deadlines:
Fall 2026: March 23, 2026
Spring 2027: May 1, 2026

Scan the QR codes above to learn more.

03/09/2026

Houngan Collin Edouard, Music (Ethnomusicology): RITM Research Showcase Fall 2025

Throughout the year, the RITM Center supports graduate and undergraduate students as they conduct research across the country and the world on topics related to race, indigeneity, and transnational migration. RITM’s Three-Minute Research Showcase is an opportunity for recipients of RITM Research and Conference Travel Awards to share their summer research projects.

Collin Edouard is an educator, author, activist, and music director who focuses his career on equity, inclusivity, and representation. He has invested time in the theoretical and practical study of music and music education at the University of Cambridge (Gates Cambridge Scholar), Columbia University(Dr. Beverly E. Johnson Annual Fund Scholar), The City College of New York (summa cm laude, Phi Beta Kappa 2016) and Seminole State College of Florida. Currently, Collin is a second-year ethnomusicology Ph.D. Student at Yale University researching the vocality in a Haitian Vodou ceremony. He is an adjunct professor of music at the University of Bridgeport and created a course called “Music of the Global South.” In this course, students survey several cultures, building connections within several diasporic communities. Collin focuses on expanding access to music and music education, particularly with music less frequently circulated. He is a contributing author in The New Teacher’s Guide to Overcoming Common Challenges, Curated Advice from Award-Winning Teachers. He taught music in Spain, Uganda, Turkey, India, Iraq, England, and the United States. Collin has initiated music festivals, created choirs, adjusted music curricula, and continues to advocate for BIPOC lives and voices.

Learn more about our work at ritm.yale.edu.

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