Haiti Projects
The Center for Black Studies Research has distinguished itself as the major Haitian studies center west of the Mississippi. The Center has published the Journal of Haitian Studies, the official publication of the Haitian Studies Association, since 1995. In 1997, thirteen scholars at UCSB for a colloquium on Haitian Vodou, "The Spirit and The Reality: Vodou and Haiti." At the end of the conference, these scholars decided to institutionalize their efforts through a new association under the name, the Congress of Santa Barbara—KOSANBA. The Center is a partner in the production of Poto Mitan: Haitian Women, Pillars of the Global Economy, a forthcoming documentary by award-winning filmmaker Renée Bergan and Mark Schuller of Tèt Ansam productions.
KOSANBA (the Congress of Santa Barbara)
A scholarly association for the study of Haitian Vodou
Urban Studies Projects
Kalfou, a Journal of Comparative and Relational Ethnic Studies
Race & Technology
Founded by former director Anna Everett in 2003, the Race & Technology Initiative provides a forum for researchers and professionals to discuss perceptions and realities beyond the digital divide. The resulting two AfroGEEKS conferences and anthology, AfroGEEKS: Beyond the Digital Divide (Anna Everett and Amber Wallace, eds.).
