A Vital Matters Voice: Gina Athena Ulysse
Gina Athena
Ulysse
Professor, Graduate Director
Feminist Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz
BIOGRAPHY
Gina Athena Ulysse, professor and graduate director of feminist studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is a Haitian American artist and scholar. She earned a doctorate in anthropology from the University of Michigan. Over the past three decades, her art and writing practice has entailed ongoing crossings and dialogues in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Her research centers on the intricate intersections of geopolitics, historical representations, and the quotidian experiences of Black diasporic communities. Among her publications is the groundbreaking Why Haiti Needs New Narratives: A Post-Quake Chronicle—a trilingual collection of short-form essays and opinion pieces published in 2015. Ulysse is an Op-Ed Project alum and ambassador. Her latest book, A Call to Rasanblaj: Black Feminist Futures and Ethnographic Aesthetics, was first published in Greek in 2023.
