Elyse Veloria

Elyse Veloria (she/her) is a PhD candidate of Cultural Anthropology at Duke University with a certificate in African American Studies. Her ethnographic dissertation project focuses on land, feminist labor, and livability in the demilitarized island of Vieques, Puerto Rico. She also writes about popular culture and aesthetics of nostalgia. Previously, she conducted archival research with the support of the Goizueta Foundation Graduate Fellowship Program at the Cuban Heritage Collection. Before pursuing her doctorate, she graduated from Bowdoin College and lived in Colombia as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant.