Shelby Sinclair

Shelby Sinclair is Assistant Professor of African American & African Studies at the University of Virginia’s Carter G. Woodson Institute. She specializes in the history of U.S. empire, military occupation, gender, and resistance in the Caribbean and its diasporas. Her current book project explores Haitian women’s lives and labors during the 19-year U.S. military occupation of Haiti (1915-1934). Dr. Sinclair is the recipient of fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the American Historical Association, and the Provost's Fellows Program at Dartmouth College. She earned her PhD in History, African American Studies, and Gender & Sexuality Studies from Princeton University and BA from Stanford University.