Pamela Zabala Ortiz
@pamelazabalaortiz
She/her/ella • Afro-Latina Scholar and Sociologist • Assistant Professor • Studying race making, identity, and belonging • Boston • 📚☕️🇩🇴 www.pamelazabalaortiz.com www.substack.com/@pamelazabalaortiz
It was wonderful to hear Darializa Avila Chevalier speak at CUNY today for the Resisting Authoritarianism conference.
Last week, I got to spend time doing research in the Dominican National Archives and workshop my book manuscript with fellow Dominican writers in Santo Domingo.
These pictures from Team Curaçao are art. Love seeing natural hair represented so beautifully.
New paper, out today. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Had a wonderful discussion on Afro-Latinidad and racial authenticity narratives at UMass Boston’s Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy today.
Attending the Power of Narrative Conference at BU this weekend. Excited to learn about how narrative and storytelling can be leveraged during these dark times.
It was great to be back at Duke Sociology this week to talk about my work with the Race Workshop. It was a very full circle moment for me, having once been the graduate student organizer. Durham will always have a special place in my heart.
Honored to be a 2025 recipient of the Andrés Torres Paper Series Award from The Mauricio Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy.