Manoucheka Celeste (Interdisciplinary Degree Programs) is featured in the article "Haitian Renewal" in the Feb. 12 edition of Diverse Issues in Higher Education. The article highlights the growing field of Haitian studies and includes experts in the field who weigh in on the important contributions and future of Haitian studies. She is an elected board member of the Haitian Studies Association and is the chair of its Emerging Scholars Committee. Her forthcoming book, Race, Gender, and Citizenship in the African Diaspora: Traveling Blackness (Routledge), uses Haiti and Cuba as case studies to discuss media representations of blackness, immigration, and citizenship.