Photo by Ray Llanos
Melissa M. Valle, Ph.D.
Sociologist~ Professor~ Blogger~ Globetrotter
what’s the haps? Upcoming talks, events, etc.
May 25, 2023: Presenter, “Negative Space: Street vendors, regional stigma, and the symbolic value of race in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.” Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice- Rutgers University. “Coffee Talk”. Virtual.
April 13, 2023: Featured guest speaker, “Negative Space: Street vendors, regional stigma, and the symbolic value of race in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.” Urban Studies Speaker Series. The Urban Studies Institute. Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia.
February 14, 2023: Presenter, “Stigma, public space, and the symbolic value of race in Cartagena, Colombia.” Princeton-Mellon Research Forum on the Urban Environment. Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.
February 9, 2023: Featured guest speaker, “Globalizing Gentrification: Lessons from Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.” Global Black Cities Lecture Series. Center for Global Black Studies. University of Miami, Miami, Florida.
August 9, 2021: Served as panel moderator for the special session, “Threats and Attacks in the Age of Trumpism, White Supremacy and Open Carry,” during the American Sociological Association 2021 Virtual Meeting.
October 11, 2020: As a member of the afrolatin@ forum, I moderated a celebration of the life of the late Miriam Jiménez Román. The virtual Konbit/Convite/Ventetú/Junte/Potluck centered food, dialogue, drink, & plenty of good cheer. #miriamjimenezromanpresente
February 27- March 1, 2020: I presented my paper, "The Sociology of Gentrification in and of the Global South" during the 90th annual Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA.
June 20-22, 2019: I presented my paper, "Aping Blackness: Visual Resonance and the Politics of Recognition in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia" during the 37th annual International Visual Sociology Association (IVSA) conference at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York. I will also be exhibiting some of my photographs.
May 23, 2019: Presented my paper, "Aping Blackness: Visual Resonance and the Politics of Recognition in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia" at the Visual Culture pre-Latin American Studies Association workshop, "The Black Image in 19th Century Latin America" in Boston, Massachusetts.
April 11, 2019: Spring 2019 Latino Studies Research Initiative Symposium at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. Dr. Zaire Dinzey-Flores and I will discuss our collaborative research project, “Visibilizing Afro- Latin@s: A Pilot Survey of the Afro-Latin@ Forum.”
Latest Events
Had such a wonderful and fruitful time at the Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE) "Early Career Researcher Workshop – Investigating Institutional Ethnic Inequalities: An international perspective" at The University of Manchester!