Overview
Arielle Rochelin is a PhD candidate in African American History at Duke University, specializing in Black women's history. Her dissertation tells the unsung story of Black missionary women who travelled to the Congo at the turn of the twentieth century.
As Co-Director of the Black Reproductive Justice Archive, she leads a digital oral-history initiative documenting the experiences of people working at the forefront of Black maternal and reproductive health. In this role, she has trained and mentored student researchers, collaborated with interdisciplinary teams, supported the collection of roughly 70 oral histories, and helped translate scholarly research into an accessible digital resource. Before beginning her doctorate work, she spent seven years teaching in the United States and Senegal.
Her work has been supported by the Einaudi Dissertation Fellowship and Duke's Dissertation Travel Award.
Educational Background
Ph.D. in African American History, Duke University
M.A. of Arts (History), Cornell University, Ithaca
M.A. in Education, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
B.A. in African Studies and International Politics, Atlanta, GA