Alumni Story: Racquel Bernard '13

"After I graduated, my first position was as Assistant Director of Admissions at Dartmouth. I served as a liaison to the African American community and the Arts community. After being awarded the James B. Reynolds fellowship, I went back to Jamaica (where I was born) and completed my Masters in Cultural Studies at the University of the West Indies. My major in African and African American studies as well as the new skills I had gained from Admissions truly prepared me for my tenure in the Institute of Caribbean Studies and Reggae Studies Unit. I completed their two-year program in one year and completed a research paper entitled "Sounds of Reggae Revolution: Revisiting Peter Tosh's Cultural Legacy." I also presented my first conference paper at the 2015 International Reggae Conference. I am now starting my PhD in American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. I am researching music and the circuits of black consciousness between the United States, various nations in Caribbean, and Brazil." (08/15)