Department of Africana Studies

Alexandria Miller

Graduate Student, Fall 2019 Cohort
Research Interests Caribbean Studies, Music

Biography

Alexandria Miller earned her B.A. with distinction in African & African American Studies and History from Duke University, where she served on the Student Project Team of the SNCC Digital Gateway Project. Her research interests include social movements, Caribbean performance art and music, and Afro-Jamaican women’s protest. Her current research explores the history of Jamaican reggae and contemporary music culture and activism. Alexandria is the US Editor of BASHY Magazine, a quarterly digital and print publication on Jamaica and its diaspora. She was selected as one of the 30 Under 30 Caribbean American Emerging Leaders by the Institute of Caribbean Studies in 2018. Before graduate school, Alexandria served as a College Advisor with the Duke College Advising Corps. and as a Research Associate at the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity.