Nikita Carney

<p><em>Mainstream media and scholarship dismisses Haiti as the “poorest country in the Western Hemisphere” and fixates on Haiti’s weak infrastructure, chronic political instability, and outflow of refugees. Through her research, Nikita intends to tell a very different story about Haiti, emphasizing how central the nation and its people are to understanding transnational processes of defining the national boundaries. The strength, resilience, and adaptability of the Haitian nation enable it to thrive in enclaves across the world. Her research project is a multi-sited, transnational study that examines how migrant Haitian women negotiate cultural citizenship and national belonging through their relationships to the paid workforce.</em></p>