Elizabeth Perez
I am a scholar of Afro-Atlantic religious formations. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Chicago Divinity School in March, 2010. Courses I have taught include "Religion and American Culture," "Gender and Religion in the African Diaspora," "African Religions of the Americas," "Envisioning Vodoun: Haitian Popular Religion in Historical Perspective," and "The Virgin of Guadalupe: From Tilma to Tattoo." I also drew on my ethnographic experience and training as a historian of religions to teach two courses at Carleton College in Spring 2010: "Religion and Music in Cuba" and "Goddesses."
I spent 2010-2011 as a University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Berkeley, carrying out a research project entitled, “Between Bodies and Worlds: Women and ‘Trans’ People in the Lucumí/Santería Tradition." I am now an assistant professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where I look forward to offering a variety of classes on Afro-Diasporic religions, among other subjects in my field.
I spent 2010-2011 as a University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Berkeley, carrying out a research project entitled, “Between Bodies and Worlds: Women and ‘Trans’ People in the Lucumí/Santería Tradition." I am now an assistant professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where I look forward to offering a variety of classes on Afro-Diasporic religions, among other subjects in my field.
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