Frantzso Marcelin
Email: fmarc013@fiu.edu
Bio
Atlantic History: Florida International University
Advisor: Dr. Saheed Aderinto
Frantzo Marcelin is a fourth-year Ph.D Student in the Atlantic History Department at Florida International University. His dissertation explores the intersection of François "Papa Doc" Duvalier presidency and the Noiriste movement, particularly the Les Griots Collective, of which François Duvalier was a member. This research aims to investigate how and why Duvalier has simultanously utilized and subverted Noirisime as an ideology of nationhood, and the consequence that this strategy had on the vitality of his presidential tenure.