Maria Zyla

Bio

Degrees and Institutions:

B.A in History, University of New Haven 

M.A in Global, International and Comparative History, Georgetown University

Ph.D in Atlantic History, Florida International University (current)

 

Maria Zyla researches twentieth-century Black women´s intellectualism in the Americas. Her project focuses on the life and activism of African-American and Mexican artist Elizabeth Catlett. Maria was awarded the Crossing Latinidades Mellon Fellowship where she worked as a graduate research assistant for the AfroChicanx Digital Humanities Project.