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Tanya Huelett, Treasurer
Tanya Huelett earned her PhD in the History of the African Diaspora from New York University. Her areas of concentration were Latin American and the Caribbean, with a focus on Jamaica in the period immediately following the emancipation of the enslaved population. Tanya’s dissertation, titled ‘Cleave to the Black: Identity, Community, and Allegiance-making in Post-Emancipation Jamaica’, focused on the ways that a diverse population of African descendants negotiated the meaning and power of ideas about race, color and community in their struggles for meaningful freedom and self-determination after slavery ended. Tanya is a Senior Program Associate at Facing History and Ourselves (FHAO). FHAO is an international non-profit organization that develops curricula and provides professional development for secondary school teachers. Tanya’s work includes providing one-on-one support for teachers, and leading workshops and seminars on topics ranging from genocide in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries to the struggles of various groups for equal rights and inclusion in societies around the world. Tanya works and lives in New York.
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