Carla D. Martin
Lecturer in African and African American Studies, Harvard University
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Carla D. Martin is a Lecturer in African and African American Studies at Harvard University. Her research as a socially engaged anthropologist is presently focused on the ethics of labor in cocoa and chocolate, and before that on the politics of language and music in Cabo Verde and its diaspora. Additionally, she founded and serves as the President of the Board of the Institute for Cacao and Chocolate Research (ICCR), a scholar-led 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to reducing information asymmetry in the cocoa-chocolate value chain. Martin lectures widely and has taught extensively in African and African American Studies, critical food studies, social anthropology, and ethnomusicology, receiving numerous awards in recognition of excellence in research and teaching. Read samples of her published work at ResearchGate.
