Eva Michelle Wheeler
Biographic Data
| ID | 904872 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eva Michelle Wheeler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eva Michelle |
| FAMILY NAME | Wheeler |
| SIGNATURE | WHEELER E M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Providence College |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8595-5954 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
‘You were Cape Verdean before you were American’
Existing research on Cape Verdean identities centers known heritage as the primary determinant of sociocultural positioning. Less frequently studied is the practice of discursively bringing non‐Cape Verdeans into a Cape Verdean imaginary through readings of language and race. Framed by the tactics of intersubjectivity and employing an autoethnographic lens, the present analysis attends to the ways that language and race converge in (un)official c…
(Un)becoming indio
Dominican use of the Spanish term indio to describe skin color and Black-whiteFootnote1 mixture has sparked debates in academic and social spheres for decades. Despite vehement (inter)national opposition, 'indio' has flourished as a perceivable and linguistically intelligible category of meaning in the Dominican Republic (DR). Although research on the Dominican racial setting has frequently engaged the term, existing studies do not elaborate indi…
Language, Identity, and Racialization
Conversations on race and systemic racism have persisted since long before the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and countless other murdered and missing Black, Brown, and Indigenous people. In an ever-enduring global pandemic and following a wave of resistance to racial oppression and violence, U.S. institutions are now facing a reckoning for the ways in which they maintain racialized power dynamics and exacerbate inequities …
Brokering communication in sacred spaces
Although research on 'language brokering' has grown steadily over the past two decades, the specific characteristics and challenges of this type of interpretation work have yet to be fully explored. The present analysis examines the specific practices involved when bilingual youth interpret in religious services. Although underexplored in the language-brokering scholarship, religious services present a novel and revalatory context for the examina…
Race, Legacy, and Lineage in the Dominican Republic
The US academy has a complicated relationship with the Dominican racial setting. Although for decades scholars from diverse disciplines have examined race in the Dominican Republic, the prevailing
Race, Legacy, and Lineage in the Dominican Republic
The US academy has a complicated relationship with the Dominican racial setting. Although for decades scholars from diverse disciplines have examined race in the Dominican Republic, the prevailing
Race, Legacy, and Lineage in the Dominican Republic
The US academy has a complicated relationship with the Dominican racial setting. Although for decades scholars from diverse disciplines have examined race in the Dominican Republic, the prevailing
Brokering communication in sacred spaces
Although research on 'language brokering' has grown steadily over the past two decades, the specific characteristics and challenges of this type of interpretation work have yet to be fully explored. The present analysis examines the specific practices involved when bilingual youth interpret in religious services. Although underexplored in the language-brokering scholarship, religious services present a novel and revalatory context for the examina…
Language, Identity, and Racialization
Conversations on race and systemic racism have persisted since long before the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and countless other murdered and missing Black, Brown, and Indigenous people. In an ever-enduring global pandemic and following a wave of resistance to racial oppression and violence, U.S. institutions are now facing a reckoning for the ways in which they maintain racialized power dynamics and exacerbate inequities …
(Un)becoming indio
Dominican use of the Spanish term indio to describe skin color and Black-whiteFootnote1 mixture has sparked debates in academic and social spheres for decades. Despite vehement (inter)national opposition, 'indio' has flourished as a perceivable and linguistically intelligible category of meaning in the Dominican Republic (DR). Although research on the Dominican racial setting has frequently engaged the term, existing studies do not elaborate indi…
‘You were Cape Verdean before you were American’
Existing research on Cape Verdean identities centers known heritage as the primary determinant of sociocultural positioning. Less frequently studied is the practice of discursively bringing non‐Cape Verdeans into a Cape Verdean imaginary through readings of language and race. Framed by the tactics of intersubjectivity and employing an autoethnographic lens, the present analysis attends to the ways that language and race converge in (un)official c…
Multilingual Education and Policy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works)