Makhai Dickerson-Pells

Makhai Pells was born and raised in the town of Barnstable on Cape Cod, Ma. He received a BA in History from UMass Amherst in 2021. Aside from academics he was involved in cultural student organizations at UMass as the former President of the African Student Association, Vice President of the Cape Verdean Student Alliance, and Event Coordinator for the Native American Student Association. His research interests include Afro-Indigenous identity, cultural syncretism, African Diasporic studies, languages (including creoles and pidgins) Black Maritime history, and the cross-cultural relationships of Black and Indigenous peoples in the Americas, especially in New England and the eastern United States.