Carla Martin papers (MSS-0074)

Biographical/Historical Note

Dr. Carla Martin completed her B.A. in Anthropology in 2003, her M.A. in Anthropology in 2007, and her Ph.D. in African and African American Studies in 2012, all from Harvard University. An interdisciplinary social anthropologist, Martin lectures widely and has taught classes in African and African American Studies, critical food studies, social anthropology, and ethnomusicology. In 2011, she founded the Fine Cacao and Chocolate Institute, a nonprofit with a mission “dedicated to identifying, developing, and promoting fine cacao and chocolate.” Since 2014, Dr. Martin has been a Lecturer in the Department of African and African American Studies at Harvard University, and in 2021 she became the department’s Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies. Dr. Martin researches the politics of fine cacao and chocolate globally. Her previous research examined language inequality in Cape Verde and its diaspora. She has contributed her writings to publications Transition Magazine, Social Dynamics, The Root, US History Scene, Sodade Magazine, Socio.hu, The Savannah Review, and edited volumes.