Regine Romain
Regine Romain
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Haitian/Caribbean arts and media, Visual Anthropology, Immigrant/Third culture studies, African diaspora spirituality/religions, Memory/Family archives, Black Diaspora Representation, Photography, Filmmaking, and Radio/Podcasting
Régine Romain is a multi-lingual Haitian-American artist, educator, and visual/media researcher. She uses photographs, film/video, and performance—to center Black diaspora spirituality, identity, narratives and futures.
While living in Benin (2016-2018), she founded the WaWaWa Diaspora Centre to heal historic wounds from the TransAtlantic Slave Trade through arts and education. Régine is the director/producer of the award-winning short film and podcast “Brooklyn to Benin: A Vodou Pilgrimage” and “Vodou Roots.” In 2020, she authored "Nou Pap Bliye: A Haitian Coloring Book" and is a 2022 NYSCA grant recipient.
Régine holds a BA | Bowie State University and a MA | Goldsmiths, University of London, and is pursuing a PhD in Cultural Studies.
Selected Publications
Romain, Régine. “NOU PAP BLIYE: A Haitian Coloring Book (2020): Print.
Romain, Régine. “AYITI: Reaching Higher Ground.” Meridians Vol 11, No. 1 (2011): 132-140. Print.
Courses Taught
COMM-101: Fundamentals of Communication
Education
M.A. | Photography and Urban Culture | Goldsmiths - University of London
B.A. | International Studies | Bowie State University
Recent Presentations
MCL/Cultural Studies Faculty & Grad Student Forum #13 | George Mason University | "Reimagining Return" (2026)
CAMRA 2026 Screening Scholarship Media Festival (SSMF): Portals. | University of Pennsylvania |"Currents of Black Spirituality: Portals, Memory, and Decolonial Praxis" (2026)
Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture | Tulane University | "Reimagining Return: Media, Memory and the Reconstruction of Black Diasporic Identities" (2026)
Africa In Transition Conference | University of Ghana | "Reclaiming Belonging: African Diaspora Return and the Transformative Power of Heritage Tourism in West Africa" (2025)
Vodou Symposium | Xavier University | "Reclaiming Narrative Power: Vodou, Biomythography and the Art of Storytelling in the Digital Age" (2025)
Pop Culture Ideas Lab | George Mason University | "Brooklyn to Benin: A Vodou Pilgrimage" (2024)
Visions For Liberation: Third Cinema Revisited | Haverford College - Mellon Symposium "Ancestral Assemblages: Representing African Diaspora Spirituality in Film" (2021)
In the Media
CARIBBEAN LIFE "VODOU ROOTS" ARTICLE (2021)
CARIBBEAN LIFE "NOU PAP BLIYE" ARTICLE (2021)
BBC AFRICA NEWS INTERVIEW (2017)