Regine Romain
Regine Romain
Graduate Professional 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 multilingual Haitian-American artist, educator, visual anthropologist and racial justice strategist. As a community-based researcher and cultural producer, she delves into all of her projects with a passion to heal historic wounds.
With 25+ years of teaching, training, and supporting intergenerational communities, she uses photography, film, and podcasting as mixed-media educational tools to nurture awareness, respect, justice and collective engagement in addressing issues of race, representation and culture through participatory and reflective learning practices. Through an extensive global network, she produces transformative curricula, workshops, salons, performances, forums, exhibits/festivals, and tours.
In 2016, she founded the WaWaWa Diaspora Centre in Benin West Africa seeking to advance cultural innovation, reconciliation and healing for the Black descendants of the TransAtlantic Slave Trade on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
A 2022 Brooklyn Public Library Heritage Ambassador and NYSCA filmmaking grant recipient - her work bridges storytelling as cultural recovery, while creating spaces to deepen critical and curative consciousness.
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
PhD student | Cultural Studies | George Mason University
M.A. | Photography and Urban Culture | Goldsmiths - University of London
B.A. | International Studies | Bowie State University
Recent Presentations
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)
Visions For Liberation: Third Cinema Revisted | Haverford College - Mellon Symposium (2021)
In the Media
CARIBBEAN LIFE "VODOU ROOTS" ARTICLE (2021)
CARIBBEAN LIFE "NOU PAP BLIYE" ARTICLE (2021)
BBC AFRICA NEWS INTERVIEW (2017)