Graduate Student Bios

Hawa Diallo, from Crown Heights, Brooklyn, by way of Guinea, West Africa, is a graduate of the MA in the Study of the Americas program at The City College of New York. She also holds a BA in Black Studies and History, with a minor in women's studies from CCNY, where she was a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow. Her research interest is centered on the experiences of Francophone West Africans, specifically relating to police violence in New York City. During her graduate studies, Hawa examined the impacts of police violence on West African immigrants, focusing on the Fulani-Guinean community in New York City following the tragic shooting of Amadou Diallo. Her research delves into the social and political dynamics that affected the Fulani-Guinean population following this incident.