Andrea Allen

Andrea conducted ethnographic fieldwork in the study of Candomble in Brazil while an undergraduate at Northwestern University. While working with BHLP, she completed her Masters in Theological Studies at Harvard Divinity School, where she furthered her study of African Diaspora cultures and their religious traditions. Her study for the BHLP focused on the culturally based ways Brazilian women in the Boston area describe feelings and/or symptoms of "sadness" or "tristeza," and how they deal with these emotions. In particular, she will explore whether spiritual beliefs and practices are a factor in their response and, if so, in what kinds of ways.

View Andrea's BHLP work:
Meanings of "Sadness" and the Use of Religious Beliefs and Practices
by Brazilian Women in the Boston Area

What is she up to now?
Doctoral Student, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University