Carlo Handy Charles

Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Windsor (Canada), a Visiting Scholar at the University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, and a Fellow at the CNRS French Collaborative Institute on Migrations in Paris

Carlo Handy Charles is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Windsor, a Visiting Scholar at the University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, and a Fellow at the CNRS French Collaborative Institute on Migrations in Paris. His research examines the intersection of transnational migration, race, gender, sexualities, socioeconomic inequalities, and health among migrants and nonmigrants, especially Haitians, in the Americas, the Caribbean, and Europe. His publications have appeared in several peer-reviewed journals. Over the years, his interest in transformative research has motivated him to publish op-eds and give numerous media interviews in outlets such as The Conversation, Policy Options, The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, and Le Monde. Beyond academia, Charles uses community-based research reports and creative writing in theatre and manga to disseminate knowledge to the general public. In 2022, he co-authored the play ‘Kap O Mond!’, which opened in Paris and has since been produced in nearly a dozen theatres in France and the Caribbean. Kap O Mond! addresses Haitian migration to France and French Humanitarianism in Haiti. In 2024, he co-authored Histoire de Louis, his first manga on Haitian queer sexuality and transnational migration. For more information about his work, visit: https://carlohandycharles.com/