Claudine Michel is the editor of the Journal of Haitian Studies[1] and a professor emerita[2] of Black studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
[3] Michel is the Director of the UCSB Center for Black Studies Research.
[4] Michel believes that aid after the 2010 Haiti earthquake is too top-to-bottom, resulting in Haiti "losing [its] soul".
[5] The Claudine Michel Fund at UC Santa Barbara was created in her honor, and awards "diverse faculty, staff and/or students".
[7] Michel received the Haitian Studies Association Service Award in 2008, particularly for her work as editor of the Journal of Haitian Studies.