Patrick Bellegarde-Smith is a professor emeritus of Africology at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.
Bellegarde-Smith is an associate editor of the Journal of Haitian Studies and former president of the Haitian Studies Association and the Congress of Santa Barbara (KOSANBA), a scholarly association for the study of Vodou and other African-derived religions.
[1] He earned his PhD in international relations from American University and he holds degrees in comparative politics and history.
[1] Bellegarde-Smith is the grandson of the Haitian diplomat Dantès Bellegarde.
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