Yvonne Chireau

Peggy Chan Professor Emerita of Black Studies and Professor Emerita of Religion

Areas of Expertise

• Black American religion
• Black female spirituality
• African religions in America
• Graphic novels
• Manga

Affiliations

• University of the Underground

In the News

• Teen Vogue - "Sinners Hoodoo Consultant Talks Working With Ryan Coogler & Protecting Black Spirituality On-Screen: 'Blues Is the Music of Hoodoo'"
• Religion Dispatches - "'I Don’t Do Horror, Ryan Coogler' — Black Magic’s Dr. Yvonne Chireau on Sinners and Bringing Hoodoo to Life"
• Magic in the United States - "Rootwork and the Great Migration"
• Atlas Obscura - "Beneath an Old Fireplace, Evidence of the Spirituality of the Enslaved"
• Well + Good - "For Black Millennials and Gen Z, Embracing Hoodoo Is Healing and Transformative"
• Refinery 29 - "How Tarot & Astrology Became Black & Brown Women’s North Star"
• NBC News - '"We're reclaiming these traditions': Black women embrace the spiritual realm"
• Jezebel - "How to Talk About Religion Without Starting a Fight"
• VICE - "Black Magic: Hoodoo Witches Speak Out on the Appropriation of Their Craft"

Profile

• Swarthmore Profile page
• Research website
• Amazon Author page