• 1928 BA Anthropology; Barnard College
  • 1919-1923 Howard University
  • 1920 AA; Howard Academy
  • A recipient of anthropological awards, prizes, and honors at the University of Florida and the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.
  • Areas of Research: Folklore, Caribbean and African American culture
  • Selected Publications: Mules and Men (1935), Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica (1938), Dust Tracks on a Road (1942)