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Cassandra Shepard
Assistant Professor in the Department of African American and Diaspora Studies at Xavier University of Louisiana and author of Settler Colonialism is the Disaster, offering scholarly research on New Orleans, Katrina, and COVID-19.
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Feb 15, 2026
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Cassandra Shepard, "Settler Colonialism is the Disaster: A Critique of New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina and During the COVID-19 Pandemic" (U Illinois Press, 2026)
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Cassandra Shepard, Assistant Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies and author of Settler Colonialism is the Disaster, offers scholarly research on New Orleans, Katrina, and COVID-19. She traces settler colonialism through disaster capitalism and tourism-driven reconstruction. She weaves lived stories, policing and carceral expansion, cultural spectacle, and possibilities for decolonial rebuilding.
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