Research:

Dr. Carlo Handy Charles (he/him) is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and a Faculty Member of Graduate Studies and the Black Scholars Institute at the University of Windsor. He is also a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Sociology at the University of Michigan and a Fellow at the CNRS French Collaborative Institute on Migrations in Paris. Using qualitative mixed methods, his research explores the intersection of international migration, race, sexualities, and socioeconomic inequalities among migrants and nonmigrants in the Americas, the Caribbean, and Europe. His current book project examines how men in Haiti form and sustain queer transnational relationships with Haitian immigrants in the United States, Canada, France, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic, as well as the impacts of such relationships on Haiti. 

Dr. Charles completed a dual PhD in Sociology and Geography under the supervision of leading migration scholars Dr. Vic Satzewich (McMaster University) and Dr. Cédric Audebert (CNRS). His award-winning doctoral research was recognized with the prestigious SSHRC-Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholarship, France-Canada Research Fund, Outstanding Graduating Sociology Student Award by the Canadian Sociological Association, and the CNRS Foundation Prize for Best PhD Thesis at the Université des Antilles' Laboratoire Caribéen de Sciences Sociales, among others. He held visiting scholar positions at the University of Toronto's Department of Sociology and  Concordia University's Digital Intimacy, Gender, and Sexuality Lab. Before joining the University of Windsor, he taught Sociology at McMaster University and French at L'Alliance Française de Toronto and L'Alliance Française de Caracas (Venezuela).

In addition to his peer-reviewed publications and op-eds in news media, Dr. Charles uses creative writing to disseminate knowledge to audiences outside academia through research-based art. In 2022, he co-authored with Alice Carré the play 'Kap O Mond!', which opened in Paris at l'Échangeur Theatre and has been produced in a dozen theatres in France since. Kap O Mond! addresses contemporary Haitian migration issues in France and French humanitarianism in Haiti. In Kap O Mond!, Charles uses his sociology and geography background to show how global issues, such as colonialism, global capitalism, and the North-South divide, affect everyday decisions that ordinary citizens make in their personal and professional lives in both the Global North and South. In 2022, he drew on his public scholarship to co-develop with Mark Osmond a script for the film documentary 'Pigs to the Slaughter' in which he analyses how race, ethnicity, sexuality, socio-economic status, and online technology intersect to shape the latest crypto-currency romance scams, which have defrauded investors of hundreds of millions of dollars globally. In 2024, he launched his first manga on homosexuality in Haiti. 

For more information about his research, art projects, community engagements, and public policy work, visit his website: https://carlohandycharles.com/ 

Research and Teaching Areas:

• Sociology of International Migration
  
• Diaspora, Transnationalism, and Refugee Studies
  
• Sociology of Sexualities
  
• Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 
  
• Inequality and Intersectionality
  
• Qualitative Methods and Ethnography
  

Recent Courses Taught:

Course Instructor:

• Sexualities and Social Change, University of Windsor, Winter 2025
  
• Qualitative Research Design, University of Windsor, Winter 2024, 2025
  
• Advanced Seminar on Race and Ethnicity, University of Windsor, Winter and Fall 2024
  
• Inequality and Intersectionality in Online Dating, University of Windsor, Fall 2023
  
• Advanced Analysis of Contemporary Sociological Theory, McMaster University, Winter 2023 
  
• Selected Topics in Sociology: Migration, Sex, Race, and Inequality in Online Dating, McMaster University, Fall 2022 
  

Guest Lecturer:

• Migration Experiences: Theory and Practice, Dr. Luin Goldring, York University, Fall 2022
  
• Race and COVID-19, Dr. William Bukowski, Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Fall 2020
  
• Race and Ethnic Relations, Dr. Alejandro Hernandez, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia University, Summer II 2020
  
• Introduction to Sociological Research (Methods), Dr. Lisa Kaida, Department of Sociology, McMaster University, Winter 2020
  
• Interculturalité et Développement, Dr. Audrey Rousseau, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Fall 2018
  

Full- and Part-Time French Teacher:

• French as a Second Language, Alliance Française de Toronto, ON, Canada, January - August 2017
  
• French as a Second Language, Alliance Française de Caracas, Venezuela, July 2011- August 2013
  

Education:

• Ph.D. Sociology, 2023, McMaster University 
  
• Ph.D. Geography, 2023, Université des Antilles
  
• M.A. Sociology, 2018, York University, Toronto, Canada
  
• Graduate Diploma in Refugee and Migration Studies, 2018, York University's Centre for Refugee Studies 
  
• Maîtrise Sociology, 2017, Université Lumière Lyon II, France
  
• B.A. Sociology and B.A. Psychology, 2016, Université Lumière Lyon II, France
  
• Certificate of Teaching and Assessing French Tests DELF and DALF, 2012, Centre International d'Études Pédagogiques, France
  

Selected Awards:

• Best Doctoral Thesis Prize, Ma Thèse en Manga, CNRS Foundation
  
• Outstanding Graduating Sociology Student Award, Canadian Sociological Association
• Graduate Congress Graduate Merit Award, The Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences of Canada 
• SSHRC-Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship
• Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholarship
• The Michel Baptista Essay Prize, York University's Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean
• Outstanding Global Engagement Award, York International
• Multidisciplinary Research Award, Université Libre d'Haïti
  

Recent and Key Publications:

• Charles, Carlo Handy (forthcoming). "Haitian Queer Migrants Importers of Homosexuality to Haiti?", Journal of Haitian Studies.
  
• Charles, Carlo Handy & Laurent Francis NGoumou. (2024). Favoriser le bien-être et l'intégration sociale de la communauté racisée francophone LGBTQIA+ de Toronto et d'Ottawa, Francoqueer, Canadian Institutes for Health Research.
  
• Charles, Carlo Handy. (2023). Transnational Space and Sexuality: An Analysis of Same-sex Intimate Cross-border Relationships among Men in Haiti and their Migrant Partners across the Haitian Diaspora. Geography. Université des Antilles; Sociology. McMaster University (Hamilton, Canada), 2023. English. ffNNT : 2023ANTI1000ff. fftel-04429694f, HAL Open Science.
  
• Caqueo-Urízar, A., Urzúa, A., Aragón-Caqueo, D., Charles, CH, El-Khatib, Z., Otu, A., and Yaya, S. (2020). Mental Health and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Chile. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Practice, Research, and Policy. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0000753
  
• Yaya, S, Yeboah, H, Charles, CH., Out, A, & Labonte, R. (2020). Ethnic and racial in COVID-19-related deaths: counting the trees, hiding the forest. BMJ Global Health, Volume 5, Issue 6 (7 June 2020).
  
• Otu, A., Charles, CH. & Yaya, S. (2020). "Mental health and psychosocial well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: the elephant in the room". International Journal of Mental Health Systems https://www.readcube.com/articles/10.1186/s13033-020-00371-w
  
• Cénat, J.M., Charles, CH. & Kebedom, P. (2019, December). "Multiple Traumas, Health Problems, and Resilience among Haitian Asylum Seekers in Canada's 2017 Migration Crisis: Psychopathology of Crossing. Journal of Loss and Trauma. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15325024.2019.1703610
  
• Kyriakides, C., Taha, D., Charles, CH. & Torres, R.  (June 2019). "Introduction: The Racialized Refugee Regime". Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, 35(1), 3-7. Retrieved from https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/article/view/40673
  
• Kyriakides, C., Taha, D., Charles, CH. & Torres, R.  (June 2019). Guest Editors for the Special Issue "Racialized Refugee". Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees. It may be accessed here: https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/issue/view/2320 
  

Key Op-Eds: 

• Charles, CH. (May 5, 2022). « To Keep people – and their money safe – regulate online dating ». The Conversation. Retrievable: https://theconversation.com/to-keep-people-and-their-money-safe-online-regulate-dating-platforms-177419
  

• Charles, CH. & M. Osmond. (April 27, 2022). Méfiez-vous du « Crypto Crush ». Le Devoir. https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idees/703908/fraude-mefiez-vous-du-crypto-crush

• Charles, CH & M. Osmond. (April 20, 2022). « Crypto Crush: Watch out for online romance scams and swipe left ». Retrievable: https://medium.com/@carloh.charles/crypto-crush-watch-out-for-new-online-romance-scams-and-swipe-left-3b745cfc6be2

• Charles, CH. (April 8, 2022). « Falling in love or falling for fraud: the dark side of online dating ». CBC Radio. Retrievable here: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark/falling-in-love-or-falling-for-fraud-the-dark-side-of-online-dating-1.6410348  

• Charles, CH. (March 1, 2022). « Organized crime has infiltrated online dating with new sophisticated « pig-butchering » scams. The Conversation. Retrievable: https://theconversation.com/organized-crime-has-infiltrated-online-dating-with-sophisticated-pig-butchering-scams-177445

• Charles, CH. (February 19, 2021). Compendium on COVID-19. Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. Retrievable: https://www.trudeaufoundation.ca/sites/default/files/2021-02/COVID-19%20Compendium-EN-Double-Page-Feb-18.pdf

• Charles, CH. (2020, July). "International students will suffer most from tuition hikes [after the COVID-19 pandemic]" First Policy Response. Retrievable: https://policyresponse.ca/how-do-we-navigate-a-return-to-post-secondary-education/

• Charles, CH. (2020, July). "Pandemic has exposed Canada's mistreatment of newcomers". The Toronto Star. Retrievable from: https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2020/07/15/pandemic-has-exposed-canadas-mistreatment-of-newcomers.html

• Charles, CH. & Øverlid Veronica. (2020, July). "Tuition hikes exacerbate existing challenges for international students". Policy Options. Retrievable from: https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/july-2020/tuition-hikes-exacerbating-existing-challenges-for-international-students/

• Charles, CH. (2020, June). "Penser le monde d'après de façon plurielle et intersectionnelle", La Presse. Retrievable from: https://www.lapresse.ca/debats/opinions/2020-06-21/les-impacts-sociaux-de-la-covid-19/penser-le-monde-d-apres-de-facon-plurielle-et-intersectionnelle

• Charles, CH. (2020, May). "Immigrants are worrying about social ties and finances during coronavirus", The Conversation. Retrievable from https://theconversation.com/immigrants-are-worrying-about-social-ties-and-finances-during-coronavirus-137983
  

• Charles, CH. (2020, May). "Systemic Racism should be a policy priority after COVID-19", Medium. Retrievable from https://medium.com/@carloh.charles/white-people-say-covid-19-is-a-human-equalizer-except-when-it-comes-to-systemic-racism-argues-the-770b6c4df05e

• Charles, CH. (2020, March). "Canada's coronavirus changing border policy exposes international students' precarious status", The Conversation Canada. Retrievable from: https://theconversation.com/canadas-changing-coronavirus-border-policy-exposes-international-students-precarious-status-134011 

• Charles, CH. (2020, March). "Coronavirus: la grande insécurité des étudiants étrangers au Canada", The Conversation. Retrievablehttps://theconversation.com/coronavirus-la-grande-insecurite-des-etudiants-etrangers-au-canada-134313: https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-la-grande-insecurite-des-etudiants-etrangers-au-canada-134313

• Charles, CH. (2019, February). "Québec Trump-like Immigration Policies contradict Canada's welcoming image", The Conversation and National Post. Retrievable from: https://theconversation.com/quebecs-trump-like-immigration-policies-contradict-canadas-welcoming-image-112482 and https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/quebecs-trump-like-immigration-policies-contradict-canadas-welcoming-image 

• Charles, CH. (2018, February). "Is the Petro the Outcome of a Bloody Pact with Evil Voodoo Spirits?", Caracas Chronicles. Retrievable from: https://www.caracaschronicles.com/2018/02/13/haitian-voodoo-petro-case-haitian-perspective/