Mary Lorena Kenny
Eastern Connecticut State University
Mary Lorena Kenny (PhD, MPH) is a Professor of Anthropology at Eastern Connecticut State University. Her research interests include heritage, memory, and identity; Afro-Brazilian culture and politics; child labor; migration, and public health. She has worked extensively in both rural and urban northeast Brazil. Her recent book Deeply rooted in the present: heritage, memory, and identity in Brazilian quilombos, (2018, University of Toronto Press) examines the complicated status of federally recognized Maroon communities, and the ongoing challenges for Afro-Brazilians.