An interest in Cuban politics and African Diaspora culture within Latin America Dr. Denise Frazier to New Orleans where she received an MA and PhD in Latin American Studies at Tulane University. Frazier’s graduate studies in Cuba and Brazil aligned with her interest in contemporary music, specifically hip hop, and public performance. Frazier frequently plays violin with performance organizations and musicians around the city, including Les Cenelles and The Ramshackle Revival, and she is a company member of Goat in the Road Productions. Frazier is the Assistant Director of the New Orleans Center for the Gulf South at Tulane University.