Salwa Halloway is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Comparative Literature, and is additionally affiliated with the Department of African American Studies. She is mainly interested in cultural formations and the circulation of knowledge and artistry in the Black Atlantic world. Her dissertation centers on goombay, a music and dance tradition that ‘originated’ in Jamaica and since took root in West and Central Africa.

Salwa’s research has been supported by a Fulbright-Hays DDRA Fellowship, a US Student Fulbright Award, and funding from the Department of African American Studies and the Effron Center for the Study of America. Before coming to Princeton, she earned an MA in Comparative Literature from University College, London and carried out a US Student Fulbright Award in Malta.