From Revolution to Chaos in Haiti (1804-2019)

Rhodner J. Orisma is the head of the Department of Philosophy and Political Science at IERAH-ISERSS, Université d'Etat d'Haiti (UEH). There, he also teaches sociology and methodology at the undergraduate level. Since October 2018, he has served as an adjunct professor in the University's master's program, Urbanisation et Aménagement du Territoire (URBATER-FDS), provided by UEH and both Universities of Mons and Liège, Belgium. His undergraduate and graduate work were in African Studies at UEH, Sociology and Anthropology at Université Nationale du Bénin and Florida International University, and Human Services at Capella University. Rhodner also served as site coordinator for a Tuberculosis research program carried out by the University of South Florida. He has participated in various panel discussions and research programs regarding urbanization and development through the academic, public and private sectors in Haiti. He published his first book, Haiti through Revolution, Chaos and Reconstruction Perspectives in 2009 and has gone on to publish several articles related to urbanization and development in the Haitian daily newspaper, Le Nouvelliste, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti since the January 2010 earthquake.