Angelique Nixon

Angelique V. Nixon is a Bahamas-born, Trinidad-based, feminist writer, artist, academic and activist.

Nixon teaches at The University of the West Indies St. Augustine's, and is a director of CAISO: Sex & Gender Justice organization in Trinidad and Tobago.

She is the author of the 2015 non-fiction book Resisting Paradise: Tourism, Diaspora, and Sexuality in Caribbean Culture.

Early life and education Nixon was born in The Bahamas and raised in Trinidad.

Nixon has a bachelor's degree in accounting and humanities from Nova Southeastern University, a master's degree in English from Florida Atlantic University, and a PhD in English from the University of Florida. She also has a graduate certificate in women’s studies and gender research from the University of Florida.

Selected publications

Saltwater Healing: A Myth Memoir and Poems, Poinciana Paper Press 2013 Resisting Paradise: Tourism, Diaspora, and Sexuality in Caribbean Culture, University Press of Mississippi, 2015, - 2016 winner of the Caribbean Studies Association's 2016 Barbara T. Christian Award, Best Humanities Book.

Personal life Nixon is queer; she lives in Trinidad.