About
IRADAC The Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean (IRADAC) was founded to address the African presence in the Americas through scholarly research and public programs for the betterment of the public as well as the academic community.
Herman Bennett
Executive Officer and Distinguished Professor, Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies; Distinguished Professor, History, Africana Studies, American Studies, Global Early Modern Studies; Director, Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean (IRADAC) +1 212-817-8435 hbennett@gc.cuny.edu
Zee Dempster
Assistant Director, Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean (IRADAC); Assistant Coordinator, Africana Studies +1 212-817-2076 zdempster@gc.cuny.edu
Advisory Committee
Juan Battle, DMin, PhD
Presidential Professor Graduate Center, C.U.N.Y. 365 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10016 jbattle@gc.cuny.edu (212) 817-8775
Dana-Ain Davis
Professor, Anthropology, Psychology, Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies, Africana Studies, Public Scholarship Director and Professor, Women's and Gender Studies Director, Center for the Study of Women and Society dana.davis@qc.cuny.edu
Tanisha C. Ford
Professor, History, Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies, Biography and Memoir Education Ph.D., Indiana University-Bloomington Affiliated Campus(es) CUNY Graduate Center tford1@gc.cuny.edu
Ruth Wilson Gilmore
Director, Center for Place, Culture and Politics Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Africana Studies, American Studies Education Ph.D., Rutgers +1 212-817-8251 RGilmore@gc.cuny.edu
Donald Robotham
Professor Emeritus, Anthropology, Africana Studies Education Ph.D. from the University of Chicago +1 212-817-8005 drobotham@gc.cuny.edu
Martin Ruck
Executive Officer, Educational Opportunity and Diversity Deputy Executive Officer and Professor, Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies Professor, Psychology, Urban Education, Africana Studies +1 212-817-8705 mruck@gc.cuny.edu
Tyler T. Schmidt
Education B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University Ph.D., CUNY Graduate Center tyler.schmidt@lehman.cuny.edu 718-960-8529