Caribbean Research Center
The Caribbean Research Center is an integral academic component of Medgar Evers College, The City University of New York. It was established in September, 1985 to address the needs and achievements of the rapidly growing Caribbean segment of the New York State population.
Through its research efforts, the Center provides a multidisciplinary understanding of the New York social environment, the diverse social, cultural and economic characteristics of the Caribbean-American community and a comparative analysis of the immigration experience of this community in the context of the wider Caribbean Diasporas in the Americas and Europe. Its work focuses primarily on English-speaking, Haitian, Dominican and South/Central American Caribbean coast communities. It therefore offers a scholarly perspective on the challenges and successes of Caribbean immigrants and their impact on the Diaspora environments in which they live, as well as the Caribbean region as a whole.
The Center conducts its research under the following heads: Social Adjustment, Economic Development, Health, Education, Political Behavior, Youth and Gender Relations. Its work is coordinated through four units: Research and Documentation; Education, Language and Curriculum Development; Publications and Conferences; Global Development and Community Outreach.
Community Resource Mapping and Master Planning Program
CRC offers capacity building in collaboration with Universidad Popular de Las Americas (UNIPOP) for persons interested in international projects for master planning and community resource mapping as a pathway to sustainable economic development for marginalized populations of the Caribbean Basin.
Publication(s)
CRC provides access to the publishing services of Caribbean Diaspora Press (CDP) through the journal, Wadabagei – A Journal of the Caribbean and its Diasporas, and for evaluation of manuscripts for book publications.
Resources
Faculty
CRC provides mentoring for junior faculty seeking opportunities to expand their research and launch their publications, and opens doors to more experienced faculty for publication of journal articles and books.
Students
CRC offers opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to engage in internships focused on critical research and documentation skills, community opinion polling surveys, editing and publishing, direct engagement in community sustainable economic development locally and internationally.
Caribbean Research Center
1150 Carroll Street, C315
Brooklyn, NY 11225
718-270-6218
crc@mec.cuny.edu
Caribbean Research Center
Executive Director
Dr. Ken G. Irish-Bramble
1650 Bedford Avenue
Room B-1032K
Brooklyn, NY 11225
718-270-6942
ken@mec.cuny.edu
Caribbean Research Center
Research Library & Archives
Open Tuesdays – Thursday
9:30am – 5:00pm
1150 Carroll Street, C313
718-270-6218
crc@mec.cuny.edu
(Please call ahead to schedule
an appointment)
