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The CUNY Dominican Studies Institute relies on full-time and part-time staff members, as well as sponsored researchers, work-study college students, and a number of volunteers. All contribute valuable work and talent.

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

Ramona Hernández, Ph.D.

Director
Professor of Sociology, The City College of New York
rhernandez@ccny.cuny.edu

Pierre Losson, Ph.D.

Associate Director
plosson@ccny.cuny.edu

Greysi Peralta, B.A.

Accounts & Grant Coordinator
gperalta@ccny.cuny.edu

Penelope Tejeda, B.A.

Research Assistant, Assistant to Dr. Hernández
ptejeda@ccny.cuny.edu

Tel.: 212.650.7496

DOMINICAN LIBRARY

Sarah Aponte, M.L.S., M.S.Ed.

Chief Librarian
Professor, The City College of New York Libraries
212.650.7170
aponte@ccny.cuny.edu

Jhensen Ortiz, M.L.S., M.A.

Librarian
jortiz2@ccny.cuny.edu

Everett Allgood, M.A., M.L.S.

Original Cataloger
dsilibrary@ccny.cuny.edu

DOMINICAN ARCHIVES

Chief Archivist (vacant)
212.650.8865

Jessy Perez, M.L.S., M.A.

Archivist
jperez2@ccny.cuny.edu

Jhostin Garzón Lache

Junior Archives/Library Assistant
jgarzon003@citymail.cuny.edu

RESEARCH UNIT

Paul Austerlitz, Ph.D.

Distinguished Visiting Scholar
pausterlitz@ccny.cuny.edu

Jayson Castillo, M.S.Ed.

Research Associate, Crossing Latinidades Doctoral Fellow
jcastillo2@ccny.cuny.edu

Edward De Jesús, M.S.

Research Associate
edejesus@ccny.cuny.edu

Margo Groenewoud, Ph.D.

Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence
ggroenewoud@ccny.cuny.edu

Gregory Duff Morton, Ph.D.

Anthropology and Latin American and Latino Studies & Dominican Studies Scholar
gmorton@ccny.cuny.edu

Pedro José Ortega, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow
portegaespinal@ccny.cuny.edu

Mariela Pichardo, B.A.

Research Assistant
mpichardo@ccny.cuny.edu

Francisco Rivera-Batiz, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Economics and Education at Teachers College
Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Visiting Distinguished Scholar