Founded in 1992 at The City College of New York, the Dominican Studies Institute of the City University of New York is the first and only university-based research institute in the United States devoted to the study of people of Dominican descent.
CUNY DSI EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The Executive Committee of the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute is an advisory council to the director of the Institute. Members are selected from among the faculty, appointed by the President of The City College of New York, and approved by the Senate. The current members are:
Dr. Juan Carlos Mercado
Professor of Spanish
Dean of the Division of Worker Education
Foreign Languages and Literatures
Division of Humanities and the Arts
The City College of New York, CUNY
Bio
Dr. Marina Fernando
Professor and Director of International Studies and Asian Studies
The City College of New York, CUNY
Bio
Dr. Janis Massa
Professor
Department of English
Lehman College
The City University of New York
Bio
The City College of New York
North Academic Center (NAC), 4/107
160 Convent Avenue at 138th Street
New York, NY 10031
By phone:
Institute Main Office: 212.650.7496
Archives and Library: 212.650.7170
CUNY DSI is a member since 1998 of
Inter-University Program for Latino Research (IUPLR)
