Brooklyn College will be home to a leading center for Haitian Studies
Noted Scholar Dr. Jean Eddy Saint Paul Will Head the CUNY School’s New Haitian Studies Institute
The borough that has long been the nexus of the city’s Haitian community will now be the site of what’s being touted as a leading source of knowledge about the Caribbean island nation, its people and culture.
Brooklyn College President Michelle J. Anderson was joined by state Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte and City Councilmember Jumaane Williams in welcoming noted scholar and author Dr. Jean Eddy Saint Paul as the founding director of the City University of New York’s (CUNY) Haitian Studies Institute at Brooklyn College.
“I conceive the Haitian Studies Institute as an academic unit to improve research about Haiti and the diaspora community,” Saint Paul said Wednesday at a noon ceremony at the Flatbush school. “My commitment is to work to establish a leading research center with national and international recognition.”