Genesis Lara

Genesis Lara

Position Title
Alumni - D.E. in African Diaspora Studies
PhD in History

Bio

Genesis holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of California, Davis where her research and teaching interests included African Diaspora studies, Caribbean history and diaspora studies, and postcolonial and revolutionary studies. She conducted research on the racial and social contours of the revolution of the Dominican Republic in the 1960s and its resultant impacts on the Caribbean and Latin America. This research has been supported by the Tinker Foundation, the University of California Consortium for Black Studies, and the Dominican Studies Institute. Genesis completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Florida.