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Frank Andre Guridy

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Language
  
English, Spanish

Citizenship
  
American

Nationality
  
American

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Occupation
  
Professor, history author

Ethnicity
  
Puerto Rican, Dominican

Alma mater
  
PhD, University of Michigan MA, University of Illinois at Chicago BA, Syracuse University

Books
  
Forging Diaspora: Afro-Cubans and African Americans in a World of Empire and Jim Crow

Education
  
Syracuse University, University of Michigan, University of Illinois at Chicago

Frank Andre Guridy (born August 2, 1971) is an American historian, author and scholar. He was born, raised and resides in New York City, where he is the Associate Professor of History, specializing in Sport History, Urban History and the history of the African Diaspora in the Americas at the Columbia University

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Personal life

Guridy was born in New York City and raised in the Bronx, growing up in the Co Op City neighborhood. He has lived and worked in Austin, Paris, Los Angeles and New York City.

Professional life

Guridy earned a BA from Syracuse University in 1993, a MA from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a Ph.D from the University of Michigan. He has taught at University of Texas at Austin (2004–2016)

References

Frank Andre Guridy Wikipedia