Language English, Spanish Citizenship American | Nationality American | |
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Occupation Professor, history author Ethnicity Puerto Rican, Dominican 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)
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