Caribbean Connections - Dominican Republic: About the Editors

Anne Gallin developed the Outreach Program at the Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies at Yale University. As director of the program from 1998 to 2004, she wrote curriculum materials, organized summer institutes for K–12 and community college educators, led study tours to the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, and taught Caribbean dance in schools. She holds a Master of Arts degree in International Studies (Latin America) from the University of Connecticut.

Ruth Glasser is the author of two books: My Music Is My Flag: Musicians and Their New York Communities, 1917–1940 (University of California Press, 1995) and Aquí Me Quedo: Puerto Ricans in Connecticut (Connecticut Humanities Council, 1997). She has written curriculum materials, museum exhibit and scripts on community and ethnic history. The holder of a Ph.D. in American studies from Yale University, she currently teaches in the Urban and Community Studies Program at the University of Connecticut–Tri-Campus.

Jocelyn Santana migrated from the Dominican Republic to New York City at the age of fourteen. She holds a Ph.D. in English education from New York University and has served as a teacher of ESL, Spanish, and English, and as a curriculum and staff developer. She is currently the English Language Learners Curriculum Instructional Specialist for District 79 in New York City. She has written extensively on language and identity issues among immigrants and is currently at work on a memoir, Dominican Dream, American Reality.

Patricia R. Pessar is professor of American Studies and Anthropology at Yale University. She is the author of Between Two Islands: Dominican International Migration with Sherri Grasmuck (University of California Press, 1991), A Visa for a Dream: Dominicans in New York (Allyn & Bacon, 1995), and Caribbean Circuits: New Directions in the Study of Caribbean Migration (Center for Migration Studies, 1997). Her current research focuses on Guatemalan refugees and returnees and the social production of Brazilian millenarian beliefs and movements. From Fanatics to Folk: Brazilian Millenarianism and Popular Culture (Duke University Press, 2004) is the title of her latest publication.