Dexter Gabriel

Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History

Ph.D. Stony Brook University, 2016

Research Specialities: Black Atlantic, Slavery, Abolition and Emancipation, Post-emancipation Societies, and Slavery in Popular Culture

Dr. Dexter Gabriel earned his B.A. in history from Texas State University-San Marcos, an M.A. in history also from Texas State University-San Marcos, and his Ph.D. in history from Stony Brook University-New York. His research interests include the history of bondage, resistance, and freedom in the Black Atlantic, as well as interdisciplinary approaches to slavery within popular culture and media. His current research explores British Emancipation in the Anglo-Caribbean and its impact on abolitionist strategies in nineteenth-century North America. His work has been translated into the social arena through panel discussions, lectures, articles, and interviews as diverse as the Federal Reserve Bank of Virginia to Voice of America, BBC America, and elsewhere.

He is jointly-appointed faculty with the History Department.