In April 2023, Professor Gabriel published his monograph, Jubilee’s Experiment: The British West Indies and American Abolitionism, with Cambridge University Press. Professor Gabriel’s external reviewers have praised the book for its analytical framework, creative use and detailed way in which he has mined the data—letters, pamphlets, books, newspapers, and other printed materials. Professor Vincent Brown of Harvard University, writes: “Jubilee’s Experiment will establish his reputation as an important voice in a vital area of study.” In addition to this recent book, Professor Gabriel has published a series of well-written articles. Dexter Gabriel has won three highly competitive fellowships since his arrival at UConn: a University of Connecticut Humanities Institute Faculty Fellowship, the Massachusetts Historical Society’s Benjamin F. Stevens Fellowship; and a fellowship at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York City.

Professor Gabriel is a strong teacher who has taught courses critical to the minors and majors in Africana Studies. He has introduced three new courses to our curriculum: Comparative Slavery in the Americas, Making the Black Atlantic, and Slavery in Film. With these classes in mind, we solicited some feedback from his students: