Education:
Ph.D., The New School, Milano Graduate School for Management & Urban Policy - 2008 (Public & Urban Policy)
M.A., Brandeis University, Heller Graduate School for Management and Social Policy - 2000 (Sustainable International Development)
B.A., University of Kentucky, College of Arts & Sciences - 1997 (Sociology/Communication)
Areas of Expertise:
Race, gender and class issues between and among Latino and African American communities; government responses to labor market and housing discrimination and institutionalized racism; immigration/education policy; identity formation; social and economic segregation; sustainable development and collective action/unionization in response to labor market conditions.
Books and Publications
Aja, Alan, William Darity Jr. and Darrick Hamilton. "Don't Cut, Invest! Why the Obama Administration Should Support a Federal Jobs Guarantee Program!" The Huffington Post, March 12. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2013
Aja, Alan, William Darity Jr. and Darrick Hamilton. "If Not Race, Then Wealth: Why Universities Should Avoid Income as Proxy for Race-Based Admissions Policy." The Huffington Post, Jan. 10. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2013
"Anyone But Blacks: Latinos, El Nuevo Blanqueamiento (Neo-Whitening) and Implications for Black-Brown Alliances." Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture and Society 14.1-2, November: 2-29. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2012
"Latinos and the One-way Road to the Iowa Caucuses." National Institute for Latino Policy (republished in syndicate). Jan. 13. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2012
"Romney, Obama and the Myth of Single Parenthood." Dissent: A Quarterly Journal of Politics and Culture, Oct. 25. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2012
Aja, Alan and Miranda Martinez. "Democratic Rights and Nuyorican Identity in U.S. Mainland Partido Socialista Puertorriqueño." Latino/a Research Review, Summer (special edition). (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2012
"Occupy Wall Street: Confessions of a Protesting Middle-Class Freak." www.Znet.com, www.yourblackworld.com (essay published in syndication). Oct. 12. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2011
"An Exchange on Alan A. Aja's Review on Jacques E. Levy's 'Cesar Chavez' and Randy Shaw's 'Beyond the Fields': Dan LaBotz and Alan Aja, Letters. New Politics XIII.1, Whole Number 49. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2010
"Color Lines Blurred in Immigration Fight." The Grio (NBC), April 26. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2010
"Loving Our Neighbor: A Report on Public Education." Report writer/contributor and taskforce member for Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy, Presbyterian Church (USA). Publication approved by General Assembly, July. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2010
"From Si se Puede to Yes We Can." Review of Beyond the Fields: Cesar Chavez, the UFW and the Struggle for Justice in the 21st Century, by Randy Shaw. New Politics XII.3, Summer: 47. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2009
Aja, Alan and Anne Hoffman. "The Influence of Religion on Latino Political Participation in the US." Latino Religions Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2009
"Do Latinos Owe African Americans a Political Debt?" Austin American-Statesman Feb. 27. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2008
"The Intra-Immigrant Dilemma." New Politics X.4, Winter. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006
"UK Needs to Acknowledge Racist Past to Erase Stigma of 1966." Kentucky Kernel Jan. 23. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2006
"London Is Burning: A Day in the Life." YMCA Journal of Social Practice Summer. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 1998
Creative Work
Associate producer, Untitled Sentencing Documentary, with Rudy Valdez (filming). 2013
Poetry Slam, Encuentro Celebration, participant/faculty mentor, Department of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies, Brooklyn College, November. 2008
Poetry Slam, Encuentro Celebration, participant/faculty mentor, Department of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies, Brooklyn College, Nov. 13. 2007
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Whiting Fellowship for Outstanding Teaching in the Humanities. (Awards and Honors) 2011
Faculty Fellowships Publications Program, CUNY, spring. (Grants and Fellowships) 2010
Diversity Grant, for "Recovering History Project: Boricua Movement Rising." Collaboration with Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College, 2009-10. (Grants and Fellowships) 2009
PSC-CUNY Resarch Grant, for "Qualitative Data-Collection on Afro-Cuban Immigrant Settlement and Incorporation Experiences in a Post-Castro South Florida" book project. Expected completion 2010. (Grants and Fellowships) 2009
PSC-CUNY/Office of Research and Graduate Studies/William Stewart Travel Grant Recipient, delegate for "Labour in the Academy, Global Challenges in a Neo-Liberal Age." International Exchange in Yorkshire (Leeds and Bradford, England), United Kingdom, April. (Grants and Fellowships) 2009
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Invited panelist on book research: "Eviction and Invisibility in the Cuban Enclave: Afro-Cubans on Miami's Margins." SIGLO XXI: Forging the Future of Latinos in a Time of Crisis-Conference. John Jay College, New York, Feb. 25. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012
"Welcoming the Stranger: Undocumented Immigrants in the Age of Obama." Faculty Day panelist. Brooklyn College. May. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2011
"Welcoming the Stranger: Reconquering la So-called Reconquista" panel presenter and participant. Faculty Day, Brooklyn College, May. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010
Aja, Alan and Miranda Martinez. "The Discourse of Democratic Rights in the Mainland PSP." Puerto Rican Studies Association Annual Conference. Hartford, Conn., Oct. 23. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
"Latino Diasporas in the United States." CUNY Gotham Center, Teacher Education Workshop, Queens Museum, July 21. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009
Plenary roundtable speaker, New York Metro American Studies Association Conference. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2006
Professional Leadership
Faculty Council delegate-at-large, elected for 2012-15. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2012
Member, Honorary Degrees/Awards Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012
Member, Search Committee, Founding Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, Fall/Winter 2010-11. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010
Member, Committee on Academic Integrity, Brooklyn College, 2009-10. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009
Delegate at large and Executive Committee member, Brooklyn College Chapter of PSC-CUNY (Professional Staff Congress), elected for 2008-11. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2008
Scholarship Committee for Graduate Students, Spring. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007
Community Activities
"Immigration 2013: A Blueprint on Immigration Reform" keynote speech. Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd. Brooklyn, N.Y., March 17. 2013
Other Professional Activities
Live expert commentator, "El Debate Entre Romney y Obama," Cafe CNN Morning Show, CNN en Espanol, Sept. 28. 2012
Live guest commentator on Iowa caucuses and presidential election and Latinos. Cafe CNN Morning Show. CNN Espanol. Jan. 4. 2012
CUNY B.A. mentor for Hana Quinn-Feit, spring. 2011
Guess interview, "Dr. Boyce Video: Latino Studies Professor on What You Need to Know About Immigration." AOL Black Voices, April 28. 2010
Guest panelist, "Dr. Boyce Video on Immigration with Prof. Lewis and Prof. Aja." AOL Black Voices, June 24. 2010
Guest interview, "Black Politics with Chris Owens." Air America Radio. March 8. 2008
