Tyesha Maddox

African and African American Studies,
Fordham University,
Dealy Hall 638
441 East Fordham Road
Bronx, NY 10458

7188170584

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor, African and African American Studies, 2016-present

Education

             New York University; New York, NY

                                    Ph.D., History, African Diaspora, September 2016

                                    Primary Advisor: Michael Gomez

Major Field: African Diaspora; Second Field: Caribbean

Dissertation: From Invisible to Immigrants: Political Activism and the Construction of Caribbean American Identity, 1890-1940.

TEFL International; Corinth, Greece          

                                    TEFL (Teach English as a Foreign Language) Certificate; November 2008

Cornell University, Graduate School; Ithaca, NY     

                                    MPS, Africana Studies, May 2008

Cornell University, College of Arts and Science; Ithaca, NY      

                                    B.A., History & Africana Studies, May 2006

Research &                   African Diaspora, Caribbean, Black Atlantic, Women and Gender, African

Teaching Interests:   American History, Race, Transnational Communities, Migrational Movements, Immigration, Black Identity Formation, Social and Cultural History.

Fellowships &        Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture’s Scholars-in-Residence

Awards:                    Program Fellowship, 2017-2018

Duke University, Summer Institute on Tenure and Professional Advancement (SITPA) Fellowship, 2017-2019

Boston College, African and African Diaspora Studies Dissertation Fellowship,

2015-2016

American Antiquarian Society, Kate B. & Hall J. Peterson Fellowship, 2015-2016

            Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, Honorable Mention, 2015

Global Research Initiatives Summer Dissertation Writing Program in Italy, 2015

Henry M. MacCracken Fellowship, 2010- 2015

NYU Dean’s Fellowship, 2010-2015

NYU Summer Opportunity Fellowship, 2014 & 2015

Provost’s Global Research Initiatives Program in London, 2014

History Department Summer Travel Award, 2013

Department of History Spring Travel Grant, 2011

Cornell University Sage Fellowship, 2006- 2008

Fredrick George Marcham Scholarship for Academic Excellence in History,

2005- 2006

Cornell Tradition Scholarship, Class of 1944 Fellow, 2003-2006

Publications:          “More than Auxiliary: Caribbean Women and Social Organizations in the Interwar Period,” Caribbean Review of Gender Studies’ Special Issue on Gender and Anti-Colonialism in the Interwar Caribbean, Forthcoming.

“Teaching While Black: Diversity and Inclusion in all Aspects of the Classroom,” Department of History Teaching Handbook, New York University, Fall 2014.

Forging a Black Identity: Caribbean American and African American Relations in the U.S. (1838-1924) & (1941-1964). Master’s thesis, Cornell University, 2008.

Invited Talks:             “New Perspectives on Women in the 20th-Century Caribbean World, Part 2: Subject-Making within National Contexts,” Presenter, American Historical Association, Washington, DC, January 4-7, 2018.

 “The Antigua and Barbuda Progressive Society and Caribbean Immigrant Social

                                           Organizations in New York,” Panel Discussion: A Lighthouse in New York, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York, NY, September 27, 2013. 

“Reading Agency: Defining Freedom through Colonial Texts,” Fellows Talk, American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA, October 9, 2015.

Conference             Panels Organized| Papers Presented                                 

Papers:                      “The Geopolitics of Black Protest and Citizenship,” Association of the Worldwide African Diaspora, Seville, Spain, November 7-11, 2017.  

“Between Nation, State, and Empire: Black Citizenship in the Caribbean and the Atlantic,” Association of Caribbean Historians, Tobago, May 14-19, 2017.

“Currents of Association: Afro-Caribbean (Im)Migrants in the United States and

at Home in the Early-Twentieth Century,” Organization of American Historians, New Orleans, LA, April 6-9, 2017.

“Why Caribbean Women’s History Matters: A Roundtable,” American Historical

Association, Atlanta, GA, January 3-7, 2016.

“Race, Resistance & Radicalism in Africa and the African Diaspora,” Association of the Worldwide African Diaspora, Charleston, SC, November 3-7, 2015.

                                                      Papers Presented

“More than Auxiliary: West Indian Social Organizations in Boston, Political Activism, and the Construction of Caribbean American Identity,” African & African Diaspora Studies Program, Boston College, April 2, 2016.

“Finding their Voice: Caribbean Immigrant Women's Participation in Twentieth Century Social Organizations,” Association of the Worldwide African Diaspora, Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, October 30-November 3, 2013.

“Invisible Immigrants: Anglophone Caribbean Immigrants in the United States, 1850s to

1930s,” Association of Caribbean Historians, San Ignacio, Belize, May 12-17, 2013.

“Practicing Diasporas: Caribbean Immigrant Social Organizations in the United States and

their Political Implications,” Association of the Worldwide African Diaspora, University

of Pittsburgh, November 3-6, 2011.

“Paving the Way—Early Caribbean American Immigrant Women 1900-1964,” History in

the Making 16: The Immigrant Experience: The History of Communities in Transition,

Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, March 4-6, 2011.

“From Addis to Africana: Reflections on the Cultural Immersion Experience,” New York

African Studies Association, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, March 28-30, 2008.

“The Formation of Black Identity: Caribbean-American and African-American Social and

Cultural Interactions in the U.S. during the mid 19th and mid 20th Century,” National

Council for Black Studies,” Atlanta, Georgia, March 19- 23, 2008.

“Thinking Outside the Box: Looking for Alternatives to the New York City Public School System,” National Council for Black Studies, San Diego, CA,              March 15-17, 2007.

Teaching                      Assistant Professor, “Being and Becoming Black” and “Caribbean History,

Experience:             People, and Culture,” Fordham University, Fall 2016 – Fall 2017.

Adjunct Instructor, “Defining Freedom: Migration, Labor, and Transnationalism

in the Post-Emancipation British Caribbean,” Boston College, Spring 2016.

Teaching Assistant, “Cultures & Context: African Diaspora,” New York

University, Fall 2013.

Instructor of Record, “History 101: Migration within the African Diaspora,” New York University, Spring 2013.

Teaching Assistant, “Cultures & Context: Africa,” New York University, Fall

2012.

Teaching Assistant, “Politics and Social Change in the Caribbean,” Cornell

University, Spring 2008.

Teaching Assistant, “Africa: The Continent and Its People,” Cornell University,

Fall 2007

Research                  Africana Cultural Immersion Experience: Case Study Ethiopia, Addis Ababa,                     

Experience:             Bahir Dar, Gondar, Axum, Lalaibela, Shashamene, December 2007-January

2008.  Co-founded and organized a student-initiated research project in several historic and modern cities in Ethiopia, in order to foster and encourage a sustainable dialogue between Africana graduate students and communities of the African Diaspora.

Research Assistant, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, September 2003-May 2005. Conducted research for a publication written by Cornell University Professor Rebecca L. Schneider, “Improving Roadside Ditch Management to Reduce Stormwater Runoff, Floods, and Droughts,” 2005.

Professional              Constructive Diversity Pedagogy PAR Project, Fordham University, 2016

Experience &          

University Service:  Coordinator, African and Diaspora Graduate Dissertation Workshop, 2013-2015

                                     Participant, NYU Graduate School Diversity Recruitment Video, 2014

                                     Panelist, “Scholarship in Progress Panel Series,” NYU’s Prospective Students’

                                     Weekend, February 22, 2014.

                                     Panelist, “Planning and Executing a Successful Lesson,” Graduate Teaching

                                     Collaborative, December 5, 2013.

 Organizing Committee, NYU Perspective Student Weekend, 2013-2014

Work                              English Language Teacher, KOPΩNIOY Language School, Athens, Greece

Experience:             March 2009-June 2010.

English Language Teacher, Euro Languages, Athens, Greece, November 2008-February 2009.           

Languages:              French (Certificate of Proficiency in Reading Knowledge, NYU French Department 2013)

                                    Greek (Reading and Speaking knowledge) 

Spanish (Reading)

Professional           American Historical Association (AHA)

Affiliations &        Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD)

Working Groups:   Association of Caribbean Historians (ACH)

                                    Caribbean Studies Association (CSA)

                                    New York University African Diaspora Forum

                                    Organization of American Historians (OAH)

References:             Michael A. Gomez, Professor of History, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies

                                    New York University, History—Office 502

                                    53 Washington Square South, 4th Floor; New York, NY 10012

                                    212.998.8624

                                    michael.gomez@nyu.edu

                                    Ada Ferrer, Professor of History, Latin American and Caribbean Studies

                                    New York University, History—Office 410

                                    53 Washington Square South, 4th Floor; New York, NY 10012

                                    212.998.8626

                                    ada.ferrer@nyu.edu

                                    Michele Mitchell, Associate Professor of History

                                    New York University, History—Office 413

                                    53 Washington Square South, 4th Floor; New York, NY 10012

                                    212.998.8611

                                    michele.mitchell@nyu.edu

                                    Irma Watkins-Owens, Associate Professor Emerita, African and African

                                    American Studies

                                    Fordham University, Lowenstein Building 414D

                                    113 W. 60th Street; New York, NY 10023

                                    212.636.6363

                                    watkinsowens@fordham.edu