19th Century Material Culture, Black Atlantic, African American Studies, History of New York City, Public History, Archives, Instructional Technology, Digital Humanities

Prithi Kanakamedala is Professor of History at Bronx Community College. At the CUNY Graduate Center, she is a faculty member of BRES, and MALS (New York Studies and Public Scholarship), serves as Acting Coordinator for the Public Scholarship Certificate Program, and Faculty Coordinator at PS2 (Public Scholarship Practice Space) housed at the Center for the Humanities. As a public historian she has worked with a range of cultural organizations in New York City including Danspace Project Inc, Place Matters/ City Lore, Brooklyn Historical Society (now Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library), and Weeksville Heritage Center.