The Dominican Studies Association
The Organization

The Dominican Studies Association is a not-for-profit organization which, among other things, organizes and sponsors activities in support of Dominican communities found within the United States, the Caribbean and its island nation-states, and elsewhere.

The purpose of the DSA is to provide an academic instrument and a vehicle for research, promotion, and dissemination of scholarship. These purposes and aims are achieved, in part, by sponsorship of events, lectures, conferences, and seminars, as well as grants’ writing activities and fund raising in support of research and scholarship about the Dominican people.

Membership Information

All members of this organization shall be individuals who have earned at least a baccalaureate degree and /or who have demonstrated a commitment to the advancement of research and scholarship concerning Dominicans. The DSA does not discriminate due to race, color, religious belief or non-belief, sexual preference, or national origin, in accordance with the non-discrimination act.

Any person desiring membership shall apply and be admitted upon a majority vote from the Administrative Council.

Students not holding a baccalaureate degree but who are majoring in Dominican, Caribbean, and Latin American Studies shall be eligible for membership provided their membership is sponsored by a member of the Dominican Studies Association.

For more information visit the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute at The City University of New York, CUNY website homepage: http://www1.ccny.cuny.edu/ci/dsi/

Click Here for an DSA 2008 Membership Form