Dr. Ken Irish-Bramble serves as an Advisor to the CASONY board.
Ken Irish-Bramble is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Medgar Evers College (CUNY) and the Faculty Director of CUNY ICORP at Medgar Evers College (CUNY). Additionally, he is a 2025 Fellow with the Rockefeller Institute of Government’s Institute on Immigrant Integration Research and Policy and the former Interim Director of the Caribbean Research Center at Medgar Evers College.
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Dr. Ken Irish-Bramble serves as an Advisor to the CASONY board.
Ken Irish-Bramble is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Medgar Evers College (CUNY) and the Faculty Director of CUNY ICORP at Medgar Evers College (CUNY). Additionally, he is a 2025 Fellow with the Rockefeller Institute of Government’s Institute on Immigrant Integration Research and Policy and the former Interim Director of the Caribbean Research Center at Medgar Evers College.
Dr. Irish-Bramble holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Politics from New York University. His other degrees include a Master of Arts in Secondary Education from Pace University; a Master of Arts in Comparative Politics from New York University; and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the City University of New York. He is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in International Migration Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center.
In addition to having served as a High School Dean, mathematics teacher and athletic trainer, Dr. Irish-Bramble has also worked in a variety of not-for-profit and government agencies as an educator, community advocate, researcher, service coordinator, and coach.
His publications include Bricks, Ballots, and Bullets: Political and Communal Violence in Jamaica; Retrieving the American Past: A Supplementary reader (2008); and Violence and Power: A Collection of Essays (2018). His newest work, Powder Keg: The making of an American Revolution?, is soon to be released.
