I am an academic thought leader, author, internationally recognized expert and consultant on transitional justice, genocides, reparations, and truth commissions. I have travelled to Ghana, South Africa, Cambodia, and Armenia and across the US and Canada presenting on the Armenian genocide, reparations for slavery and Native American genocides. I have written several articles, book chapters and co-edited volumes on truth commissions, restorative justice, genocides and reparations. I have also authored two books in grief and loss. I am currently Associate Professor and Chair of the African and African American Studies Program at New Jersey City University. I was previously Associate Director of the Centre for Caribbean Thought and Lecturer of Transitional Justice in the Department of Government, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona (2007-2016). I attended the distinguished Calabar High School ( Jamaica) from 1989 -1996. I received his B.Sc. in Political Science and International Relations (First Class Honours) in 1999 and M.Sc. (2002) from The University of the West Indies, Mona. I was awarded the prestigious Fulbright Graduate Fellowship between 2000-2002. I later earned his M.A. (2002) and Ph.D. in Political Science in 2006 from Brown University. For stellar contributions to academia, in 2021 I was awarded The UWI Pelican Award, the highest accolade commended by the UWI Alumni Association to a fellow alumni for global distinction in his field of expertise. In December 2021 I awarded the Distinguished Educator Award by the Union of Jamaican Alumni Association USA for stellar contributions to the field of education in the diaspora. I have a passion for education, social justice, and mentoring. And I help to mold the lives of many young men at Calabar, UWI and across Jamaica. I serve as Academic Affairs Coordinator for the Calabar Old Boys’ Association in Jamaica and the Director of Academic Enrichment for the Calabar Alumni NY Chapter. I am 2nd Vice President of the Community Education Council of District 29 in New York City. I am Chairman of the Each One Reach One Foundation. I am a frequent contributor to current affairs programmes in Jamaica, the UK, Canada, Armenia, and the United States

Dr. Jermaine McCalpin

Chair, African and African American Studies at New Jersey City University

Research Expertise

Truth Commissions

Reparations

Genocides

Law

Political Science and International Relations

Sociology and Political Science

History and Philosophy of Science

About

Publications

The African Stakes of the Congo War

Jan 01, 2002

Clark, J. F. (Ed.). (2002). The African Stakes of the Congo War. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403982445

Historicity of a Crisis

The African Stakes of the Congo War / Jan 01, 2002

McCalpin, J. O. (2002). Historicity of a Crisis. The African Stakes of the Congo War, 33–50. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403982445_3

Truth and Freedom in Haiti: An Examination of the Haitian Truth Commission

The Global South / Jan 01, 2012

McCalpin. (2012). Truth and Freedom in Haiti: An Examination of the Haitian Truth Commission. The Global South, 6(1), 138. https://doi.org/10.2979/globalsouth.6.1.138

Legal Avenues for Armenian Genocide Reparations

International Criminal Law Review / Mar 13, 2014

Theriault, H. C. (2014). Legal Avenues for Armenian Genocide Reparations. International Criminal Law Review, 14(2), 219–231. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718123-01401014

Truth and Reconciliation Commission

African American Studies Center / Apr 07, 2005

Tuttle, K. (2005). Truth and Reconciliation Commission. African American Studies Center. https://doi.org/10.1093/acref/9780195301731.013.43679

Truth, justice, healing, and forgiveness

Conflict Transformation and Reconciliation / Jun 19, 2015

Truth, justice, healing, and forgiveness. (2015). Conflict Transformation and Reconciliation, 207–230. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315884509-11

30.3. Executive and Central committee meeting, Kingston, Jamaica 1979: guidelines on dialogue

World Council of Churches: Dialogue with People of Living Faiths

30.3. Executive and Central committee meeting, Kingston, Jamaica 1979: guidelines on dialogue. (n.d.). World Council of Churches: Dialogue with People of Living Faiths. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004469297_wclf-3003

Identity, reconciliation and transitional justice

Identity, Reconciliation and Transitional Justice / Apr 15, 2013

Identity, reconciliation and transitional justice. (2013). Identity, Reconciliation and Transitional Justice, 27–44. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203069356-9

Parliament and politics

Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 2005 / Dec 31, 2012

Everett, R. (2012). Parliament and politics. Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 2005, 11–53. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442698031-004

Memory

A Cultural History Of Genocide in the Long Nineteenth Century / Jan 01, 2021

Mccalpin, J. O. (2021). Memory. A Cultural History Of Genocide in the Long Nineteenth Century, 185–205. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350034921.ch-8

Education, policing, and justice

Conflict Transformation and Reconciliation / Jun 19, 2015

Education, policing, and justice. (2015). Conflict Transformation and Reconciliation, 162–183. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315884509-9

Political Memory and the Radical Caribbean Intellectual Tradition

Radical Philosophy Review / Jan 01, 2000

Bogues, B. A. (2000). Political Memory and the Radical Caribbean Intellectual Tradition. Radical Philosophy Review, 3(1), 97–102. https://doi.org/10.5840/radphilrev20003111

Freedom, Power and Sovereignty: The Thought of Gordon K. Lewis, edited by Brian Meeks & Jermaine McCalpin

New West Indian Guide / Jan 01, 2017

Price, R. (2017). Freedom, Power and Sovereignty: The Thought of Gordon K. Lewis, edited by Brian Meeks & Jermaine McCalpin. New West Indian Guide, 91(3–4), 295–296. https://doi.org/10.1163/22134360-09103015

Elections, Violence and the Democratic Process in Jamaica 1944-2007

Parliamentary Affairs / Jul 03, 2011

Lappin, R. (2011). Elections, Violence and the Democratic Process in Jamaica 1944-2007. Parliamentary Affairs, 65(2), 489–497. https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsr019

Restorative Justice, Retributive Justice, and the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Philosophy & Public Affairs / Sep 01, 2011

ALLAIS, L. (2011). Restorative Justice, Retributive Justice, and the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Philosophy & Public Affairs, 39(4), 331–363. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1088-4963.2012.01211.x

From Theory to Practice: Implementing Reparations in Post–Truth Commission Peru

Waging War, Making Peace / Sep 17, 2016

From Theory to Practice: Implementing Reparations in Post–Truth Commission Peru. (2016). Waging War, Making Peace, 75–94. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315415895-9

Education

Ph.D., Political Science / May, 2006

Providence , Rhode Island, United States of America

Brown University

M.A., Political Science / May, 2002

Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

University of the West Indies

M.Sc, Government / January, 2002

Kingston

University of the West Indies System

B.Sc., Political Science and International Relations / November, 1999

Kingston

Experience

University of the West Indies

Lecturer / July, 2007 — December, 2016

Brown University

Adjunct Professor / September, 2006 — June, 2007

New Jersey City University

Chair, African and African American Studies / January, 2017 — Present

New Jersey City University

Associate Professor of African and African American Studies / September, 2021 — Present

Links & Social Media

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