Dr. Edward Paulino, associate professor of global history, received a Seed Grant from the CUNY Black, Race & Ethnic Studies Initiative (BRESI) in recognition of the potential of their research initiative, Hidden Heroes: The Untold Stories of Black Dominican-Americans Who Shaped American History, to make important contributions in the field of Black, Race and Ethnic Studies. 

The Seed Grant program is designed to support the early stages of research by providing funding to gather preliminary data, develop proof-of-concept studies or explore novel ideas that can lead to external funding or broader research initiatives. BRESI is an historic initiative, supported by the Mellon Foundation, with the overarching goal of reimagining and transforming University programs in Black, Race and Ethnic studies CUNY-wide.

Paulino’s traditional and public humanities scholarship range from monographs and anthologies like Dividing Hispaniola and The Borders of Lights Reader, writing scripts and high school lesson plans respectively for the Ted Ed online “Ugly History” series and PBS documentary Stateless, writing and performing his self-written one-person shows like “Eddie’s Perejil,” to the NEH funded “Converging Cultures: Latin America, 1520-1830, Making Objects Speak” audio tour of the Brooklyn Museum of Art Andean Colonial Collection.

Additionally, Paulino has received a Fulbright Scholar Award, Best Anthology Prize from the Latin American Studies Association, New York State Archives Larry J. Hackman Research Residency Award, National Endowment for the Humanities Faculty Research Award, and several PSC-CUNY Research Awards. His research interests include the study of genocide, race, borders, nation-building, U.S., Latin American/Caribbean, Latinx, the African diaspora, baseball, Latin jazz, and New York State history.

Three John Jay professors received BRESI fellowships in 2023 and ten John Jay professors were awarded BRESI grants in 2022.