Hyacinth Miller

Hyacinth Miller is an Assistant Teaching Professor at Rutgers University–Newark, where she teaches in both the Department of Africana Studies and the Department of Political Science. She also lectures in Latino and Caribbean Studies and Political Science at Rutgers–New Brunswick. She teaches courses on Africana Studies, Caribbean studies and politics, and comparative politics. Her research interests explore Black immigrant political incorporation, Caribbean political development, and race/ethnicity/identity politics. Hyacinth also directs the Public Service Leadership Program at the Sheila Y. Oliver Center for Politics and Race in America and is a co-founder of the Rutgers University Atlantic Reparatory Justice Research Lab. Her extensive professional background includes roles in government affairs, criminal justice reform, and development, with experience at the JEHT Foundation, the Association for Paroling Authorities International, New York City Council and the U.S. House of Representatives.Her commitment to advancing the understanding of Black women in politics [locally and globally] and the political dynamism of the Caribbean and African region and diaspora is evident through her research, teaching, and service