Prathibha Kanakamedala

Prithi Kanakamedala is an Assistant Professor of History at Bronx Community College. Her research interests include nineteenth-century free Black communities in Brooklyn and New York, race and citizenship in the early republic, and the material culture of New York City. As a public historian she has worked for Place Matters, Brooklyn Historical Society, Weeksville Heritage Center, and Danspace Project. She curated the semi-permanent history exhibit Brooklyn Abolitionists which is still on view at the Brooklyn Historical Society. Her current work looks at racial solidarity in early nineteenth century New York. Prithi holds a PhD from the University of Sussex and is originally from Liverpool, England.