Rooted + Relational Black Puerto Rican Futures Researcher
Dr. Daniel Morales-Armstrong is an interdisciplinary historian whose work focuses on the worldmaking strategies enslaved and newly-emancipated Black people in Puerto Rico used to shape their lives under and beyond the imposed condition of their enslavement. His methods, scholarship, and daily thoughts center the full personhood of Black people – past, present, and future – and he is particularly interested in archival methods that hold that commitment as a nonnegotiable point of departure. Dr. Morales-Armstrong earned his joint PhD in History and Africana Studies from the University of Pennsylvania in 2024 and currently conducts research on the topic through his joint appointment at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CUNY Hunter College) and New York University. His work, which has been generously funded by the Ford Foundation and Mellon Foundation, among others, can be found in Slavery & Abolition, the Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation, Centro Journal, as well as anthologies in Puerto Rico and the United States.
