Celsa Albert Batista

Celsa Albert Batista is a Dominican academic, writer and historian, whose research focuses on issues related to slavery and black identity in the Dominican Republic. Over the course of her professional life, she held various posts in the Ministry of Education, as Director to the Division of General Curriculum and Assessment and as Director of culture. She also served as Dean of the College of Humanities at the University California, San Diego (UCSD) and the vice-rector of UCSD.

Celsa Albert Batista published a number of articles and books, including “Los africanos y nuestra isla (Historia, cultura e identidad)” (The Africans and our Island (History, Culture and Identity), “Las ideas educativas de José Martí” (The educational ideas of José Martí) and a short story “La esclava Elena” (The Slave Elena) on enslaved women.