Dr. Jermaine Wright

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Meet Jermaine Wright, Ph.D., Vice President for Student Affairs at Lehman College and distinguished member of the first-ever City University of New York 50 Under 50!

Dr. Wright, Interim University Associate Dean of the Office of special Programs at CUNY Representing at NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray’s brothers Thrive Event.

 
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CUNY Law hosted the fourth annual Association of Academic Support Educators (AASE) national conference recently, bringing together law school academic support professionals from across the country...

 

Education is one of the most important triumphs and obstacles that we face, not only as a country but as a race of people and  Jermaine Wright has managed to beat the odds and defy societal expectations placed on his  life. During the 1980s, as a young immigrant kid,  he saw a side of America that he would have never guessed existed: the war on black men...

 
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College Board Fellow Jermaine Wright On Increasing Opportunity for Men of Color in Higher Education

Growing up in the West Indies, Jermaine Wright was unaware of the ways race can hamper social mobility. “In Jamaica, race as a social construct had no bearing as we were all Jamaicans,” Wright explained. “Class, on the other hand, determined how one would be treated and the opportunities you were afforded. In the Jamaican system of inequality, an increase in income signaled a change in status.” But once his family moved to the United States, Wright began to understand just how significant an impediment race can be to improving one’s life.

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For the month of August, the Campaign for Black Male Achievement's Skills-Based Volunteer (SBV) Program Spotlight series features Jermaine Wright, Director of the City University of New York Black Male Initiative (CUNY BMI).

 

Jermaine Wright, Doctoral Student, Public Affairs

Before coming to Rutgers-Newark, Jermaine Wright had already built a career around fostering success among young Black and Latino men. As a SPAA doctoral candidate, he’s training his research on how schools can use performance information to improve programs and better serve underrepresented students.