Conference attendees at the Fourth Biennial 2012 Dominican Studies Association Conference: “Moving Dominican Studies Forward.” Credit: CUNY DSI.

Conference attendees at the Fourth Biennial 2012 Dominican Studies Association Conference: “Moving Dominican Studies Forward.” Credit: CUNY DSI.

The Dominican Studies Association supports the diffusion of intellectual production by providing Dominican Studies scholars the opportunity to create supportive networks, cultivate alternative agendas beyond their respective institutions and address polemic issues impacting the homeland, local, and global Dominican diasporic communities.