Cristine Khan

My scholarly work is deeply rooted in my personal background growing up in Queens, New York, and my long-standing involvement with Indo-Caribbean organizations in South Richmond Hill. My recent publication in Ethnic and Racial Studies examines intergenerational differences in anti-Black ideologies within the Indo-Caribbean community in New York. I have also published in Social Identities, where I argue that community organizations play a central role in shaping ethno-racial identities for the second generation. Earlier in my career I contributed to the field of critical linguistic studies, highlighting how racism and gender discrimination shape English language teaching.

I am a committed educator who centers anti-racist and abolitionist pedagogy in my teaching. From 2019 to 2024, I served as Program Coordinator at the Teaching and Learning Center, where I launched a mentorship program supporting BIPOC graduate students in their first year of teaching. In addition to my teaching at Stony Brook, I have taught at Hunter College and Queens College. I also served as a doctoral fellow and coordinator for the newly launched Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies Collaboration PhD program at The Graduate Center, CUNY.

My passion for pedagogy began with my work with immigrant learners at the NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs. Prior to my career in New York, I spent two years as a full-time instructor at the Institución Universitaria Colombo Americana in Bogotá, Colombia, where I also served as a Fulbright Scholar from 2013 to 2014. I hold a Master’s degree in International Migration and Social Cohesion through the Erasmus Mundus program at the University of Amsterdam, and a BA in Sociology from Wesleyan University, where I was a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow.