• PhD, University at Buffalo
• MA, University at Buffalo
• BA, Buffalo State College

Craig Centrie, PhD, is a specialist in ethnographic data collection teaching Latino Studies since 1980. His work explores the identity formation and experiences of immigrants and refugees to the United States. His first book, Vietnamese Youth in an American High School, examines young Vietnamese refugees and their experiences in American schools, and has published extensively on issues of Latin American, the Caribbean and Asia. Recent publications explores the lived experiences of Karen Burmese Youth in Children’s Human Rights and Public Schooling in the United State and an examination of his personal friendship with writer Carlene Hatcher Polite entitled “When Black Girls Became Pretty”, The Journal of African American History. Prof. Centrie is the co-founder of El Museo Francisco Oller y Diego Rivera in Buffalo New York. Research currently in progress explores the experiences of refugees in an era of populism, neo-liberal policies and privatization.

Research currently in progress explores the experiences of refugees in an era of populism, neo-liberal policies and privatization.

• Vietnamese Youth in an American High School, The New Americans, First Edition

• Proclamation of honor from the Mayor of Buffalo for work in fine art and education, Sept. 12, 2018