C. Daniel Dawson

C. Daniel Dawson is an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University with a focus on African diaspora culture and African American art. He has held roles as curator of photography, film, and video at institutions such as the Studio Museum in Harlem, Caribbean Cultural Center, and Museum for African Art. His career spans photography, filmmaking, curation, and arts administration.

• Lectured globally at Yale, Princeton, NYU, UC Berkeley, and universities in Brazil.
• Curated over 40 exhibitions including 'Harlem Heyday: The Photographs of James Van Der Zee' and 'The Sound I Saw: The Jazz Photographs of Roy DeCarava.'
• Associated with prize-winning films like Head and Heart and Capoeiras of Brazil.

His research integrates African spirituality in the Americas with visual and performing arts, emphasizing transnational cultural narratives.