Daniel Royles

Daniel Royles is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Binghamton University. His research focuses on Modern United States, African American life and culture, and LGBTQ+ identity and community, with an emphasis on social movements, oral history, and public history.

• Education: PhD from Temple University, BA from University of California, Berkeley

Research Interests span HIV/AIDS history, commemoration efforts, and the intersection of race, gender, and activism. He authored To Make the Wounded Whole: The African American Struggle against HIV/AIDS and leads the African American AIDS History Project, a digital archive documenting Black responses to HIV/AIDS. His work also includes a biography of Claude Brown and a historic context study on violence against people of African descent.

Scientific Awards include being a finalist for the Museum of African American History Stone Book Award (2020).

Projects & Community Engagement

• Co-lead of the Miami AIDS Memorials Project (community-engaged commemoration of HIV/AIDS impact in South Florida)
• Founder of the African American AIDS History Project (digital archive)