Michael A. Gomez (born 1955) is Silver Professor at New York University, noted for his work on West Africa, the African diaspora, Islam, and slavery.
[1] Gomez proceeded from his PhD to a position as assistant professor in the Department of History/African and Afro-American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis (1985–88).
[1] From 1997 to 1999 he was Professor in the Department of History/African American Studies at the University of Georgia, proceeding to the role of Professor in the Departments of History and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University,[1] a position he still held as of 2024.
He founded the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora and was its director from 2000 to 2007.
[1] Gomez's 2005 book Black Crescent was awarded the 2006 Black Caucus of the American Library Association Award in the non-fiction category,[1] while his 2018 book African Dominion won the 2019 African Studies Association Book Prize and the 2019 American Historical Association Martin A. Klein Prize in African History.