Books, scholarship & reflection
My writing moves between scholarship, personal narrative, and public reflection, exploring migration, caregiving, identity, memory, and social change.
Across academic and broader audiences, I write about the relationships we carry, the systems we navigate, and the stories that deepen our understanding of one another.
Books
A Daughter’s Journey Through Dementia, Memory and Love
A personal collection of essays about caring for my mother, Pearl, through nearly a decade of dementia. The book explores caregiving, migration, memory, role reversal, family, grief, and the changing relationship between parent and adult child.
Christiana Best-Giacomini · Velon Book Publishing
Discover the bookStories from Scholars of Color
An edited collection bringing scholars of color into focus through their stories.
Edited by M. S. John, C. Best-Giacomini, V. Buchanan, and K. Reid.
Lauren Simone Publishing.
Challenges of Transnational Parenting
A book on transnational parenting and the challenges families encounter across national borders.
Christiana Best-Cummings · VDM Verlag Dr. Müller.
Selected scholarly publications
Essays & commentary
My writing extends beyond academic journals and scholarly publications. Through essays, opinion pieces, and public commentary, I explore the intersections of migration, race, identity, belonging, family, memory, and social justice.
As a Grenadian-born immigrant, social worker, educator, and oral historian, I bring both personal experience and professional perspectives to questions about the societies we inhabit, the histories we inherit, and the responsibilities we carry toward one another.
Some essays examine immigration policies, structural racism, and the experiences of Black immigrants in the United States. Others reflect on Caribbean identity, cultural traditions, caregiving, grief, and the importance of preserving personal and collective histories.
My commentaries have appeared in Caribbean Magazine Plus, The Hartford Courant, The Seattle Times, The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, Ms. Magazine, and other publications. The collection below brings together selected writings organized by theme.
Selected essays · 10 listed in the supplied collection
8 articles listed in the supplied collection
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6 articles listed in the supplied collection
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