James M. Rose, Ph.D. is the author of a number of books on African-American genealogy. Dr. Rose received his doctorate in Interdisciplinary Studies, with a concentration in African-American genealogy. He served as a research consultant with Alex Haley on the Kinte Library Project, a forerunner of Haley's Roots. In the 1970's, Rose and co-author Alice Eichholz, founded the Ethnic Genealogy Research Center at Queens College (N.Y.)