Career
Gerassi wrote a number of books on Latin America, Jean-Paul Sartre, and political affairs He taught at a variety of colleges and universities in the United States and in France. Most notably, Gerassi was a longtime professor in the Political Science department at Queens College of the City University of New New York
He taught at Queens College from 1981 until his passing.
He was an activist in the New Left and a leading thinker regarding the significance of Sartre"s work. His mother was Stefania Avdykovych, doughter of Klymentyna Avdykovych, famous Lviv candy factory owner.
