Rosemari is professor emeritus (City College of New York/Center for Worker Education.) She has been recognized as an “Outstanding Professor of the Year” and has been honored for her community involvement on numerous occasions. She was the recipient of the prestigious Claudia Jones Fellow in the African New World Studies Program at Florida International University (Miami), where she taught Critical Race Theory Analysis.

Rosemari is the author of Activism and Disciplinary Suspensions/Expulsions at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs): A Phenomenological Study in the Black Student Sit-in Movement, 1966-1962 Fidel and Malcolm X-Memories of A Meeting-Black Classic Press; and Lift These Shadows From our Eyes. In addition, her works have appeared in numerous publications such as: Black Women In the Diaspora, Vol. I-II; Black Studies Journal, Black Film Review, Confirmations, An Anthology of African American Women Writers, The Black Scholar, Catalyst, Journal of Social Work, and others.

A longtime human rights advocate, facilitator, and trainer in the areas of media analysis, conflict resolution, and youth empowerment, Rosemari is a recognized activist whose work involves years of solidarity with Cuba, where she has lived and worked. In 2011, she was awarded the Friendship Medal by the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba.

Rosemari resides in Brooklyn, New York and is married to mathematician and author, S.E. Anderson (Black Holocaust For Beginners).