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• 13 Scholars Shedding Light on the Roots of Racial Injustice

  

  Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Victor St. John, Marlene Nava Ramos, Carla Shedd

  Through research, writing, films, and commentaries, Graduate Center scholars expose how entrenched approaches to mass incarceration, law enforcement, schooling, and public space negatively affect communities of color.  Read more

• Class of 2020: From Studying Same-Sex Relationships to Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 as a Demographer in New York

  

  Eric Ketcham (Photo courtesy of Ketcham)

  Over the course of last summer, Eric Ketcham defended his dissertation, started a new job, and got married. Read more

• Embracing Pride, Fighting Prejudice: 15 Scholars Who Address LGBTQ Issues Through Research, Action, and Literature

  

  Kevin Nadal, Wayne Koestenbaum, Emily Drabinski, and Richard C. Clark

  Graduate Center professors, students, and alumni are exploring issues related to Pride Month through their writing, art, and advocacy. Read more

• Class of 2020: How Six Graduates Made It, and What’s Next

  

  Meet six graduates who not only completed their degrees, but who are ready to share their knowledge to make a safer, more just, more equitable society. Read more

• A Message From the Interim President

  I, like you, have a heavy heart from witnessing the continued unfolding of brutality toward the Black community in our country. Read more

• Class of 2020: Salvador Gómez Barranco on Securing a Tenure-Track Faculty Position at Iowa State University

  

  Salvador Gómez Barranco (Photo courtesy of Gómez Barranco)

  Gómez Barranco shares how he prepared for his new job with help from The Graduate Center’s Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures Ph.D. program and what he anticipates for teaching during a pandemic. Read more

• Class of 2020: Anthony Wheeler, Digital Humanist Who Studies Race and Identity, on Staying a Part of the GC Community

  

  Anthony Wheeler (Photo courtesy of Wheeler)

  The master’s graduate will start a Graduate Center Ph.D. program this fall in pursuit of his ultimate goal: design games and digital solutions to make education more inclusive. Read more

• Class of 2020: Char Adams on How a Desire to Study Race and Women’s Issues Led Her to the M.A. Program

  

  Char Adams (Photo courtesy of Adams)

  Adams shares her groundbreaking path to The Graduate Center and how her studies have changed her.  Read more

• Deborah Cullen-Morales, New Mellon Foundation Program Officer, on Diversity, Supporting Artists, and Starting a New Career During a Time of Crisis

  

  Deborah Cullen-Morales (Photo courtesy of Columbia University School of the Arts)

  Previously the executive director of The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Cullen-Morales (Ph.D. '02, Art History) steps into the world of philanthropy with an eye toward addressing historic inequities. Read more

• On the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Fight: Ph.D. Nursing Students and Alumni Share Their Stories

  

  Sandra Langston, Shawna Townsend, Paul Quinn, Scott Kaye, Fernand (Dean) A. De Los Reyes, and Janusz Kaleta

  Graduate Center Ph.D. nursing students and alumni are working to save lives and fight the coronavirus pandemic.  Read more