Professor Margaret Chin (GC/Hunter, Sociology) and Ph.D. student Hyein Lee (Sociology) published an essay addressing “the age-old question: Who is American?”—a question of particular importance in light of the decision to end DACA. Read more
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A groundbreaking study led by Professor Leslie McCall (Political Science and Sociology) has important implications for ways to increase support for policies that enhance economic equality.
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The Graduate Center has established a firm foothold in the burgeoning field of inequality studies, as evidenced by the 2017 Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ) conference. Read more
Allison Padilla-Goodman ’14 (Ph.D., Sociology), a veteran community organizer, educator, and activist against racism and anti-Semitism, was named the Southeast Regional Director for the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). Read more
The GC’s Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality has been tapped as the first-ever U.S.-based host of the prestigious Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ) conference. Read more
Ph.D. student Laura Penalo (Nursing) received a United Health Foundation (UHF) Diverse Scholars award, which provides $5,000 a year in tuition funding. Read more
Professor Ruth Wilson Gilmore (Earth and Environmental Sciences), director of the Center for Place, Culture, and Politics at the Graduate Center, has won the 2017 Richard A. Yarborough Mentoring Award from the American Studies Association’s Minority Scholars’ Committee. Read more
Distinguished Professor Laird W. Bergad (GC/Lehman, History), director of the Graduate Center’s Center for Latin American, Caribbean & Latino Studies (CLACLS), commented in a recent Wall Street Journal story about the growth in New York City’s Hispanic population. Read more
Perry Halkitis (Ph.D. ’95, Educational Psychology), the newly appointed dean of Rutgers School of Public Health and the first openly gay man to hold the position, is accustomed to defying limits. Read more