
Tonya Foster reads her work. (Courtesy of Tonya Foster)
Her multimedia work explores issues around race, and she says poetry is diversifying. She offers guidance to aspiring writers, especially ones who share her African American heritage. Read more
In this episode of Alumni Aloud, Naomi Schear talks about creating and implementing policies in New York City agencies and how her research informs her work. Read more

Professors Carla Shedd, Herman Bennett, Ruth Wilson Gilmore and Dána-Ain Davis
Our scholars and alumni are correcting misrepresentations of African Americans in history and contemporary society, and focusing attention on critical cultural issues. Read more
Jeff Maskovsky (co-editor) and Sophie Bjork-James (co-editor)
Beyond Populism: Angry Politics and the Twilight of Neoliberalism
(West Virginia University, 2020))
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Lawrence Cappello
None of Your Damn Business: Privacy in the United States from the Gilded Age to the Digital Age
(University of Chicago Press, 2019)
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Daniel Skinner
Medical Necessity: Health Care Access and the Politics of Decision Making
(University of Minnesota Press, 2019)
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Joshua Sperber
Consumer Management in the Internet Age: How Customers Became Managers in the Modern Workplace
(Lexington Books, 2019)
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Isaac Wirgin and John Waldman (Credit: The Graduate Center, Isaac Wirgin/John Waldman)
How Professor John Waldman, a Graduate Center alumnus, managed to co-author nearly 50 papers with fellow alumnus Isaac Wirgin. Read more

Make some academic new year resolutions for 2020. (Credit: Getty)
How about making some academic resolutions for the new year? Here are some that might already be on your list, along with guidance from Graduate Center students, faculty, and alumni on how to achieve them. (There’s even a happy ending.) Read more

Books by Graduate Center faculty, alumni and students
Consider these recent books by Graduate Center faculty and alumni for the avid readers on your gift list, or even your own pleasure and enlightenment. Read more