Elliott-Negri, a doctoral candidate in sociology, discusses his many projects, including a new grant-funded study of collective action by workers whose lives have been put at risk by the pandemic. Read more
Distinguished Professor William Helmreich and his book "The Queens Nobody Knows: An Urban Walking Guide"
The final book by Distinguished Professor William Helmreich, who died at 74 in March during the city’s initial coronavirus surge, was published this fall. Read more
Professor Chin talks about her new book, Stuck: Why Asian Americans Don't Reach the Top of the Corporate Ladder, and her important findings about the “bamboo ceiling." Read more
Richard C. Fording and Sanford F. Schram
Hard White
(Oxford University Press, 2020)
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Richard Alba and the cover of his book, "The Great Demographic Illusion"
In his latest book, Alba presents a far more nuanced version of the future of American society than the rigid narrative that demographic changes are leading to a deep divide. Read more
Distinguished Professor Alba talks about his new book, The Great Demographic Illusion: Majority, Minority, and the Expanding American Mainstream. Read more
Richard Alba
The Great Demographic Illusion
(Princeton University Press, 2020)
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Margaret Chin
Stuck
(NYU Press, 2020)
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Alumna Laura Limonic and the cover of her book, Kugel and Frijoles (Photo courtesy of Limonic)
Now a tenured professor at SUNY Old Westbury, Limonic turned her dissertation into an award-winning book. Read more
Professor Robert C. Smith
Smith, who wrote an amicus brief defending DACA in this case, talks about what the court’s ruling means for a program that shields hundreds of thousands of immigrants, including many CUNY students, from deportation. Read more