Faculty Experts
The Graduate Center faculty and administrators are renowned scholars and researchers who believe "knowledge is a public good." Accordingly, the following list includes subjects of interest and GC faculty/administrators who are experts in each field and available to speak to the media.
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Affordable Housing
John Mollenkopf
Director
- Center for Urban Research
Distinguished Professor
- Political Science
Distinguished Professor
- Sociology
Distinguished Professor
- International Migration Studies
Distinguished Professor
- Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
African Diaspora
Ruth Wilson Gilmore
Director
- Center for Place, Culture and Politics
Professor
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
Professor
- American Studies
Professor
- Africana Studies
American Literature
Eric Lott
Distinguished Professor
- English
Distinguished Professor
- American Studies
Distinguished Professor
- Africana Studies
David S. Reynolds
Distinguished Professor
- English
Distinguished Professor
- History
Distinguished Professor
- Comparative Literature
Distinguished Professor
- Biography and Memoir
Distinguished Professor
- American Studies
Distinguished Professor
- Liberal Studies
Biography
Blanche Wiesen Cook
Distinguished Professor
- History
Distinguished Professor
- Women's and Gender Studies
Distinguished Professor
- Biography and Memoir
David Nasaw
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- History
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- Biography and Memoir
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- American Studies
Biology
Asohan Amarasingham
Assistant Professor
- Psychology
- Biology
- Computer Science
- Neuroscience
- Cognitive Neuroscience
Jill Bargonetti
Professor
- Biochemistry
- Biology
Joshua Brumberg
Interim President
- President's Office
Professor
- Psychology
- Biology
- Neuroscience
- Cognitive Neuroscience
Patrizia Casaccia
Einstein Professor
- Biochemistry
- Biology
- Neuroscience
Director, Neuroscience Initiative
- Advanced Science Research Center
Kevin H. Gardner
Einstein Professor
- Biochemistry
Einstein Professor
- Biology
Einstein Professor
- Chemistry
Director, Structural Biology Initiative
- Advanced Science Research Center
Daniel Keedy
Professor
- Biology
- Biochemistry
- Chemistry
Professor, Structural Biology Initiative
- Advanced Science Research Center
Children
Tracy Dennis
Professor
- Psychology
- Neuroscience
- Cognitive Neuroscience
Roger Hart
Professor
- Psychology
Professor
- Social Welfare
Professor
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
Director
- Center for Human Environments
Cindi Katz
Professor
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
Professor
- Psychology
Professor
- American Studies
Professor
- Women's and Gender Studies
Deputy Executive Officer
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
Michelle MacRoy-Higgins
Associate Professor
- Audiology
Associate Professor
- Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
Yoko Nomura
Professor
- Psychology
Professor
- Neuroscience
Professor
- Cognitive Neuroscience
Maria Elena Torre
Research Scientist
- Psychology
Director and Co-Founder, The Public Science Project
- Urban Education
Climate Change
Melissa Checker
Professor
- Anthropology
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
Jennifer Cherrier
Professor
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
Leigh Graham
Assistant Professor
- Psychology
Andrew Reinmann
Assistant Professor
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
Assistant Professor
- Biology
William D. Solecki
Professor
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
Communities
Roger Hart
Professor
- Psychology
Professor
- Social Welfare
Professor
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
Director
- Center for Human Environments
Computer Science
Asohan Amarasingham
Assistant Professor
- Psychology
- Biology
- Computer Science
- Neuroscience
- Cognitive Neuroscience
Sven Dietrich
Professor
- Computer Science
Lev Manovich
Presidential Professor
- Data Science
Presidential Professor
- Computer Science
Presidential Professor
- Digital Humanities
Presidential Professor
- Data Analysis and Visualization
Criminal Justice
David Brotherton
Professor
- Criminal Justice
- Sociology
- Urban Education
- International Migration Studies
Margaret Bull Kovera
Professor
- Psychology
Chitra Raghavan
Professor
- Psychology
Professor
- Criminal Justice
Gabrielle Salfati
Professor
- Psychology
Demographic Research
Laird W. Bergad
Professor
- History
Director
- Center for Latin American, Caribbean & Latino Studies
John Mollenkopf
Director
- Center for Urban Research
Distinguished Professor
- Political Science
Distinguished Professor
- Sociology
Distinguished Professor
- International Migration Studies
Distinguished Professor
- Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
Steven Romalewski
Director, CUNY Mapping Service
- Center for Urban Research
Digital Humanities
Tracy Dennis
Professor
- Psychology
- Neuroscience
- Cognitive Neuroscience
Matthew K. Gold
Associate Professor
- English
- Liberal Studies
- Digital Humanities
- Data Analysis and Visualization
- Interactive Technology and Pedagogy
- American Studies
Director
- Graduate Center Digital Initiatives
Economics
David A. Jaeger
Professor Emeritus
- Economics
Paul Krugman
Distinguished Professor
- Economics
Distinguished Scholar
- Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
Branko Milanovic
Stone Center Senior Scholar
- Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
Salvatore Morelli
Stone Center Senior Scholar
- Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
Merih Uctum
Professor
- Economics
Education
Cathy N. Davidson
Founding Director
- Futures Initiative
Distinguished Professor
- English
- Data Analysis and Visualization
- Digital Humanities
- American Studies
Director of HASTAC@CUNY
Michelle Fine
Distinguished Professor
- Psychology
- Urban Education
- Liberal Studies
- Women's and Gender Studies
- American Studies
Visiting Professor, University of South Africa
David A. Jaeger
Professor Emeritus
- Economics
English
Matthew K. Gold
Associate Professor
- English
- Liberal Studies
- Digital Humanities
- Data Analysis and Visualization
- Interactive Technology and Pedagogy
- American Studies
Director
- Graduate Center Digital Initiatives
Ethnography
Cindi Katz
Professor
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
Professor
- Psychology
Professor
- American Studies
Professor
- Women's and Gender Studies
Deputy Executive Officer
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
Setha Low
Distinguished Professor
- Psychology
Distinguished Professor
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
Distinguished Professor
- Anthropology
Distinguished Professor
- Women's and Gender Studies
Fashion
Elizabeth Wissinger
Professor
- Liberal Studies
Film
Eric Lott
Distinguished Professor
- English
Distinguished Professor
- American Studies
Distinguished Professor
- Africana Studies
French Literature
André Aciman
Distinguished Professor
- French
- Comparative Literature
- Biography and Memoir
Global Cities
Philip Kasinitz
Director
- Advanced Research Collaborative
Acting Executive Program Officer & Presidential Professor
- Sociology
Presidential Professor
- International Migration Studies
Presidential Professor
- Africana Studies
Setha Low
Distinguished Professor
- Psychology
Distinguished Professor
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
Distinguished Professor
- Anthropology
Distinguished Professor
- Women's and Gender Studies
John Mollenkopf
Director
- Center for Urban Research
Distinguished Professor
- Political Science
Distinguished Professor
- Sociology
Distinguished Professor
- International Migration Studies
Distinguished Professor
- Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
Celina Su
Professor
- Psychology
Professor
- Urban Education
Professor
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
History
Manu Bhagavan
Professor
- History
- Biography and Memoir
Stephen Brier
Professor Emeritus
- Urban Education
Professor Emeritus
- Digital Humanities
Professor Emeritus
- Interactive Technology and Pedagogy
Professor Emeritus
- American Studies
Professor Emeritus
- Liberal Studies
Joshua B. Freeman
Distinguished Professor
- History
David Nasaw
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- History
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- Biography and Memoir
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- American Studies
Victoria Sanford
Professor
- Anthropology
Human Rights
Manu Bhagavan
Professor
- History
- Biography and Memoir
Victoria Sanford
Professor
- Anthropology
Immigration
Richard Alba
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- Sociology
- Africana Studies
Laird W. Bergad
Professor
- History
Director
- Center for Latin American, Caribbean & Latino Studies
David Brotherton
Professor
- Criminal Justice
- Sociology
- Urban Education
- International Migration Studies
Heath Brown
Associate Professor
- Criminal Justice
- Urban Education
- International Migration Studies
Margaret M. Chin
Faculty
- Sociology
- International Migration Studies
Nancy Foner
Distinguished Professor
- Sociology
- International Migration Studies
Ismael García-Colón
Professor
- Anthropology
Professor
- International Migration Studies
David A. Jaeger
Professor Emeritus
- Economics
Philip Kasinitz
Director
- Advanced Research Collaborative
Acting Executive Program Officer & Presidential Professor
- Sociology
Presidential Professor
- International Migration Studies
Presidential Professor
- Africana Studies
John Mollenkopf
Director
- Center for Urban Research
Distinguished Professor
- Political Science
Distinguished Professor
- Sociology
Distinguished Professor
- International Migration Studies
Distinguished Professor
- Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
Peter Romaniuk
Deputy Executive Officer and Admissions Chair
- Political Science
Victoria Sanford
Professor
- Anthropology
Robert Smith
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- Social Welfare
Van C. Tran
Associate Professor
- Sociology
Associate Professor
- International Migration Studies
Income Inequality
Janet Gornick
Director
- Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
Professor
- Political Science
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
Professor
- Women's and Gender Studies
Paul Krugman
Distinguished Professor
- Economics
Distinguished Scholar
- Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
Leslie McCall
Associate Director
- Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
Presidential Professor
- Sociology
Presidential Professor
- Political Science
Presidential Professor
- Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
Branko Milanovic
Stone Center Senior Scholar
- Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
Salvatore Morelli
Stone Center Senior Scholar
- Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
Islam
Susan Buck-Morss
Distinguished Professor
- Political Science
Chase Robinson
Distinguished Professor
- Medieval Studies
Labor Movement
Ruth Milkman
Distinguished Professor
- History
Distinguished Professor
- Sociology
LGBT History and Research
Jean Halley
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- Liberal Studies
Professor
- Women's and Gender Studies
Kevin Nadal
Distinguished Professor
- Psychology
Maria Elena Torre
Research Scientist
- Psychology
Director and Co-Founder, The Public Science Project
- Urban Education
Librarianship
Maura Smale
Executive Chief Librarian
- Library
Professor
- Digital Humanities
Professor
- Interactive Technology and Pedagogy
Polly Thistlethwaite
Professor
- Library
Special Projects Librarian
- Library
Linguistics
Juliette Blevins
Presidential Professor
- Linguistics
Michelle Fine
Distinguished Professor
- Psychology
- Urban Education
- Liberal Studies
- Women's and Gender Studies
- American Studies
Visiting Professor, University of South Africa
Michelle MacRoy-Higgins
Associate Professor
- Audiology
Associate Professor
- Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
Loraine K. Obler
Distinguished Professor
- Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
Distinguished Professor
- Linguistics
Distinguished Professor
- Cognitive Neuroscience
Virginia Valian
Distinguished Professor
- Psychology
Distinguished Professor
- Linguistics
Distinguished Professor
- Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
Mass Incarceration
Ruth Wilson Gilmore
Director
- Center for Place, Culture and Politics
Professor
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
Professor
- American Studies
Professor
- Africana Studies
Michael Jacobson
Director of CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance
- Sociology
Maria Elena Torre
Research Scientist
- Psychology
Director and Co-Founder, The Public Science Project
- Urban Education
Memoir
André Aciman
Distinguished Professor
- French
- Comparative Literature
- Biography and Memoir
Middle East
Anna Akasoy
Professor
- Comparative Literature
- Liberal Studies
- Medieval Studies
- Middle Eastern Studies
- Global Early Modern Studies
Deputy Executive Officer
- Liberal Studies
Marnia Lazreg
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- Middle Eastern Studies
Professor
- Women's and Gender Studies
Professor
- French
Christa Salamandra
Professor
- Anthropology
Director and Professor
- Middle Eastern Studies
Nanoscience
Matthew Sfeir
Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Associate Professor
- Physics
Associate Professor, Photonics Initiative
- Advanced Science Research Center
Neuroscience
Jeff Beeler
Professor
- Psychology
- Biology
- Neuroscience
- Cognitive Neuroscience
Patrizia Casaccia
Einstein Professor
- Biochemistry
- Biology
- Neuroscience
Director, Neuroscience Initiative
- Advanced Science Research Center
Tracy Dennis
Professor
- Psychology
- Neuroscience
- Cognitive Neuroscience
John H. Martin
Professor
- Biology
Professor
- Psychology
Professor
- Neuroscience
Yoko Nomura
Professor
- Psychology
Professor
- Neuroscience
Professor
- Cognitive Neuroscience
Tony Ro
Presidential Professor
- Psychology
Presidential Professor
- Biology
Director and Presidential Professor
- Cognitive Neuroscience
Presidential Professor
- Neuroscience
New York City
Michelle Fine
Distinguished Professor
- Psychology
- Urban Education
- Liberal Studies
- Women's and Gender Studies
- American Studies
Visiting Professor, University of South Africa
Joshua B. Freeman
Distinguished Professor
- History
Philip Kasinitz
Director
- Advanced Research Collaborative
Acting Executive Program Officer & Presidential Professor
- Sociology
Presidential Professor
- International Migration Studies
Presidential Professor
- Africana Studies
John Mollenkopf
Director
- Center for Urban Research
Distinguished Professor
- Political Science
Distinguished Professor
- Sociology
Distinguished Professor
- International Migration Studies
Distinguished Professor
- Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
Yoko Nomura
Professor
- Psychology
Professor
- Neuroscience
Professor
- Cognitive Neuroscience
Steven Romalewski
Director, CUNY Mapping Service
- Center for Urban Research
Celina Su
Professor
- Psychology
Professor
- Urban Education
Professor
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
Philosophy
Linda Martín Alcoff
Professor
- Philosophy
- Women's and Gender Studies
Physics
Matthew Sfeir
Associate Professor
- Chemistry
Associate Professor
- Physics
Associate Professor, Photonics Initiative
- Advanced Science Research Center
Psychology
Asohan Amarasingham
Assistant Professor
- Psychology
- Biology
- Computer Science
- Neuroscience
- Cognitive Neuroscience
Jeff Beeler
Professor
- Psychology
- Biology
- Neuroscience
- Cognitive Neuroscience
Claudia Brumbaugh
Assistant Professor
- Psychology
Joshua Brumberg
Interim President
- President's Office
Professor
- Psychology
- Biology
- Neuroscience
- Cognitive Neuroscience
Cheryl Carmichael
Associate Professor
- Psychology
Colette Daiute
Professor
- Educational Psychology
- Psychology
- Urban Education
- Interactive Technology and Pedagogy
Tracy Dennis
Professor
- Psychology
- Neuroscience
- Cognitive Neuroscience
Jennifer Drake
Associate Professor
- Psychology
Erin Eatough
Assistant Professor
- Psychology
Michele Galietta
Associate Professor
- Psychology
Stefano Ghirlanda
Professor
- Psychology
Professor
- Biology
Frank W. Grasso
Associate Professor
- Psychology
Maria Hartwig
Professor
- Psychology
Margaret Bull Kovera
Professor
- Psychology
Alexandra W. Logue
Research Professor
- Psychology
Research Professor
- Center for Advanced Study in Education
Kevin Nadal
Distinguished Professor
- Psychology
Yoko Nomura
Professor
- Psychology
Professor
- Neuroscience
Professor
- Cognitive Neuroscience
Chitra Raghavan
Professor
- Psychology
Professor
- Criminal Justice
Charles Scherbaum
Professor
- Psychology
Irvin Sam Schonfeld
Professor Emeritus
- Psychology
Professor Emeritus
- Educational Psychology
Jacob Shane
Associate Professor
- Psychology
Deborah Tolman
Professor
- Psychology
Professor
- Social Welfare
Professor
- Women's and Gender Studies
Maria Elena Torre
Research Scientist
- Psychology
Director and Co-Founder, The Public Science Project
- Urban Education
Virginia Valian
Distinguished Professor
- Psychology
Distinguished Professor
- Linguistics
Distinguished Professor
- Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
Peggilee Wupperman
Professor
- Psychology
Philip T. Yanos
Professor
- Psychology
Public Policy
Van C. Tran
Associate Professor
- Sociology
Associate Professor
- International Migration Studies
Public Space
Cindi Katz
Professor
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
Professor
- Psychology
Professor
- American Studies
Professor
- Women's and Gender Studies
Deputy Executive Officer
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
Setha Low
Distinguished Professor
- Psychology
Distinguished Professor
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
Distinguished Professor
- Anthropology
Distinguished Professor
- Women's and Gender Studies
Quantitative Methods
Richard Alba
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- Sociology
- Africana Studies
Tracy Dennis
Professor
- Psychology
- Neuroscience
- Cognitive Neuroscience
Michelle Fine
Distinguished Professor
- Psychology
- Urban Education
- Liberal Studies
- Women's and Gender Studies
- American Studies
Visiting Professor, University of South Africa
David A. Jaeger
Professor Emeritus
- Economics
Race and Identity
Ruth Wilson Gilmore
Director
- Center for Place, Culture and Politics
Professor
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
Professor
- American Studies
Professor
- Africana Studies
Jean Halley
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- Liberal Studies
Professor
- Women's and Gender Studies
Eric Lott
Distinguished Professor
- English
Distinguished Professor
- American Studies
Distinguished Professor
- Africana Studies
Wendy Luttrell
Professor
- Urban Education
Professor
- Psychology
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- Women's and Gender Studies
Racial Justice
Richard Alba
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- Sociology
- Africana Studies
Ruth Wilson Gilmore
Director
- Center for Place, Culture and Politics
Professor
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
Professor
- American Studies
Professor
- Africana Studies
Social Welfare
Mimi Abramovitz
Professor
- Social Welfare
- Women's and Gender Studies
Speech, Language and Hearing
Virginia Valian
Distinguished Professor
- Psychology
Distinguished Professor
- Linguistics
Distinguished Professor
- Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
Teaching, Technology, and Pedagogy
Stephen Brier
Professor Emeritus
- Urban Education
Professor Emeritus
- Digital Humanities
Professor Emeritus
- Interactive Technology and Pedagogy
Professor Emeritus
- American Studies
Professor Emeritus
- Liberal Studies
Cathy N. Davidson
Founding Director
- Futures Initiative
Distinguished Professor
- English
- Data Analysis and Visualization
- Digital Humanities
- American Studies
Director of HASTAC@CUNY
Matthew K. Gold
Associate Professor
- English
- Liberal Studies
- Digital Humanities
- Data Analysis and Visualization
- Interactive Technology and Pedagogy
- American Studies
Director
- Graduate Center Digital Initiatives
Michael Mandiberg
Coordinator and Professor
- Interactive Technology and Pedagogy
Professor
- Data Analysis and Visualization
Professor
- Digital Humanities
Maura Smale
Executive Chief Librarian
- Library
Professor
- Digital Humanities
Professor
- Interactive Technology and Pedagogy
Polly Thistlethwaite
Professor
- Library
Special Projects Librarian
- Library
Luke Waltzer
Director
- Teaching & Learning Center
Adjunct Faculty
- Digital Humanities
Adjunct Faculty
- Interactive Technology and Pedagogy
United States
Michelle Fine
Distinguished Professor
- Psychology
- Urban Education
- Liberal Studies
- Women's and Gender Studies
- American Studies
Visiting Professor, University of South Africa
Thomas G. Weiss
Presidential Professor Emeritus
- Political Science
Professor Emeritus
- Liberal Studies
Urban Education
David Bloomfield
Professor
- Urban Education
Wendy Luttrell
Professor
- Urban Education
Professor
- Psychology
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- Women's and Gender Studies
Visual Arts
Claire Bishop
Professor
- Art History
Women: Gender Equality and History
Linda Martín Alcoff
Professor
- Philosophy
- Women's and Gender Studies
Alyson Cole
Professor
- Liberal Studies
- Political Science
- Women's and Gender Studies
- American Studies
Blanche Wiesen Cook
Distinguished Professor
- History
Distinguished Professor
- Women's and Gender Studies
Distinguished Professor
- Biography and Memoir
Janet Gornick
Director
- Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
Professor
- Political Science
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
Professor
- Women's and Gender Studies
Jean Halley
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- Liberal Studies
Professor
- Women's and Gender Studies
Leslie McCall
Associate Director
- Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
Presidential Professor
- Sociology
Presidential Professor
- Political Science
Presidential Professor
- Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
Ruth Milkman
Distinguished Professor
- History
Distinguished Professor
- Sociology
