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An Immigration and Race Scholar Who Bucks Conventional Thought
Sociologists reflect on the influence of Professor Emeritus Richard Alba.
Graduate Center Experts Analyze the Midterm Elections
Faculty members assess the 2022 elections and their consequences for U.S. politics and policy and the future of democracy.
Documenting Public Housing-to-Prison Pipeline Is a Personal Mission
Professor Van C. Tran and two former students portray the students’ “lived experiences” in a revealing and data-driven study.
Distinguished Professor John Mollenkopf on Mayor Adams’ First Six Months
The political analyst discusses Adams’ performance on issues from public safety to affordable housing.
Prominent Graduate Center Sociologists Recognized by ASA
The American Sociological Association honored Philip Kasinitz and Margaret Chin for their influential work in ethnography.
Four CUNY Professors Win Grants for Latino Humanities Research
The faculty members will lead interdisciplinary research projects as part of the Crossing Latinidades Collaborative.
IN GUIDING REFUGEE RESEARCHERS, MASTER’S STUDENTS SEE THE WORLD THROUGH THEIR EYES
By Bonnie Eissner As a student in the Graduate Center’s International Migration Studies master’s program, Harry Frey has read a great deal about refugees and their experiences. It was only when he started working with refugees in East Africa and...
THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES AND UNDERSERVED STUDENTS IN AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST GO TO COLLEGE BECAUSE OF THIS ALUMNA
By Bonnie Eissner Graduate Center alumna Chrystina Russell (Ph.D. ’17, Urban Education) made a life-altering decision in 2013 when she left her job as the founding principal of a middle school in Harlem to bring college education to youth in...
Professor Robert C. Smith Wins the Award for Public Sociology in International Migration
Professor Robert C. Smith was recently named winner of the American Sociological Association's Award for Public Sociology in International Migration.
To White People Who Want to Be "One of the Good Ones"
In an opinion piece in the New York Times, Maeve Higgins, a student in the M.A. Program in International Migration Studies, discusses what it means to learn about racism and examine racial privileges as a white person in the United...