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Alumni Highlights

Find information on Urban Education alumni below, including alumni listed by name and information on accessing past dissertations. 

The Graduate Center's Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness makes data available on alumni through Tableau. For Urban Education, data shows:

  • In recent years, 7-22 doctoral degrees have been awarded annually. 
  • The current (as of Fall 2020) median time-to-degree is 6.7 years (by graduation year) and 4.7 years (by entering cohort).
  • Graduates (2003-2016) work in following job sectors: education (75%) and non-profit (12%).

Alumni are also encouraged to visit the GC's alumni community pages. 

2020

  • Erik Bennett
  • Shawn Brown
  • Aminata Diop
  • Al-Karim H. Gangji
  • Maria Greene
  • Kara Imm
  • Vanita Naidoo
  • Diane Price Banks
  • Robert Robinson
  • Maureen Samedy-Cooke
  • Ferdinand Verley

2019

  • Chloe Asselin
  • Corinna Brathwaite
  • Amy R. Goods
  • Whitney Hollins
  • Barbara Hubert
  • Manny Lopez
  • Meghan Moore-Wilk
  • Madhu Narayanan
  • Louis Olander
  • Natalia Ortiz
  • Ernest Poole
  • Daniel Vallee
  • Martin Wilson

2018

  • Maria T Akinyele
  • Andrew Aprile
  • Johanna Panetti Barnhart
  • Stacey Campo
  • María Cioè-Peña
  • Katelin Anne Corbett
  • Myrtle E Dickson
  • Annabel D’Souza
  • Christine Johnson
  • Brian P Jones
  • Charles R Jordan
  • Angelica Ortega
  • Leah Denise Pride Otubanjo
  • Heather Rippeteau
  • Cristina Angela Trowbridge
  • Kylah Torre
  • Lavita J Turner-McMath
  • Shequana C Wright

2017

  • Shannon Allen
  • Belinda Amoako
  • Andrew April
  • Amelia Barbadoro
  • Mikela Bjork
  • Dale Britton
  • Marie Cerat
  • Carla Espana
  • Ivana Espinet
  • Luz Herrera
  • Tyrone John
  • Hiro Komatsubara
  • Carol MacDonald
  • Edwin Mayorga
  • Maria Persons
  • Victoria Restler
  • Chrystyna Russell
  • Kate Seltzer

2016

2015

  • Tara Bahl
  • Claire Fontaine
  • Jeremy Greenfield
  • Derrick Griffith
  • Charles Haitz
  • Sharon Hardy
  • Noah Heller
  • Jimmy Kalamaras
  • Susan McCulllough
  • Bisola Neil
  • Naomi Nwosu
  • Pamela Proscia
  • Miriam Tager
  • Judy Touzin
  • Daniel Voloch
  • Peter Waldman
  • Audra Watson

2014

  • Jeremy Benson
  • Olga Calderon
  • Alejandro Carrion
  • Amy Ferguson
  • Lee Gabay
  • Patrick O'Reilly
  • Malgorzata Powietrzynska
  • Amanda Winklesas
  • Jennie Yi

2013

  • Kirsten Cole
  • Erin Croke
  • Todd Feltman
  • Altovise Gipson
  • Noah Golden
  • Kiersten Green
  • Carolyne King
  • Rachael Lambert
  • Roland Lucas
  • Denise McNamara
  • Joseph Nelson
  • Amber Pabon
  • Daniel Walsh
  • Heather Woodley

2012

  • Laura Ascenzi-Moreno
  • Haiwen Chu
  • Erica Chutuape
  • Gene Fellner
  • Paula Fleshman
  • Nelson Flores
  • Jordan Fulvia
  • Shana Henry
  • Liza Pappas
  • Marcos Stafne
  • Mark Wolfmeyer
  • Sara Zaidi

2011

  • Carolyne Ali Khan
  • Fenix Arias
  • Conra Gist
  • Nicole Grimes
  • Heidi Holder
  • Reva Jaffe-Walter
  • Madeline Perez
  • Ramon Robles-Fernandez
  • Zoila Tazi
  • Ashleigh Thompson
  • Joseph Valley
  • Alejandra Varela
  • John Wenk

2010

  • Eileen Baker
  • Bronwyn Bevan
  • Anne Brownstein
  • Suri Duitch
  • Eric Fuchs
  • Preeti Gupta
  • Samuel Jackson
  • Donald Mulchahy
  • Karla Odenwald
  • Kate O'Hara
  • Femi Outlaja
  • Steven Watson
  • Felicia Wharton

2009

  • Mark Dunetz
  • Lynda Kennedy
  • Patricia Kreuger-Henney
  • Darla Linville
  • Jim Martinez
  • Amy Moran
  • Rebecca Rufo
  • Jessica Ruglis
  • Chris Siry
  • Eydia Wilson
  • Mayida Zaal

2008

  • Joanne Carris
  • Benjamin Enoma
  • Laura Gellert
  • Lidia Gonzalez
  • Chris Hale
  • Judy Hill
  • Ashraf Shady
  • Eve Tuck
  • Joelle Tutela
  • Jose Vazquez
  • Jennifer Weiss

2007

2006

  • Jennifer Adams
  • Regina Benard
  • Janice Bloom
  • Lori Chajet
  • Rosalina Diaz
  • Kecia Hayes
  • Pamela Joyce
  • Tricia Kress
  • Rupam Saran

For full dissertations, please visit CUNY's Academic Works for dissertations from 2014-present or the Mina Rees library for dissertations prior to 2014.  

Graduates of the Urban Education program are working in a wide variety of important roles in urban education:

  • research and teaching in universities, including teacher education programs;
  • research and leadership positions in urban school districts and in state and federal government agencies;
  • policy analysis positions for private foundations; and staff positions with legislators and legislative committees.
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