GC Faculty Publications Addressing Diversity

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• Professor Tanisha C. Ford on Dressed in Dreams, Her Memoir of a Life in Fashion, and Its Pending Adaptation for the Screen

  

  Professor Tanisha C. Ford (Photo credit Darcy Rogers)

  Ford discusses her acclaimed book, her writing process, new projects, and why she joined The Graduate Center. Read more

• Laura Limonic, Sociology Alum, on ‘Kugel and Frijoles’ and Latino Jewish Identity

  

  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

• Why ‘Queering Law and Order’ Is Urgent

  

  Kevin Nadal

  Professor Kevin Nadal talks about his latest book, which looks at how the criminal justice system has treated LGBTQ people, including LGBTQ people of color, and the consequences. Read more

• Emily Drabinski on Leading the Library During a Pandemic and on Social Justice

  

  Emily Drabrinski (Credit: Alex Irklievski/The Graduate Center)

  Emily Drabinski, interim chief librarian, speaks about the resources available to researchers, the library’s commitment to social justice, and how much she’s looking forward to leaving her home office and returning to the Mina Rees Library. Read more

• Exploited Citizens: The Puerto Ricans Who Migrated to Grow Our Food

  

  Chartered flight with Puerto Rican migrant farmworkers, circa 1948. Courtesy of the Records of the Migration Division, Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora, Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos, Hunter College, CUNY.

  Professor Ismael García-Colón had family members who came to the U.S. to harvest produce. His new book reveals the contributions and the mistreatment of Puerto Rican farm laborers. Read more

• Challenging Higher Education with ‘Poor Queer Studies’

  

  Professor Matt Brim and the cover of his book, "Poor Queer Studies"

  Professor Matt Brim unpacks the ways elitism impacts the field of queer studies in a new book. Read more

• Koestenbaum ⎯ Poet, Critic, Queer Studies Pioneer ⎯ Receives American Academy of Arts and Letters Award

  

  Distinguished Professor Wayne Koestenbaum (Credit: Soft Skull Press)

  Distinguished Professor Wayne Koestenbaum was honored with a 2020 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature. Read more

• Meet the Scholar Tackling the ERA’s Past, Present, and Future

  

  Professor Julie Suk (Credit: The Graduate Center/Rachel Ramirez)

  Professor Julie Suk has set out to educate the country about the Equal Rights Amendment, and how to promote women’s rights. Read more

• Faculty Book: Gerald P. Mallon

  Gerald P. Mallon, editor
  Social Work Practice with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People
  3^rd edition
  (Routledge, 2017)

  
  
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• Faculty Book: Jack Jacobs

  Jack Jacobs
  Jews and Leftist Politics: Judaism, Israel, Antisemitism, and Gender 3^rd edition
  (Cambridge University Press, 2017)
  
  
  
  
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