For full functionality of this site it is necessary to enable JavaScript. Here are the instructions how to enable JavaScript in your web browser. Faculty NewsNews »Faculty News Filter by: Category: Distinguished Professor Appointments Faculty Activities Faculty Awards New Appointments to the GC Year: 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 Month: January February March April May June July August September October November December Robert Smith Publishes Research on "Black Mexicans"Professor Robert C. Smith (Baruch, Sociology) published new research exploring "Black Mexicans" and the use of racial categories. Smith's research draws on more than 15 years of... Read moreGC Professor Appointed President of the Society of American HistoriansDistinguished Professor David Nasaw, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Chair in American History, has been named the next president of the Society of American Historians. Read moreSteve Greenbaum Named Jefferson Science Fellow The U.S. Department of State has selected Steve G. Greenbaum (Prof., Hunter), executive officer of the Ph.D. Program in Physics, as a Jefferson Science Fellow for 2014–15. The fellowship... Read moreMichelle Fine Wins Education Award Michelle Fine, distinguished professor of psychology and urban education at the Graduate Center, has won the 2014 Deborah W. Meier Award for Heroes in Education from FairTest, the National Center... Read moreGC Research Illuminates Importance of Transfer Credits in Completing B.A.“The Community College Route to the Bachelor’s Degree," by doctoral candidate David B. Monaghan (Sociology) and distinguished professor Paul Attewell (Sociology, Urban Education), was published online on March 19th in Education Evaluation and Policy Analysis (EEPA). Read morePhilip Kasinitz Named Presidential Professor of Sociology The Graduate Center has awarded the title of Presidential Professor to sociologist Philip Kasinitz, effective January 27, 2014. Kasinitz, who has a joint appointment with the GC and Hunter, has... Read moreNew Doctoral Faculty Appointments, Fall and Winter 2013 The following is a list of appointments to the doctoral faculty that were made between August 15, 2013, and February 26, 2014. Given after each name are the faculty member’s home campus and... Read moreTechnology Scholar Cathy Davidson Joins the Graduate Center Leading technology scholar Cathy N. Davidson will join the GC’s English Ph.D. program faculty effective July 2014. Davidson is currently the John Hope Franklin Humanities Professor of... Read moreJames Oakes Wins Award from Civil War Round Table Distinguished Professor James Oakes of the Ph.D. Program in History has won the 52nd annual Barondess/Lincoln Award from the Civil War Round Table of New York for his book Freedom National: The... Read moreSelfiecity Project Applies Demographic Analysis and Pattern Visualization to Instagram Photos from Five World CitiesLev Manovich, professor of computer science at the Graduate Center, is coordinator of Selfiecity, a project using 3,200 Instagram selfie photos, taken between December 4 and 12, 2013, in Bangkok, Berlin, Moscow, New York, and São Paulo, to explore how people represent themselves using mobile photography in social media. Read more Previous ...21222324252627282930... Next