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Adeyinka M. Akinsulure-Smithaakinsulure-smith@ccny.cuny.eduProfessor of Psychology and Women's StudiesCity CollegeHuman Rights Investigations, Gender Crimes, Post Traumatic Stress, Secondary Traumatic Stress, Vicarious Trauma, Compassion Fatigue, Self Care, Mental Health Service Providers
George Andreopoulosgandreopoulos@jjay.cuny.eduProfessorJohn JayInternational Human Rights; International Organizations
Jillian Báezjb6377@hunter.cuny.eduAssociate Professor of Africana and Puerto Rican/Latino Studies; Center for Studies on Women, CUNY Mexican StudiesHunter CollegeLatinx Media and Popular Culture, Transnational Feminisms, Issues of Belonging and Citizenship
Laura Barberan Reinaresm_laura.barberan@bcc.cuny.eduProfessor of English and Literature Bronx Community CollegeHuman Trafficking, Gender Studies, Migration Studies, Human Rights, Gender-based Violence, "Comfort Women," Postcolonial Literature and Theory, Anglophone Literature, Transnational Literature
Moustafa Bayoumibayoumi@brooklyn.cuny.eduProfessor of EnglishBrooklyn CollegeDiaspora and Racialization, Islamophobia, Refugees, War and Civil Rights
Ibrahim Bechrouriibechrouri@jjay.cuny.eduAdjunct Lecturer of SociologyJohn Jay CollegePolice and Surveillance, Effects of Counterterrorism Policies, Anti-Racism
Manu Bhagavanmanu.bhagavan@hunter.cuny.eduProfessorHunter CollegeModern India; (Post)colonialism; (inter)nationalism
Kovie Biakolokovie.biakolo@journalism.cuny.eduIndependent Journalist, Writer, and Director of Arts and Culture Reporting ProgramSchool of JournalismMulticulturalism, Race, Gender, National Identity, and Pop Culture
Yarimar Bonillayb672@hunter.cuny.eduProfessor of Africana and Puerto Rican/Latino Studies and Acting Director for the Center of Puerto Rican StudiesHunter CollegeAnti-Colonial Movements in French Caribbean, Digital Protest in Black Lives Matter, Politics of Recovery, Puerto Rico
Teresa A. Bookertbooker@jjay.cuny.eduAssociate Professor & Department Chairperson of Africana StudiesJohn Jay CollegeAfricana Studies, Ethnic Studies, Resorative Justice, Humanitarian Relief, Peacemaking
Naomi braineNBraine@brooklyn.cuny.eduProfessorBrooklyn Collegereproductive justice, drug policy in US and Latin America, gender and sexuality, social movements.
Rebecca Bratspiesbratspies@law.cuny.eduFounding Director of the Center for Urban Environmental ReformSchool of LawEnvironmental justice, Regulation of New Agricultural Technologies, Right to Healthy Environment
Jacqueline N. Brownjnbrown@hunter.cuny.eduAssociate Professor of AnthropologyHunter CollegeDiasporic Subjectivities, Race, Space and Place, Transnationalism and the Local, Black Identities, Britain
Anthony Browneapbrowne@hunter.cuny.eduAssociate Professor and Chair of the Department of Africana and Puerto Rican/Latino StudiesHunter CollegeBlack Diasporic Communities, Poverty, Gentrification, Africana Sociology and Second Generation Immigrants; Power/Race/Policy
Michael Buckleymichael.buckley@lehman.cuny.eduAssociate Professor of Philosophy; Director, Center for Human Rights and Peace StudiesLehman CollegeSocial Justice, Transitional Justice, Global Justice, HR and Business
David Caicedodcaicedo@bmcc.cuny.eduAssociate ProfessorBorough of Manhattan Community College Latino/a experience in the U.S., including Latino/a demographic patterns in the Tri-State area, immigration, public opinion
Jean Carmaltjcarmalt@jjay.cuny.eduAssistant Professor of Political Science and Environmental StudiesJohn Jay College and EES at GCGeography, International Law and Society, Right to Health, Environmental Disasters
Kathleen CraveroKATHLEEN.CRAVERO@SPH.CUNY.EDUDistinguished Lecturer, Co-Director, Center for Immigrant, Refugee and Global HealthSchool of Public HealthGlobal Migrant Health Policies, Ending Violence Against Women and Children, Multi-lateral Organizations, Philanthropy in International Development
Bruce Croninbcronin@ccny.cuny.eduProfessor of Political ScienceGC, City CollegeInternational Relations; Civilian/Casualties of War; Humanitarian Intervention Issues
Jessie Danielsjdaniels@hunter.cuny.eduProfessor of SociologyHunter CollegeRace, Technology, Racism
Sarah Danielssonsdanielsson@gc.cuny.eduProfessor of History; Executive Director of the CUNY AcademyQueensborough; GCIntellectual History of Mass Violence; Genocide and Human Rights; Nationalism
Lisa Davislisa.davis@law.cuny.eduAssociate Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Human Rights & Gender Justice ClinicSchool of LawInternational Human Rights, Gender Justice, LGBTQ+ rights, Peacebuilding and Security
Els De GraauwEls.deGraauw@baruch.cuny.eduProfessorBaruch Collegeimmigration, civil society organizations, urban politics, government bureaucracies, public policy, and qualitative research methods
James De Lorenzijdelorenzi@jjay.cuny.eduAssociate Professor of HistoryJohn Jay CollegeCounterinsurgency and the International System, Colonial Violence in Ethiopia, Historical Theory, Microhistory, Orientalism and Anthropology, History of Orientalism/Imperialism
Michal Dekelmdekel@ccny.cuny.eduDistinguished Professor, CCNY Department of English; Director, The Rifkind Center for Humanities & the ArtsCity CollegeAutobiography and Memoir; Class, Culture, and Politics; Refugees; Global/Immigrant Literature; Literary Theory
Jane Marcus-Delgadojane.marcusdelgado@csi.cuny.eduProfessorCollege of Staten Islandreproductive justice, Latin American politics, gender-based politics, social movements and global challenges to democracy
Marc Edelmanmedelman@hunter.cuny.eduProfessor of AnthropologyHunter and GCAgrarian Issues, Social Movements, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Peasants' Rights
Nina Rose Fischernfischer@jjay.cuny.eduAssistant Professor of Interdisciplinary StudiesJohn Jay CollegeCritical Race, Class and Gender Analyses, Interventions with Youth in the Juvenile Justice System
Jennifer Gabouryjgaboury@hunter.cuny.eduLecturer and Advisor of Political Science/Women & Gender StudiesHunter CollegeMasculinities, Feminisms, Politics, Race and Sex Segregation, LGBTQ+ Rights
Alyshia Gálvezalyshia.galvez@lehman.cuny.eduProfessor/Acting ChairDepartment of Latin American and Latino Studies, Lehman College; Faculty, Doctoral Program in Anthropology, Graduate Center of the City University of New YorkMigration, food justice, Health
Tami Goldtamigold@mindspring.comProfessor of FilmHunter CollegeEnd Apartheid, Women's Rights, Trauma, War
Julie Goldscheidgoldscheid@law.cuny.eduProfessor of LawSchool of LawGender Equality, Gender-violence, Economic Equality
Stephanie Golobstephanie.golob@baruch.cuny.eduChair and Associate Professor of Political Science; Director, ISLA-Initiative for the Study of Latin AmericaBaruch College and CUNY Graduate Center Transitional Justice, Historical Memory, International Law
Ozlem Gonerozlem.goner@csi.cuny.eduAssociate ProfessorCollege of Staten Islandsocial movements, with an attention to inter-sectional movements of the oppressed, feminist theory and movements, racial and ethnic relations, global capitalism, and qualitative research
Janet Gornickjgornick@gc.cuny.eduProfessor of Political Science and Sociology, Director of Stone Center, James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Distinguished Chair in Socio-Economic InequalityCUNY GCPublic Policy, Comparative Social Welfare Policy, Women and Labor, Socioeconomic Inequality
Carol Gouldcgould@gc.cuny.eduDistinguished Professor, Director of the Center for Global Ethics and Politics at the Ralph Bunche Institute for International StudiesGC, HunterDemocratic Theory; Human Rights and Global Justice; Feminist Theory
Diana Barbara Greenwalddgreenwald@ccny.cuny.eduAssistant Professor, Department of Political ScienceCity CollegeState and institutions; politics in Middle East and North Africa; Palestinian politics
Thomas HalperThomas.Halper@baruch.cuny.eduProfessorBaruch Collegeforeign policy, health care, popular culture, urban politics, political theory, and, especially recently, the Supreme Court and constitutional law
John Hammondjhammond@hunter.cuny.eduProfessor of SociologyHunter CollegeHuman Rights and Warfare, Methods, Occupy Wall Street, Latin American Left, Brazillian Landless Farmworkers
D’Weston Haywooddh2036@hunter.cuny.eduAssociate Professor of HistoryHunter CollegeAfrican American History, Black Masculinities, Cultural and Political History, Race and Gender Studies, Black Civil Rights, Hip-Hop, Racial Justice, Black Protest Movements
Chaumtoli Huqchaumtoli.huq@law.cuny.eduAssociate Professor of LawSchool of LawLabor and Employment, Human Rights, Advocacy
Susan Kangskang@jjay.cuny.eduAssociate Professor of Political ScienceJohn Jay CollegeUnions, Civil Society, Economic and Social Rights, International Political Economy, International Law, Human Rights
Ramzi Kassemramzi.kassem@law.cuny.eduProfessor of Law, Founding Director of the CLEAR Project & ClinicSchool of LawSocial movements, Civil rights, Critical Security Studies
Raphaëlle Khanrkhan4@ccny.cuny.eduAssistant Professor, Department of Political ScienceCity CollegeInternational Relations; International & Global History
Marina Kumskovamkumskova@jjay.cuny.eduAssociate Professor of Political ScienceJohn Jay CollegeCivil Society, Peacebuilding, Advocacy, Peace and Security, Gender, Counterterrorism
Donna Hae Kyun Leelee@law.cuny.eduProfessor of LawSchool of LawFamily Law, Criminal Law, Partner Violence, Asian American Women, Gender and Law, Domestic Violence
Ke Likli@jjay.cuny.eduAssistant Professor of Political ScienceJohn Jay CollegeState Law, Power, Inequality, China, Violence against Medical Professionals
Jamie Longazeljlongazel@jjay.cuny.eduAssociate Professor of Political ScienceJohn Jay CollegeRace and Political Economy in Immigration
Christopher Loperenacloperena@gc.cuny.eduAssistant Professor of AnthropologyCUNY GCIndigenous and Black Territorial Struggles, Land, Ethnicality and Subject Formation, Socio-spatial Politics of Economic Development in Honduras
Howard Lunehlune@hunter.cuny.eduAssociate Professor of SociologyHunter CollegeCollective Action, Organizational Fields, Community and Grassroots Organizing, Collective Identity
Nerve Macaspacnerve.macaspac@csi.cuny.eduAssistant Professor of Geography; Graduate Faculty Earth and Environmental SciencesCUNY GC and College of Staten IslandPeace and Conflict, Peacebuilding, Social Movements, Human Rights, Spatial Ethnography, Urban Humanities, Digital Geographies, Critical GIS, Urban Geography, Political Geography, Southeast Asia
Logan McBrideLogan.McBride@mhc.cuny.eduDistinguished Lecturer of HistoryMacaulay Honors CollegeOrigins of Mass Incarceration
Kimberley Mckinsonkmckinson@jjay.cuny.eduAssistant Professor of AnthropologyJohn Jay CollegeUrban Residential In/Security, Material Culture, Caribbean Slavery and Postcoloniality, Critical Black Historiography
Uday Singh Mehtaumehta@gc.cuny.eduDistinguished Professor of PhilosophyCUNY GCFreedom and Imagination, Colonialism, Empire, War, Peace, Nonviolence
Ricardo Mirandaricardo.miranda@hunter.cuny.eduAssociate Professor and Chair of Film & Media Studies; Chair of the PSC CUNY Faculty Award for Art, Art History and Communication SciencesHunter CollegeImmigration, Discrimination, Gentrification, Globalization, Populism and Critical Perspectives
Alexandra Moffett-Batteauamoffet-bateau@jjay.cuny.eduAssistant Professor of Political ScienceJohn Jay CollegeSpatial and Aesthetic Realities, Residential Neighborhoods, Political Identity Development, Ethnography
Aaron Morrisonaaron.morrison@journalism.cuny.eduAdjunct Professor of Reporting and WritingSchool of JournalismRace, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice Reform, Grassroots Social Movements
Dirk Mosesdirkmoses@ccny.cuny.eduAnne and Bernard Spitzer Professor of International RelationsCity CollegeGenocide, Human Rights, International Relations, Atrocity Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity, War Crimes.
Jessica Neuwirthjessica.neuwirth@hunter.cuny.eduDistinguished Lecturer and Rita E. Hauser Director, Human Rights ProgramHunter CollegeWomen's Rights, ERA Coalition
Mojúbàolú Olúfúnké Okomemokome@brooklyn.cuny.eduProfessorBrooklyn CollegeYouth Empowerment, Gender, Democracy and Citizenship in Africa; Governance, Development and Democracy in Africa; Effects of Globalization, Post-Colonialism, and Modernity on Economic and Political Transformation; and African Diaspora Studies
Rupal Ozarupal.oza@hunter.cuny.eduProfessor of Women and Gender Studies and GeographyHunter CollegeSocio-Political Transformations in the Global South, Geography of Right-Wing Politics, Gender, Violence, Political Economy
Edward Paulinoedpaulino@jjay.cuny.eduAssistant Professor of HistoryJohn Jay CollegeRace, Genocide, Borders, Nation-building, Latin America and the Caribbean, African Diaspora, NY History
Michael Pfeifermpfeifer@jjay.cuny.eduProfessor of HistoryJohn Jay CollegeCollective Violence, Criminal Justice, american Catholicism, Orchestral Performance, Russia-America Relations
Diana RomeroDIANA.ROMERO@SPH.CUNY.EDUAssociate Professor of Community Health and Social SciencesSchool of Public HealthReproductive, Sexual Health and Policy; Social Welfare Policies, Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities
Jill Rosenthaljr3192@hunter.cuny.eduAssistant Professor of HistoryHunter College19th and 20th century African History, History Humanitarian and International Aid, History of Refugee Migration in Africa, Violence and Healing
Christa Salamandrachrista.salamandra@lehman.cuny.eduProfessor of and Deputy Chair of AnthropologyLehman College and the Graduate CenterCultural anthropology focusing on the Middle East
Jillian Schwedlerjs1287@hunter.cuny.eduProfessorHunter CollegeComparative Politics, Social Movements and Contentious Politics, Protest and Policing, Political Geography, Middle East, Political Islam, Ethnography and Interpretive Methods
Jeena Shahjeena.shah@law.cuny.eduAssociate Professor of LawSchool of LawPrevious Direct of the International Human Rights Clinic, Constitutional Rights, litigationa nd advocacy, grassroots oragnizing, racial and economic justice, immigrant and LGBTQ+ rights
James SherryJAMES.SHERRY@SPH.CUNY.EDUClinical Professor, Director for CUNY Immigrant Refugee and Global Health; Center for Immmigrant, Refugee and Global Health; Health Policy and ManagementSchool of Public HealthImmigrant, Refugee and Global Health and Policy, International Health Organizations
Irina Carlota (Lotti) Silberisilber@ccny.cuny.eduProfessor and Chair, Department of Anthropology, Gender Studies and International StudiesCity CollegeTrauma, Post-War, El Salvador
Julia Sinitskyjsinitsky@jjay.cuny.eduAdjunct Lecturer of Political ScienceJohn Jay CollegeEnvironmental Policy and Human Rights
CalvinJohn Smileycsmiley@hunter.cuny.eduAssistant Professor of SociologyHunter CollegeSocial Justice, Inequality, Race Relations, Mass Incarceration and Re-entry
Cynthia Soohoocynthia.soohoo@law.cuny.eduProfessor of Law and Co-Director of the Human Rights and Gender Justice ClinicSchool of LawReproductive Justice, Women's Rights, Human Rights Advocacy
Victoria Stanfordvictoria.sanford@lehman.cuny.eduProfessor of Anthropology; Founding Director of the Center of Human Rights and Peace StudiesLehman CollegeMass Violence, Human Rights, Incarceration, Disappearance
Jill Straussjstrauss@bmcc.cuny.eduAssociate Professor, Speech, Communications, and Theater Arts Dept.Borough of Manhattan Community CollegeRestorative Practices; Visual Interpretation of Narrativel Augmented Reality; History and Historical Conflict
Jeanne Theoharisjtheoharis@brooklyn.cuny.eduDistinguished ProfessorBrooklyn Collegecivil rights, Black Power movements, contemporary politics of race in the United States
Erin Thompsonethompson@jjay.cuny.eduAssociate Professor of ArtJohn Jay CollegeLabor Market for Looted Antiquitieies, Art Forgery, Museum Theft, Art from Detainees, Art and Crime
John Torpeyjtorpey@gc.cuny.eduProfessor of History and Sociology. Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International StudiesGCSocial and Critical Theory / Comparative Historical Sociology / Sociology of Religion / Political Sociology
Patricia Tovarptovar@jjay.cuny.eduProfessor of AnthropologyJohn Jay CollegeHuman Rights and Gender Violence
Charlotte Walker-SaidCwalker-said@jjay.cuny.eduAssistant Professor of HistoryJohn Jay CollegeChristianity, Law, and Human Rights in Cameroon and Central-West Africa, Applications of Human Rights Law, Corporate Social Responsibility in Africa
John Wallachjwallach@hunter.cuny.eduProfessor EmeritusHunter CollegeHistory of Political Theory; Democratic Theory; Human Rights; Philosophy
Danielle Zachdzach@ccny.cuny.eduAssistant Professor of Political Science and Human RightsCity CollegeCivil War, Transnational Radicalism, Forced Migration, Diaspora, Global Governance