Faculty
The Department of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences has its own designated full-time faculty. This faculty, consisting of members from various disciplines, has a particular expertise in the Study of the Americas:
Carlos Aguasaco, Professor of Latin American Cultural Studies & Deputy Chair, Department of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
Marlene Clark, Associate Professor of English
Elizabeth Matthews, Assistant Professor of Psychology & Early Childhood Education
Kathlene McDonald, Associate Professor of English & Chair, Department of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
Joan Robinson, Assistant Professor of Social Science & Law
Susanna Rosenbaum, Associate Professor of Anthropology & Director, MA in the Study of the Americas
Susanna Schaller, Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning
Martin Woessner, Associate Professor of History & Society
Danielle Zach, Patai Postdoctoral Fellow
Rafia Zafar, Assistant Professor of Economics
Faculty members from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the uptown campus, CUNY, and other expert professionals are also invited to teach courses in their areas of specialization. Recent guest faculty include:
: 鈥淲ild Animals of the Americas鈥 (Spring 2012)
: "Magical Realism in the Americas" (Spring 2025) | 鈥淏achata for a Diaspora: Dominican Fiction & Film of the 21st Century鈥 (Spring 2022) | 鈥淪lavery and Its Historical Legacy in the Film and Fiction of the Americas" (Spring 2014)
Campbell Dalglish: "Transitions: Contemporary Ethnographic Film" (Spring 2024) | 鈥淚ndigenous Visions鈥 (Spring 2023, Spring 2019)
: "Indigenous People and Human Rights" (Fall 2015)
: "Microfinance in the Americas" (Fall 2014)
: "Critical Childhood and Youth Studies across the Americas" (Spring 2015)
: 鈥淟abor Strategies in the Americas" (Fall 2013)
: "Slavery, Gender & Colonial Legacies" (Spring 2025) | "Postcolonial Caribbean Thought and Aesthetics" (Spring 2023) | 鈥淪lavery, Gender and Resistance in Hispaniola鈥 (Fall 2020)
Pedro Jos茅 Ortega Espinal: "The Dominican People in the US: From Migrants to Rooted People" (Spring 2023)
: "Hurricanes and Rising Sea Levels: Climate Change in Caribbean Art and Literature" (Spring 2023) | 鈥淟iterature & Art in the Contemporary Caribbean鈥 (Spring 2020)
: 鈥淢usic of the Americas鈥 (Fall 2012)
: 鈥淒reams, Ethics, and Society in the Americas鈥 (Fall 2017)
: 鈥淏lack Atlantic Cultures鈥 (Spring 2018)
Vanessa K. Vald茅s: 鈥淗aiti and the Americas, from the Revolution to Today鈥 (Spring 2021)
Last Updated: 12/05/2024 15:16