After unprecedented economic growth during the 20th century, is the U.S. losing its place as a world power? How have China’s economic rise and its growing class of uber-wealthy elites shaken up its ...

Many new buildings and public spaces in New York City have been criticized for being hostile to the public. In fact, “hostile architecture” is a term used by the media to describe an increasing ...

The Office of Special Events and Event Planning develops and disseminates policies to ensure effective coordination and efficient management of Graduate Center special events, including Commencement; ...

David Nasaw’s new book is a brilliant re-examination of post-World War II America that looks beyond the victory parades and into the veterans’ — and nation’s — unhealed traumas. Nasaw presents a ...

An internationally recognized center for advanced studies and a national model for public doctoral education, the Graduate Center offers over thirty doctoral programs in the arts, humanities, social ...

Friend or foe? Academics advise on how to teach alongside ChatGPT and other AI chatbots. (Image created with the assistance of DALL·E 2) ChatGPT is the talk of the ivory tower. The AI language ...

Robert Courtney Smith (Ph.D. Columbia, 1995) is a Professor of Sociology, Immigration Studies and Public Affairs at the School of Public Affairs, and in the Sociology Department, Graduate Center, CUNY ...

Peter Beinart is Professor of Journalism and Political Science at the City University of New York. He is also a Contributing Opinion Writer at The New York Times, an MSNBC Political Commentator, ...

Ruth O’Brien, who earned her Ph.D. in political science at UCLA, joined the Graduate Center’s doctoral faculty in 1997 and, in 2004, founded the Writing Politics specialization in political science.

Ariana Mangual Figueroa draws from the fields of language socialization and linguistic anthropology to examine language use and learning in Latinx communities living in the United States. Her ...

Heba Gowayed's research is global and comparative, centering on the lives of people who migrate across borders and the unequal and often violent institutions they face. Gowayed is the author of the ...

Paleoanthropology, Hominin paleobiology, postcranial morphology and locomotion, functional anatomy, geometric morphometrics, 3D modelling ...