Meet Our Faculty
Full-Time Faculty
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Ragnhild Utheim
Director, School of Liberal StudiesAssociate Professor of Liberal Studies and Anthropology, Liberal Studies Program Chair- BS, Hunter College, City University of New York
- PhD, Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York
- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching
- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service
- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Innovative Study Abroad
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Mara T. Horowitz
Assistant Professor of Liberal Studies- BA, Sarah Lawrence College
- MA, PhD, Columbia University
Part-Time Faculty
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Emily Blumenfeld
Lecturer in Liberal Studies- BA, Trinity College
- MA, Washington University
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Sabrina Charney Hull
Lecturer in Liberal Studies- BA Sociology/Women’s Studies, The Pennsylvania State University
- MS Urban and Regional Planning/Water Resources, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Shinelle Espaillat
Lecturer in Liberal Studies, Winter Session- BA, Hunter College, City University of New York
- MA, Temple University
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George Keteku
Lecturer, Liberal Studies- BS, MA, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
- PhD, Binghamton University, SUNY
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Sade Meeks
Lecturer, Liberal Studies -
Contributing Faculty
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Leandro Benmergui
Associate Professor of History- BA, University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
- PhD, University of Maryland, College Park
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David DeJesus
Assistant Professor of MusicLatin Jazz Orchestra Conductor- MusB, Purchase College, SUNY
- MM, Manhattan School of Music
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Melissa Forstrom
Assistant Professor of Arts Management- BS, Northeastern University
- MA, PhD, University of Westminster (England)
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Stephen Harris
(on leave: Fall 2023)Assistant Professor of Biology- BS, Ohio State University
- MA, City College of New York, City University of New York
- PhD, Graduate Center, City University of New York
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Matthew Immergut
Associate Professor of Sociology- BA, Prescott College
- MA, PhD, Drew University
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Lisa Jean Moore
Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies- BA, Tufts University
- MPH, University of California, Berkeley
- PhD, University of California, San Francisco
- SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities
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Alexis M. Silver
Associate Professor of Sociology- BA, Colorado College
- MA, PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill