Lara Mimosa Montes (Ph.D. ’16, English) explores the boundaries of storytelling and identity in her debut work of fiction, The Time of the Novel. In this novella, a disaffected young woman leaves her ...

Professor Miles P. Grier (GC/Queens College, English) began considering the central topics of his debut monograph, Inkface: Othello and White Authority in the Era of Atlantic Slavery (2023), as an ...

When Distinguished Professor Cathy N. Davidson (English, Data Analysis and Visualization, Digital Humanities, American Studies) came to the CUNY Graduate Center in 2014, she brought with her a lofty ...

Professor Emeritus Irvin Sam Schonfeld (GC/City College, Educational Psychology, Psychology) wants readers to look past the popular catchword “burnout.” In their new book, Breaking Point: Job Stress, ...

During a year of political change, the Graduate Center and its scholars have demonstrated unwavering support for the LGBTQ+ community, shedding light on its history, well-being, and present challenges ...

Urban conservationist and birder Jesse McLaughlin came to the CUNY Graduate Center searching for answers to his most pressing questions about the connection between urban wildlife and human well-being ...

In this episode of The Thought Project, Maura Smale, chief librarian of the CUNY Graduate Center’s Mina Rees Library, explores how academic libraries empower research and uphold democratic values in a ...

Higher education is under siege, but Distinguished Professor Cathy N. Davidson and others argued that with bold reimagining, deeper community engagement, and solidarity across institutions, it will ...

In this episode of The Thought Project podcast, education policy expert David Bloomfield discusses the ongoing recovery of New York City’s public school system after the disruption of the COVID-19 ...

CUNY Graduate Center faculty members Ana Gantman, Qiushi Guo, Sarah Ita Levitan, Matthew Lindauer, Vladimir Rosenhaus, and Catherine Kramarczuk Voulgarides received the Feliks Gross and Henry Wasser ...

Graduate Center Ph.D. student Beryl Kahn (Biology) was awarded a John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship by New York Sea Grant. For the one-year fellowship, which began in February, she is applying ...

Historian Benjamin Carter Hett, a professor of History at the CUNY Graduate Center and Hunter College, joins The Thought Project for a timely discussion of the rise of autocracy in America and its ...