Urban Studies

Faculty

Professor of Geography and Director of Urban Studies
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BA, Pomona College; MA, PhD, University of California-Berkeley
Professor and Chair of Art on the Isabelle Hyman Professorship Chair
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MA, Harvard University
Professor of Sociology
BA, University of Missouri-Kansas City; MA, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin
Professor of History and Director of Medieval & Renaissance Studies
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BA, Rutgers University-New Brunswick; PhD, Cornell University
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Geography
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BS, Cornell University; MA, Clark University; MS, Rutgers University-New Brunswick; PhD, Clark University
Associate Dean of the Faculty and Senior Lecturer in Urban Studies
BA, Davidson College; MA, New York University; PhD, University of Chicago
Associate Professor of English
BA, University of British Columbia; MA, PhD, Stanford University
Professor of History on the Evalyn Clark Chair
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BA, Haverford College; MA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; PhD, Northwestern University
Professor of Geography
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BA, Carleton College; MA, University of Oregon; PhD, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Professor of Art on the Agnes Rindge Claflin Chair
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BA, University of Arizona; MA, University of California-Los Angeles; PhD, Yale University
Professor of Art
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BS, Yale University; MA, PhD, New York University
Professor of Education and Coordinator of Secondary Teacher Education
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BA, Boston University; MA, PhD, Columbia University in the City of New York
Senior Lecturer in International Studies and Urban Studies and Director of International Studies
BA, PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Professor of English on the Helen D. Lockwood Chair
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BA, University of Delhi; MA, Syracuse University; MA, University of Delhi; PhD, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Associate Professor of Anthropology
BA, Fisk University; PhD, Indiana University-Bloomington
Professor of Education
BFA, Pratt Institute-Main; MS, Long Island University-University Center; PhD, SUNY at Albany
Professor of English
BA, University of San Diego; MFA, Mills College; PhD, University of California-Davis
Professor of History
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BA, Vassar College; MA, PhD, Indiana University-Bloomington
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
BA, Trinity College; MA, PhD, Emory University
Professor of Art on the Mary Conover Mellon Chair
BA, Vassar College; MA, MPhil, PhD, Yale University
Professor of Sociology
BA, University of California-Los Angeles; MA, PhD, University of California-Santa Barbara
Associate Professor and Chair of Greek and Roman Studies
BA, Cornell University; PhD, Duke University
Associate Professor of Political Science and Africana Studies
BA, Moi University; MA, Keele University; PhD, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Associate Professor of English
BA, University of Miami; MA, PhD, Columbia University in the City of New York
Professor of Political Science on the Margaret Stiles Halleck Chair
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BA, CUNY Brooklyn College; MA, CUNY New York City College of Technology; PhD, CUNY Graduate School and University Center
Professor and Chair of History on the Marion Musser Lloyd '32 Chair
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BA, University of Ghana; MA, Wilfrid Laurier University; PhD, McGill University
Lecturer in Anthropology
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BA, Utrecht University; MA, MPhil, New York University; MPhil, University of Cambridge; PhD, New York University
Associate Professor of English
Tyrone Simpson, II
BA, University of Virginia; MA, Boston College; MA, Xavier University; PhD, Indiana University-Bloomington
Professor of Geography
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BS, MS, Peking University (北京大学); PhD, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities