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Asst Prof. Interdisc Studies Email: Samuel.Finesurrey@guttman.cuny.edu Location: 207-P Expertise: Latin American and Caribbean History, New York City History, Oral History, The History of Race and Immigration, The History of U.S. Empire, U.S. Government and Politics, Youth Participatory Action Research Read Bio Dr. Samuel Finesurrey serves as an Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Guttman Community College, City University of New York. He received his Ph.D. in Cuban History at the University of North Carolina in 2018. In 2020, Finesurrey was awarded an American Council of Learned Societies Mellon Community College Fellowship to develop, with undergraduates, an archive titled “Voices from the Heart of Gotham: The Undergraduate Scholars Oral History Collection at Guttman Community College.” This is a collection of student-conducted oral histories producing and preserving contemporary immigrant and activist narratives in New York City. Finesurrey also is the director of the CUNY-School in the Square Intergenerational Participatory Research Collective. At Guttman, Finesurrey teaches a range of courses in history, political science and the first-year experience. He founded an educational initiative titled “A People’s History of New York City” and co-authored a textbook with Guttman professor Gary Greaves, titled U.S. Government and Politics in Principle and Practice: Democracy, Rights, Freedoms and Empire. Further, Finesurrey serves as the Academic Technology Coordinator, the Faculty Advisor to Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society, and as Guttman’s PI for the Global Scholars Achieving Career Success initiative. Finesurrey won the 2021-22 Award for Excellence for Part-Time Faculty at Guttman Community College.	Faculty
Adjunct Lecturer Email: Hande.Jackson@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Asst Prof. Mathematics Email: Vivian.Liu@guttman.cuny.edu Location: 605-B CV: View Expertise: Conceptions of Citizenship, Conceptions of Mathematics, Context-Based Mathematics Education, Place-Based Education, Teaching Mathematics for Social Justice, Urban Mathematics Education Read Bio Vivian Lim is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education; an M.A. from CUNY Brooklyn College in secondary mathematics education; and a B.A. from Columbia University in psychology and mathematics. Her research interests is in the role of mathematics education, specifically mathematics for social justice, in fostering the development of youth as citizens. Before coming to Guttman, Vivian taught courses for mathematics teacher preparation programs at both the University of Pennsylvania and Brooklyn College. She was also formerly a high school mathematics teacher in Brooklyn.	Faculty
Aafreen Abdul Mannan Adjunct Lecturer Email: Aafreen.AbdulMannan@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Francheska Alcantara Adjunct Lecturer Email: Francheska.Alcantara@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Jesse Allen Adjunct Lecturer Email: Jesse.Allen@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Marcus Allen Prof. Political Science Email: Marcus.Allen@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8072 Location: 610-F CV: View Expertise: College Textbook Diversity, Race and Politics	Faculty
Elizabeth Allison Non-Teaching Adjunct 1 Email: Elizabeth.Allison@guttman.cuny.edu Location: 609-I	Adjunct Faculty
Brittany Amede Non-Teaching Adjunct 2 Email: Brittany.Amede@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Kristina Arakelyan Adjunct Lecturer Email: Kristina.Arakelyan@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Tara Bahl Asst Prof. Interdisc Studies Email: Tara.Bahl@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8018 Location: 604-C CV: View Expertise: College Access and Success, Education Policy Analysis, Experiential Education, High-Impact Practices in Community College Teaching and Learning, K-12 School Safety and Discipline, K-12 Teacher Education, Peer Education Models, Service Learning, Urban Education Reform, Youth Civic Engagement, Youth Development Read Bio Tara holds an MA from New York University, and BA in anthropology, English literature, and political science from the University of Pittsburgh. She defended her doctoral dissertation in September 2015 at CUNY Graduate Center in Urban Education, with a concentration in education policy. Her dissertation explored the transformative role that young people can play in college access policy and programming. She taught previously at Brooklyn College and Hunter College, and also worked as a social science researcher at the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, and research and evaluation fellow at College Access: Research & Action (CARA). At Guttman Tara teaches in the FYE, and in the Liberal Arts and Sciences and Urban Studies programs. Key Research Interests College access and success Best practices in community college teaching and learning Youth development Peer education models Experiential education Urban education reform	Faculty
Kristina Baines Assc Prof. Anthropology Email: Kristina.Baines@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8138 Location: 611-J CV: View Expertise: Cultural Heritage, Environmental Anthropology, Indigenous and Immigrant Health and Ecologies, Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Medical Anthropology Read Bio Kristina Baines is an applied socio-cultural anthropologist with interests at the intersection of health and embodied ecological practices. She works with indigenous and immigrant communities, primarily in Belize and New York City. She also has a strong interest in innovative technologies and means of research dissemination. Key Research Interests Sociocultural anthropology, medical anthropology, ecological anthropology, environment/health intersections, traditional ecological knowledge/practice, indigenous ecologies and economies, intangible heritage, nutrition, structural barriers to health/health inequalities, phenomenology, environmental education, land use and land rights, urban farming, agriculture, development, Caribbean and Latin America, Belize, Guatemala, North American migrant populations, contemporary Maya communities, public anthropology, innovative dissemination methodologies, online and digital media	Faculty
Ria Banerjee Assc Prof. English Email: Ria.Banerjee@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8004 Location: 611-H CV: View Expertise: 20th Century Studies, Anglophone Literature, Cultural Studies, Film Studies, Literary Studies, Modernism, South Asian Film, Women's Literature Read Bio Ria Banerjee is an assistant professor of English at Guttman Community College where she teaches second-year courses in twentieth century literature, poetry, and drama. She also teaches composition and English courses in the First Year Experience. Her areas of research interest include modernist literature and culture and film studies, particularly film noir. Banerjee received her PhD from the Graduate Center, CUNY in 2014. Key Research Interests Early twentieth century literature, women’s fiction and poetry, feminist studies, film studies	Faculty
Karen Barahona Non-Teaching Adjunct 1 Email: Karen.Barahona@guttman.cuny.edu Location: 606	Adjunct Faculty
Cassandra Barnes Adjunct Lecturer Email: Cassandra.Barnes@guttman.cuny.edu Location: 207-P	Adjunct Faculty
Valdon Battice Lecturer English Email: Valdon.Battice@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-0847 Location: 604-G CV: View Expertise: African Diaspora, Afro-Brazilian Studies, Photography as Social Justice, Postcolonial and Decolonial Thought, Race and Racism Read Bio English Lecturer Valdon Tau Battice is a proud product of CUNY. He conducted his undergraduate and graduate studies in English Literature at the City College of New York and Brooklyn College, respectively. Prior to joining Guttman in 2013, Prof. Battice taught a wide range of undergraduate writing courses at several CUNY campuses, including the City College of New York, Borough of Manhattan Community College, and John Jay College of Criminal Justice. His areas of research and teaching interest include post-colonial and de-colonial thought, race and racism, cultural anthropology, photography as social justice, Caribbean literature, sociolinguistics, American studies, African diaspora, and Brazilian studies. Also a portraitist, with a primary interest in creating visual ethnographies of the underrepresented African diaspora, Prof. Battice was the recipient of a 2018 En Foco Fellowship for his portraits of the Palenquero community of San Basilio de Palenque, Colombia. He engages long-term photography projects based in locations from the Bronx to Brazil and is currently working on his first monograph, Harlem in the Time of Corona. Key Research Interests Postcolonial and Decolonial Thought, Race and Racism, Photography as Social Justice, African Diaspora, Afro-Brazilian Studies	Faculty
Katherine Bencosme Adjunct Lecturer Email: Katherine.Bencosme@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Michelle Bialeck Adjunct Lecturer Email: Michelle.Bialeck@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Nicola Blake Provost & VP Academic Affairs Email: Nicola.Blake@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8048 Location: 607-B Read Bio Dr. Nicola Blake is an Associate Professor of English at Guttman Community College of the City University of New York, where she has served as Faculty Advisor to the Provost, Special Advisor to the Provost for Faculty Development and Mentoring, and Liberal Arts and Sciences Coordinator. Currently, Dr. Blake acts as Interim Dean of Faculty Affairs. Prior to joining the founding faculty at Guttman, Dr. Blake taught at Rutgers University, New Brunswick and The City College of New York, CUNY for over 10 years. At CCNY, she was Director of the Samuel Rudin Academic Resource Center and led numerous presidential initiatives on student success. Dr. Blake was awarded the prestigious and highly competitive American Council on Education (ACE) Fellowship for 2016-2017. As an ACE Fellow, she focused on student success initiatives, strategic planning, and community partnerships. Dr. Blake’s expertise in curriculum and program development, assessment, and strategic planning is internationally recognized through her role as a US Fulbright Specialist (2015-2020). Having served on the CUNY Chancellor's Strategic Planning Committee and other CUNY-wide committees, she is also a New York State Board of Regents Accreditation Reviewer. Among the numerous commendations Dr. Blake has received for her service and scholarship is a Service Award from the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at CCNY. In addition, she has secured several national and local grants focused on high-impact practices to improve writing at the post-secondary level. Dr. Blake’s disciplinary research examines the role of narrators and narrative structure in medieval and modern literature, while her teaching and learning scholarship focuses on collaborative practices and pedagogies of engagement. She received her B.A. with honors in English and psychology from the CUNY and a Ph.D. in medieval literature from Rutgers University.	Faculty
Allyson Bregman Director of Curriculum & FYE Email: Allyson.Bregman@guttman.cuny.edu Location: 607-A	Faculty
Keino Brown Lecturer Mathematics Email: Keino.Brown@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8086 Location: 609-H CV: View Expertise: Complex Analysis, Differential Geometry, Topology Read Bio Keino Brown is an instructor of Mathematics at Stella and Charles Guttman Community College. Keino received a BS and an MA in Mathematics from The City College of New York. He is currently a graduate student in the Mathematics PhD program at the CUNY Graduate Center. His current scholarly interests are Complex Analysis and Differential Geometry.	Faculty
April Burns Asst Prof. Psychology Email: April.Burns@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8887 Location: 605-J CV: View Expertise: Discourse Analysis, Gender Studies, Qualitative Research Methods, Social Class and Subjectivity, Social Psychology Read Bio April Burns, Assistant Professor of Psychology, holds a PhD in Social Psychology from the CUNY Graduate Center, and a combined BA in Sociology and Psychology from the Johnston Center for Integrative Studies at Redlands University. As a first-generation college graduate, her research is rooted in the social psychological dimensions of social mobility, and investigates the individual and relational/dialogic impact of educational attainment, particularly for working class families and first-generation college graduates. Her academic and professional training is rooted in youth Participatory Action Research (PAR) centering on the academic achievement/opportunity gaps observed in integrated NYC/NJ public schools. April has published her research on issues of educational equity in the Teachers College Record, and the Journal of Social Issues. She has also written on adolescent sexuality in relation to education in Feminism & Psychology and addressed the connection between adolescent sexuality/practices and academic achievement discourse in Sexuality Research and Social Policy (Burns, Futch & Tolman, 2011). April teaches First-Year Experience courses as well as courses in LAS. She has previously taught Gender Studies courses and Sociology courses in addition to courses in the field of Psychology.	Faculty
Sebastien Buttet Prof. Business Email: Sebastien.Buttet@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8186 Location: 610-D CV: View Expertise: Economics Read Bio Dr. Buttet is Associate Professor of Economics and Business. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Minnesota and his research interests include macroeconomics, monetary economics, and economics education. At Guttman CC, Dr. Buttet teaches mathematics courses in the first year experience and economics courses in program of studies. Key Research Interests Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, Economics Education	Faculty
Anjelica Cappellino Adjunct Assistant Professor Email: Anjelica.Cappellino@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Laura Clarke Asst Prof. English Email: Laura.Clarke@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8176 Location: 611-F CV: View Expertise: 19th Century Studies, Drama, Poetry, Visual Arts Read Bio Dr. Clarke teaches Composition at Guttman as well as courses in the Liberal Arts Program of Study. Broadly speaking, her research explores the intersections between literature, philosophy, and art in the nineteenth century. Dr. Clarke has published articles in Victorian Poetry, CLIO: A Journal of Literature, History, and the Philosophy of History, Modern Philology, Religion and Literature, Nineteenth-Century Studies, and Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens. She is currently writing a monograph on the Victorian photographer Julia Margaret Cameron.	Faculty
Julia Cocuzza Adjunct Lecturer Email: Julia.Cocuzza@guttman.cuny.edu Location: 207-P	Adjunct Faculty
Daniel Collins Acting Dean Fac & Acad Affairs Email: Daniel.Collins@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8889 Location: 609-A CV: View Expertise: Composition Theory and Pedagogy, Public Health, Rhetoric and Composition Read Bio Daniel Collins received his B.A. from SUNY Buffalo; M.A. from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, and Ph.D. from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Daniel is currently an Associate Professor at Guttman Community College in New York City where he teaches courses in English and the Humanities. Recently, Daniel received his Masters in Public Health, and he is currently interested in the relationship between the act of writing and the creation and maintenance of student well-being. Key Research Interests Composition Rhetoric Critical Pedagogy/Critical Literacy Public Health Student Well-Being	Faculty
Shara Concepcion Adjunct Lecturer Email: Shara.Concepcion@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Sara Cooper Adjunct Lecturer Email: Sara.Cooper@guttman.cuny.edu Location: 207-P	Adjunct Faculty
Amy Crumly Adjunct Assistant Professor Email: Amy.Crumly@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Giovanni DAmato Adjunct Assistant Professor Email: Giovanni.DAmato@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Tracy Daraviras Prof. English Email: Tracy.Daraviras@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8054 Location: 610-G	Faculty
Zachary Davidson Adjunct Lecturer Email: Zachary.Davidson@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Marcia Edwards Prof. Human Services Email: Marcia.Edwards@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8035 Location: 604-H CV: View Expertise: Addiction, Adult Higher Education, Gerontology, Higher Education Administration, Student Retention, Vicarious Trauma Read Bio Ms. Edwards started her tenure at Stella and Charles Guttman Community College in August of 2013. In August of 2016 she was promoted to Clinical Professor, and teaches both in the First Year Experience and the major. Ms. Edwards also worked as the Coordinator of Admissions for the Graduate School of Social Work at Adelphi University. She worked in this capacity from 2001 and she is currently there as an adjunct professor teaching in the master’s program. She was educated at The City University of New York, Hunter College. Since 1982 Ms. Edwards has worked in the social services field in various capacities including the Executive Director of a Scattered Site Housing Program, Coordinator of HIV/AIDS Services for Samaritan Village Inc., and as a Consultant/Trainer for several not-for-profit organizations. She is a seasoned clinician with expertise in HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, mental health, children and families and the geriatric population. Throughout her tenure she presented at many conferences, however is especially proud for her role in the development of the video and accompanying text book “We Care.” We Care was developed in 1990 as a guide for professionals and laypersons who were care givers to people living with HIV/AIDS. In 1997 she received the Diego Lopez award for her work in this capacity. For the past twenty-five years she also worked in academia as a Professor at York College, Queens College St. Joseph’s College, Fordham University, Adelphi University and Touro College. In addition to teaching social work and public health courses, she also has developed case management, CASAC, mental health and Train the Trainer (TOT) curricula for Fordham University, the Alcoholism Council of New York, and the Queens Comprehensive Perinatal Council. She also serves as a mentor to Afro-Caribbean men and women pursuing their academic and vocational endeavors. Ms. Edwards was a member of the St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center & Humanities & Arts Magnet High School Advisory Board.	Faculty
Luis Feliciano Adjunct Lecturer Email: Luis.Feliciano@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Forest Fisher Assoc Prof. Mathematics Email: Forest.Fisher@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8073 Location: 609-K CV: View Expertise: Mathematics Education, Quantitative Literacy, Sociocultural Factors in Learning , Transfer of Problem-Solving Skills Beyond the Classroom Read Bio Dr. Forest Fisher earned a doctorate in mathematics at The George Washington University, where he conducted research in algebraic combinatorics. After graduating, he taught for three years at Northern Virginia Community College in Manassas, VA. During this time, his focus shifted from abstract mathematical research to the practical problem of teaching and learning, especially in the community college setting. He has taught undergraduate courses at two and four-year schools in mathematics and computer science. Since joining Guttman Community College in 2013, Dr. Fisher has served on the Assessment and Professional Development Committee and co-chaired the Middle States Commission Working Group on Institutional Assessment. He serves as a peer reviewer on the North American GeoGebra Journal and PRIMUS and has published and presented at conferences on the scholarship of teaching and learning. His current research interests include quantitative literacy, academic technology, socio-cultural factors in learning, and the ability of learners to transfer problem-solving skills beyond the classroom. Key Research Interests Quantitative literacy, academic technology, socio-cultural factors in learning, transfer of learning between contexts	Faculty
Nicholas Fortier Lecturer Interdisc Studies Email: Nicholas.Fortier@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8046 Location: 609-D CV: View Expertise: K-16 Inclusive Education, Philosophy of Education, Public Education, Teacher Education Read Bio Nicholas Fortier is working on his Ph.D. in the Philosophy and Education program at Teachers College, Columbia University. He holds a Master in Education in the Teaching of Urban Adolescents with Disabilities from Long Island University, as well as a Master of Arts in Philosophy from Stony Brook University, SUNY. His scholarly work is focused on the philosophical roots of teacher education, the dissonance between rhetoric and action in educational institutions, specifically around practices of inclusion, and the role of critique in the life of teachers and students. Before beginning his graduate work in education, Prof. Fortier was a middle-school Special Education teacher in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.	Faculty
James Frazee Adjunct Assistant Professor Email: James.Frazee@guttman.cuny.edu Location: 207-P	Adjunct Faculty
Karla Fuller Prof. Biology Email: Karla.Fuller@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8044 Location: 604-I Expertise: Biology, Genetics, Science Read Bio Dr. Karla Fuller received her Ph.D. in cell and molecular biology (cancer genetics) from Purdue University. After a post-doctoral appointment at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Science Park Research Center, she made a slight change in career to focus on mentoring and teaching undergraduate students at the community college level. Dr. Fuller teaches a variety of biology classes at Guttman Community College and also serves as Coordinator of the Liberal Arts and Sciences – Science Concentration. In addition to teaching, Dr. Fuller mentors student research projects ranging from antibiotic resistance to virtual reality for science education. Dr. Fuller’s research interests include best practices to increase learning and success for undergraduate science students, particularly from underserved populations. Dr. Fuller was awarded the National Association of Biology Teachers Two-Year College Teacher of the Year for 2016 and Education Update 2017 Outstanding Teacher of the Year. Key Research Interests Best practices in undergraduate science education; improving outcomes for underserved students	Faculty
Sarah Galloway Non-Teaching Adjunct 2 Email: Sarah.Galloway@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Kathryn Gelsone Adjunct Lecturer Email: Kathryn.Gelsone@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Shadisadat Ghaderi Asst Prof. Mathematics Email: Shadisadat.Ghaderi@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8828 Location: 605-K CV: View Expertise: Discrete Mathematics Read Bio Shadisadat Ghaderi is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics, earned her Ph.D. in mathematics from West Virginia University (WVU), and her M.Sc. in mathematics from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. Her research interests include combinatorics, graph theory, matroid theory, and their applications. Her Ph.D. dissertation is on infinite matroid theory and solving open problems in that domain. She has developed and taught various courses in mathematics at undergraduate level at WVU. She had the opportunity to teach in the Emerging Scholars Program (ESP), i.e. the honors-level calculus program with a very strong student support component, which mostly serves underrepresented minority students. She received fellowships to implement active learning methods in instruction to foster in students critical thinking and to improve their effective communications with peers as well as their technical speaking and writing skills. She also pursued a Certificate in Applied Statistics at WVU. At Guttman, she teaches mathematics and statistics. Key Research Interests Matroid Theory, Graph Theory, Combinatorics	Faculty
Ranjeef Ghamandi Adjunct Lecturer Email: Ranjeef.Ghamandi@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
John Gibilaro Adjunct Lecturer Email: John.Gibilaro@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Meghan Gilbert Assoc Prof. English Email: Meghan.Gilbert@guttman.cuny.edu Location: 605-D CV: View Expertise: American Women Writers, Contemporary Fiction, Critical Race Theory, Dystopian Fiction, Gender Studies, Motherhood, Popular Culture, Whiteness Studies, Young Adult Literature Read Bio Meghan Gilbert is an Associate Professor of English and the Interim Faculty Coordinator of the First Year Experience at Guttman Community College, part of the City University of New York (CUNY). Dr. Gilbert holds a Ph.D. in English from St. John’s University. She has led and participated in several series on Implicit Bias Racial Literacy and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy, as well as many additional workshops and sessions on equitable curriculum and pedagogy, which inform her practice in the classroom and, in particular, her efforts, as Guttman’s former Coordinator of Writing and Writing Across the Curriculum, to center Composition curriculum and pedagogy on anti-racism and linguistic justice. Dr. Gilbert’s recent book- and article-length publications focus on intersectionality and advocacy in contemporary popular culture and fiction. She is the co-editor of Race in Young Adult Speculative Fiction and the forthcoming Intersectional Feminist Detective Fiction. She is writing a book-length manuscript, Composing an Anti-Racist Academy, about culturally responsive pedagogy, anti-racism, and linguistic justice in the Composition classroom and beyond, a version of which she has presented in spaces across the nation, including CUNY’s renowned Teaching Matters series. She is a 2023 Andrew W. Mellon Transformative Learning in the Humanities Faculty Fellow, a 2023 CUNY Mindset Ambassador, and a 2022 recipient of the American Association of Community Colleges’ Dale P. Parnell Faculty Distinction Recognition. Key Research Interests Intersectionality, Gender, Critical Race Theory, Contemporary Popular Fiction, Young Adult Literature, Dystopian Literature	Faculty
Chrysoula Gitsoulis Adjunct Assistant Professor Email: Chrysoula.Gitsoulis@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Sarah Goffstein Non-Teaching Adjunct 1 Email: Sarah.Goffstein@guttman.cuny.edu Location: 609-I	Adjunct Faculty
Clement Gomes Adjunct Assistant Professor Email: Clement.Gomes@guttman.cuny.edu Location: 207-P	Adjunct Faculty
Teshwar Gopaul Adjunct Lecturer Email: Teshwar.Gopaul@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Marie Graham Adjunct Lecturer Email: Marie.Graham@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Gary Greaves Adjunct Lecturer Email: Gary.Greaves@guttman.cuny.edu Location: 606-J	Adjunct Faculty
Alexandra Hamlett Assc Professor-Librarian Email: Alexandra.Hamlett@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8184 Location: 611-G	Faculty
Dalvin Hill Assc Prof. Info Technology Email: Dalvin.Hill@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8045 Location: 606-F	Faculty
Emily Irwin Student Success Advocate Email: Emily.Irwin@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8006 Location: 207-C	Faculty
Jerald Isseks Adjunct Assistant Professor Email: Jerald.Isseks@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Patricia Jones Prof. Health Information Tech Email: Patricia.Jones@guttman.cuny.edu Location: Expertise: Business Education, Health Care Management , Health Education, Health Information Technology and Management Read Bio Professor Patricia Jones, Full Professor of Health Information Technology (Tenure-Track) Patricia Jones received her bachelor’s degree in Management and Leadership in 2006 from Judson College, and her master’s degree (MBA) in business administration in 2008 from Grand Canyon University. She completed a second master’s degree (MHA/ED) in health care administration/education from the University of Phoenix. Additionally, she is credentialed as a Pharmacy Technician, Certified Professional Medical Auditor (CPMA), Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Certified Professional Coder (CPC), and Certified Professional Coder—Instructor (CPC-I).	Faculty
Angela Joseph Adjunct Assistant Professor Email: Angela.Joseph@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Ashfaq Khan Lecturer Biology Email: Ashfaq.Khan@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Faculty
Chulsung Kim Prof. Chemistry Email: Chulsung.Kim@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8093 Location: 606-D CV: View Expertise: Aquatic Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Environmentally-Friendly Remediation of Contaminated Natural Resources	Faculty
Jihyun Kim Assc Prof. Chemistry Email: Jihyun.Kim@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8156 Location: 610-J CV: View Expertise: Biofuel Production, Carbon Dots, Green Diesel Production Read Bio Dr. Kim, an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Guttman, received her Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Dr. Kim did her postdoctoral studies in Breast Cancer at Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, and she was a Susan Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Fellow. Prior to joining Guttman, Dr. Kim have taught all areas of Chemistry at the City University of New York, William Paterson University and Ramapo College of New Jersey. Her research focuses on developing ecofriendly chemical processes to reduce or eliminate toxic chemical wastes.	Faculty
Claire King Non-Teaching Adjunct 5 Email: Claire.King@guttman.cuny.edu Location: 605-F CV: View Expertise: Civic and Community Engagement , Experiential Education, Informal Education, Positive Youth Development Read Bio Claire King joined Charles and Stella Guttman Community College at the City University of New York (CUNY) since the college opened its doors in 2012. Dr. King is an assistant professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and the Area Coordinator for Experiential Education. A youth advocate and K-16 educator, Dr. King’s experience in higher education includes faculty and administrative positions at Martin University and Indiana University Bloomington. Her expertise lies in pedagogies of engagement, positive youth development, brain-based learning sciences, and the Humanities.	Adjunct Faculty
Nicole Kras Assc Prof. Human Services Email: Nicole.Kras@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8855 Location: 604-F CV: View Expertise: Adult Learning, Art Therapy, Developmental Psychology, Ecopsychology, Ecotherapy, Human Development, Human Services, Nature-Based Activities, Program Design Read Bio Program Coordinator Nicole Kras, Ph.D., H.S.-B.C.P., joined Guttman as Assistant Professor of Human Services in Fall 2018. She holds a Ph.D. in Adult Learning and Development from Lesley University, a Master of Science in Education and a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study as a Classroom Teacher Specialist from Southern Connecticut State University. Dr. Kras also received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, with a concentration in child development and mental health, and a Master of Arts in Art Therapy from Albertus Magnus College. Dr. Kras teaches Fieldwork and Integrative Seminar I and II, Health and Human Services Policy, Methods of Intervention for Human Services, and Ethnographies of Work in the First-Year Experience. She currently serves as the Immediate Past-President for the New England Organization for Human Services and as a Council for Standards in Human Services self-study reader. Dr. Kras’ research currently centers on the benefits of nature-based experiences for college students and human services program design.	Faculty
Meagan Lacy Chief Librarian Email: Meagan.Lacy@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8288 Location: 113 CV: View Expertise: Information Literacy Read Bio Meagan Lacy earned her BA, with majors in philosophy and English, at Seattle University, her MLIS at the University of Washington, and her MA in English at Indiana University (Indianapolis). Meagan became a librarian primarily because she is attracted to the profession’s core values—its democratic mission and its commitment to lifelong learning through information literacy. As Guttman’s information literacy librarian, her main task is to empower students to use information critically to learn and to create new knowledge. Having previously worked in public and private K-12 schools, she saw firsthand the difference information makes, the advantage—the privilege—of better access. So, whether she is teaching in the classroom, or meeting with a student for a research consultation, or providing access to faculty scholarship by posting their work to CUNY’s online intuitional repository, her goal is to narrow this divide. Information literacy, the ability to recognize when one needs information and to effectively find, evaluate, and use the needed information is important not only to one’s academic success but also to one’s social and political well-being. Without IL skills, one cannot participate in democracy, and one cannot be free. Key Research Interests Critical information literacy, reading literacy, children’s literature	Faculty
Erwin Lara Adjunct Lecturer Email: Erwin.Lara@guttman.cuny.edu Location: 207-P	Adjunct Faculty
Beatriz Levin Adjunct Assistant Professor Email: Beatriz.Levin@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Audrey Lindsey Adjunct Lecturer Email: Audrey.Lindsey@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Kenji Logie Adjunct Lecturer Email: Kenji.Logie@guttman.cuny.edu Location: 207-P	Adjunct Faculty
Erin Lynn Adjunct Assistant Professor Email: Erin.Lynn@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Michael Magreta Adjunct Lecturer Email: Michael.Magreta@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Molly Makris Assoc Prof. Urban Studies Email: Molly.Makris@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8012 Location: 609-B Expertise: Charter Schools, Gentrification, Neoliberal Education, School Choice, School Segregation, Urban Education, Urban School Reform Read Bio Dr. Molly Vollman Makris, Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of Urban Studies, holds a Ph.D. in Urban Systems, with concentrations in Urban Educational Policy and the Urban Environment, from Rutgers University and the New Jersey Institute of Technology. She received her M.A.L.S. in Urban Education from the CUNY Graduate Center and a B.S. in Secondary Education from NYU. Dr. Makris began her career as a social studies teacher in a public high school in New York City, later working for a nonprofit youth development organization. Her current areas of research are urban education reform, charter schools, school segregation, privatization of public space, and gentrification. Dr. Makris won the American Educational Studies Association (AESA) Critics’ Choice Book Award and the New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance Book Award in 2016 for authoring Public Housing and School Choice in a Gentrified City: Youth Experiences of Uneven Opportunity (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015). Her next book, Gentrification Down the Shore (Rutgers University Press) co-authored with Dr. Mary Gatta will come out in 2020. Her articles have been featured in the Peabody Journal of Education, Journal of Urban Affairs, and Journal of Education Policy. Dr. Makris’ research and teaching have been covered by The Takeaway, The 74 Million, and Chalkbeat, to name a few. She enjoys presenting her work at the conferences of the AESA, the American Educational Research Association, and the21 Urban Affairs Association.	Faculty
Thomas Martin Adjunct Assistant Professor Email: Thomas.Martin@guttman.cuny.edu Location: Expertise: Aesthetics, Critical study of work, Phenomenology, Philosophy of learning, Sensory ethnography Read Bio Tom Martin received his PhD from Oxford University, UK, in 2019. His current research continues to investigate the sensory aspects of practical understanding, while also considering the humanistic potential of craft learning within and beyond the paradigm of liberal education. He teaches Ethnographies of Work at Guttman Community College.	Adjunct Faculty
Maya Mason Lecturer Arts & Humanities Email: Maya.Mason@guttman.cuny.edu Location: Expertise: Contemporary Art, Modern/Contemporary American Literature, Painting, Visual Culture, Women in Art History Read Bio Lecturer in Arts and Humanities, Maya Mason received her BA in English and Visual Art from Brown University, and her MFA in Painting from New York Academy of Art. A painter, she has exhibited in New York City, most recently at SPRING/BREAK Art Show. Her artwork has been featured in Juxtapoz Magazine, W Magazine, WWD, and The Untitled Magazine. Her collaborative poetry book with Thomas Fink, A Pageant for Every Addiction (Marsh Hawk Press), was published in 2020, and their previous book, Autopsy Turvy (Meritage Press), was published in 2010.	Faculty
Vickie Masseus Adjunct Assistant Professor Email: Vickie.Masseus@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Matthew Mead Lecturer English Email: Matthew.Mead@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8161 Location: 605-E	Faculty
Douglas Medina Instructor Political Science Email: Douglas.Medina@guttman.cuny.edu Location: 605-I Read Bio Douglas A. Medina joins Guttman as Instructor of Political Science. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Political Science Program at the CUNY Graduate Center. Prof. Medina holds an M.A. in Liberal Studies from The New School and an M.Phil. in Political Science from the CUNY Graduate Center. His research is focused on the political economy of higher education and the influence of race and class politics – as well as mental health – on approaches to solving poverty and inequality. Prof. Medina has over 20 years of experience in higher education, ranging from adjunct instructor of political science to his most recent administrative position as Associate Director of the Undergraduate Honors Program at Baruch College, CUNY. Prof. Medina has also trained over 600 people in Mental Health First Aid, both at CUNY colleges and in communities throughout New York City.	Faculty
James Mellis Asst Prof. English Email: James.Mellis@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8886 Location: 609-F CV: View Expertise: African American Literature, American Literature , Composition Read Bio Dr. James Mellis is an Assistant Professor English at Guttman Community College. Before coming to Guttman, Dr. Mellis taught at William Paterson University in Wayne, NJ, Temple University in Philadelphia, PA and St. Bonaventure University in Olean, NY. Dr. Mellis earned a B.A. in English from Colgate University, a M.Phil in Anglo-Irish Literature from Trinity College, Dublin and a PhD in English from Tulane University in New Orleans, LA. He considers himself fortunate that his educational pursuits have brought him to fascinating cities and culture that continue to shape his work and life.His dissertation, entitled “Writing Blackface: African-American and Jewish Writers in the Jazz Age” examined cross-cultural creation, imitation and appropriation by Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston and Fannie Hurst in their work. Dr. Mellis’ current research interests are centered on voodoo in African-American literature, civic engagement in higher education, and contemporary strategies in teaching writing and rhetoric. He is currently editing a volume of original essays about how voodoo, conjure and hoodoo appear in African-American literature from slave narratives to the present, and is leading a Global Guttman course about the challenges faced by New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. As part of this course, Dr. Mellis will lead the class for an immersive week in New Orleans that will combine volunteer work with lectures, cultural excursions and meetings with historians and social justice activists. In his free time, Dr. Mellis enjoys reading, writing, being outdoors and trying to take advantage of the many cultural opportunities working in Manhattan affords. Key Research Interests African-American Literature Civic Engagement in Higher Education	Faculty
Asa Mendelsohn Adjunct Lecturer Email: Asa.Mendelsohn@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Dario Mohr Adjunct Lecturer Email: Dario.Mohr@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Andrea Morrell Assc Prof. Anthropology Email: Andrea.Morrell@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8094 Location: 605-H CV: View Expertise: Prisons, Race and Racism, Urban Anthropology Read Bio Andrea Morrell is Assistant Professor of Urban Studies and Anthropology at Guttman Community College CUNY where she teaches first year courses on urban inequality and immigration and courses in the Urban Studies program. Her research focuses on prisons, deindustrialization, and race and class in the United States. She is completing a book on prison expansion in Elmira, New York. Her writing has been published in North American Dialogue. Key Research Interests Deindustrialization, race and racism, prisons, labor, North America	Faculty
Amity Nathaniel Lecturer English Email: Amity.Nathaniel@guttman.cuny.edu Location: Read Bio Amity is an English Lecturer at Guttman Community College. She was born and raised in Philadelphia: a city that will always be her first and truest love. She became acquainted with her newest love—New York City—five years ago, when she started her PhD journey at St. John's University in Jamaica Queens. As a doctoral candidate in the Department of English at SJU, Nathaniel’s primary research focuses on radical Black feminism, queerness, post-colonialism in the Black diaspora, and Caribbean literature. She also has interest in 20th century American literature, intersectionality, ethnographies, linguistic justice, race and pop culture, and literary activism. Nathaniel’s most recent publication about the elimination and erasure of Black women’s sexual trauma in the Hollywood version of the #MeToo Movement appears in South Central Review, the official journal of the South Central Modern Language Association. She has taught global literature and composition writing courses at St. John's University and New York City College of Technology.	Faculty
Raul Nedd Adjunct Lecturer Email: Raul.Nedd@guttman.cuny.edu Location: 605-A Read Bio Prof. Raul Nedd is a Certified Project Management professional with 20 years of experience building, managing, and supervising information technology solutions in the field of financial services. He has led information technology projects in a range of budgets and timelines for implementation, including multi-year data center migrations. Prof. Nedd currently heads an independent firm that specializes in crafting information technology solutions for small and medium-size organizations, typically churches and non-profits. He has written and maintained enterprise level software that facilitates the processing of trades and other financial services. Prof. Nedd is an active member of the Project Management Institute, NYC chapter. He holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Physics from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia, a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from SUNY-Buffalo, and an M.B.A. from Dowling College. At Guttman, Prof. Nedd is Instructor of Information Technology and teaches courses in the IT and Business Administration Programs of Study.	Adjunct Faculty
Jinzhong Niu Assc Prof. Info Technology Email: Jinzhong.Niu@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8841 Location: 606-E CV: View Expertise: Artificial Intelligence, Double Auctions, E-Commerce, Market Mechanism Design, Multi-Agent Systems, Software Engineering on Concurrent Programs Read Bio Professor Niu holds a BS degree from Shandong University, China, an MEng from Beihang University, China, and a PhD from CUNY Graduate Center, all in Computer Science. His current research interests lie between Computer Science and Economics, focusing on agent-based computational economics and market-based control. Before joining Guttman, Professor Niu previously held research positions at Lenovo Research, Yahoo! Labs, University of Birmingham, UK, University of Essex, UK, and the City College of New York. He has served as program committee members for top AI conferences and workshops, including AAAI and AAMAS. He has published one book, eight book chapters, eight journal articles, and about 20 conference papers at top agent research venues. Professor Niu is zealous in building software tools for research. He is the architect of JCAT (http://jcat.questiers.info/), an open-source software package for simulating double-sided auctions, and of OOPN-IDE, an object-oriented Petri net-based integrated development environment for concurrent software. Professor Niu has taught all courses in the Program of Information Technology as well as Quantitative Reasoning for first-year students at Guttman. He is fond of teaching, passing on knowledge to younger generations. He believes that teaching students "how to fish" is more important, though more challenging, than simply "giving a fish" to them. He is particularly passionate about engaging students in authentic research. As a long-time faculty advisor in the CUNY Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, Professor Niu has worked with students on several research projects over the years, topics ranging from robotics and 3-D imaging to data mining in social media and voice-based control using Amazon Alexa. Key Research Interests Agent-based computational economics, market-based control, multi-agent systems, Petri net-based software engineering	Faculty
Montsine Nshom Adjunct Lecturer Email: Montsine.Nshom@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Danielle Okoro Adjunct Assistant Professor Email: Danielle.Okoro@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Taghi Ozbeki Adjunct Lecturer Email: Taghi.Ozbeki@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Cindy Perez Admin Non-Teaching Adjunct 2 Email: Cindy.Perez@guttman.cuny.edu Location: 611-D	Adjunct Faculty
Thomas Philipose Lecturer English Email: Thomas.Philipose@guttman.cuny.edu Location: Expertise: Academic Support/Tutoring, Community Outreach/Service Learning, Composition, Creative Writing (Fiction, Screenwriting, Creative Non-Fiction, Stand-up Comedy), Mentorship/BIPOC Programs , Pop Culture, Sports/Coaching, TV/Film Studies, Writing Across the Curriculum Pedagogy Read Bio Tom Philipose is a Lecturer at Guttman where he teaches Writing courses in the First-Year Experience program. He has taught at multiple CUNYs and private universities. He was also a Writing Center director for over 15 years. He has an MFA in Fiction from Brown University and a BA in Psychology from SUNY Buffalo.	Faculty
Dara Pir Asst Prof. Info Technology Email: Dara.Pir@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8847 Location: 606-A Expertise: Artificial Intelligence, Signal Processing Applications in Computer Science Read Bio Dara Pir, Assistant Professor of Information Technology, holds a Ph.D. and a Master of Philosophy in computer science from The Graduate Center, City University of New York. Dara’s professional background includes design and development of software in small, mid-size, and large companies. He has taught information technology courses at Guttman since 2014. Dara’s current research interests include signal processing applications in computer science.	Faculty
Emilie Pons Adjunct Lecturer Email: Emilie.Pons@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Allison Pulizzi Adjunct Assistant Professor Email: Allison.Pulizzi@guttman.cuny.edu Location: 207-P	Adjunct Faculty
Sujani Reddy Adjunct Professor Email: Sujani.Reddy@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Juan Rodriguez Adjunct Lecturer Email: Juan.Rodriguez@guttman.cuny.edu Location: 207-P	Adjunct Faculty
Tashana Samuel Assoc Prof. Psychology Email: Tashana.Samuel@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8885 Location: 610-C CV: View Expertise: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Child Psychology, Cognitive Development, Educational Psychology, Flexible Cognition, Intellectual Disabilities, Mindfulness and Growth Mindset, Psychological Interventions for Math/Science/Writing Anxiety, Typical and Child Psychiatric Disorders Read Bio Tashana S. Samuel, Assistant Professor of Psychology, holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from The Graduate Center, City University of New York, and a B.A. in Philosophy and Psychology from Brooklyn College. As a developmental psychologist, Dr. Samuel’s research focused on cognitive flexibility in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and children with other cognitive and linguistic neurodiversities. Her research investigated perseveration of sameness in autism, how preschool children with ASDs represent everyday events, and the extent to which they are able to use what they have learned to flexibly apply their knowledge to new situations through the use of age-appropriate toys. She has also worked at Columbia University Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital on Catherine Monk’s longitudinal research project examining depression levels in pregnant teenage mothers, and developmental outcomes in their children after birth. For several years, she has taught child psychology courses at Brooklyn College, and was the recipient of several fellowships that promoted STEM education. At Guttman Community College, Dr. Samuel teaches psychology and statistics courses. Her current research focuses on inducing mindfulness and growth mindset theory as an embedded classroom intervention to mitigate math anxiety in students as they take math-intensive courses. Key Research Interests Cognitive development in children and adolescents; mindfulness, growth mindset theory, and other psychological interventions to reduce academic anxiety in community college students. Key Research Interests Cognitive development in children and adolescents; mindfulness, growth mindset theory, and other psychological interventions to reduce anxiety and stress in community college students.	Faculty
Naveen Seth Prof. Business Email: Naveen.Seth@guttman.cuny.edu Location: 604-B Expertise: International Business and Economics, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning	Faculty
James Sevitt Adjunct Lecturer Email: James.Sevitt@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Marla Sole Assc Prof. Mathematics Email: Marla.Sole@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8185 Location: 604-A Expertise: Mathematics Education Read Bio Dr. Marla A. Sole, Associate Professor of Mathematics, holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics Education from New York University, an M.S. in Mathematics from Syracuse University and a B.S. in Mathematics from SUNY Purchase. Prior to her career at Guttman, she was an Assistant Professor at The New School University. Her current areas of research examine the connection between pedagogical practices and educational policies, which has implications for curriculum developers, educators, and those who play a role in setting educational policies. Dr. Sole was named a 2021-2022 CUNY Mindset Fellow. Dr. Sole won the 2021 Provost’s Award for Outstanding Faculty Mentorship and the 2018 Provost’s Award for Outstanding Scholarship in recognition of her exceptional and impactful scholarly achievement. Her article, “Who gets to be good at Math?” was selected as Editor’s Choice in the SUM: Research Innovation and Creativity at CUNY Newsletter (May 2019). She collaborated with colleagues to examine how to create streamlined successful mathematics pathways as part of PRIME: Project for Relevant and Improved Mathematics. Dr. Sole has published in education and mathematics journals and research reports including the Journal of Statistics Education, Mathematics Teacher, PRIMUS: Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies, Educational Testing Service Research Report Series, and Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College. Dr. Sole’s commentary, letters, and expertise on a wide range of educational issues have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Post, Greater Media and Wallethub.	Faculty
Joseph Sparks Adjunct Lecturer Email: Joseph.Sparks@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Anya Spector Assoc Prof. Human Services Email: Anya.Spector@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8179 Location: 611-I CV: View Expertise: Community-Based Participatory Research, Community-Engaged Research, HIV, Integration of Services, Practice-Research Partnerships, Social Determinants of Health, Substance Use Treatment and Prevention Read Bio Anya Y. Spector, Assistant Professor of Human Services, earned a Ph.D. in Social Work from the Columbia University School of Social Work, an MSW from Fordham Graduate School of Social Service, and a B.A. in Psychology from Barnard College at Columbia University. Dr. Spector also completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at Columbia University. Dr. Spector’s career has included direct clinical practice in outpatient substance use treatment as well as, public health research, and program evaluation at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Her mixed and multi-methods research has been focused on understanding human services providers’ professional practices in the areas of HIV prevention and substance use treatment. Dr. Spector’s work explores providers’ attitudes and participation in behavioral research and interdisciplinary collaboration, and adoption of evidence based practice. Dr. Spector teaches primarily in the Human Services field of practice.	Faculty
Marianna Staroselsky Adjunct Assistant Professor Email: Marianna.Staroselsky@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Ryan Sullivan Adjunct Lecturer Email: Ryan.Sullivan@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Lydia Tang Adjunct Lecturer Email: Lydia.Tang@guttman.cuny.edu Location: 207-P	Adjunct Faculty
Cihan Tekay Adjunct Lecturer - POI Email: Cihan.Tekay@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Derek Tesser Lecturer Biology Email: Derek.Tesser@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8087 Location: 605-G Expertise: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation, Deforestation, Ecosystem Structure, Habitat Structure, Remote Sensing, Vegetation Modeling Read Bio Derek Tesser, Instructor of Science, received a B.A. from Brandeis University in History and a M.S. in Biology from NYU. He has taught STEM courses at Guttman Community College since the college opened in 2012. More recently he is involved with the development of the Global Guttman program. He has led student field expeditions to the Chocó rainforest in Ecuador to study endemic species, biodiversity indicators, and deforestation related to the region’s changing ecosystem dynamics. His broader research is in the field of terrestrial ecosystem remote sensing. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Earth and Environmental Science at the CUNY Graduate Center and is conducting research at the Ecosystem Science Lab at City College. His doctoral work is focused on the integration of satellite remote sensing data products into hydrological models that inform the New York City water supply. Key Research Interests Applying remote sensing and modeling to explore spatial and temporal variability in ecosystems.	Faculty
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Alia Tyner-Mullings Prof. Sociology Email: Alia.Tyner-Mullings@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8052 Location: 605-C Expertise: Sociology of Education Read Bio Dr. Alia R. Tyner-Mullings earned a doctorate in sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center, where she researched alternative educational models. She has taught graduate and undergraduate courses on sociology, deviance, statistics, gender, research methods and education. After finishing her doctorate, she was a post-doctoral fellow at Teachers College, Columbia University, in the Sociology and Education Program and then an assistant professor at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. A former high school math teacher, Dr. Tyner-Mullings has served on assessment committees for three small high schools and has also worked as a statistical or academic consultant for several colleges and universities. Her research interests include the sociology of education, communities, sports, and cultural studies. Dr. Tyner-Mullings authored Enter the Alternative School: Critical Answers to Questions in Urban Education (Paradigm Publishers, 2014), an in-depth examination of public school alternatives to traditional educational models. She is also the co-editor of Critical Small Schools: Beyond Privatization in New York City Urban Educational Reform (Information Age, 2012) and co-author of Writing for Emerging Sociologists (Sage Publications, Inc., 2013). The Sociology Student’s Guide to Writing was released in 2016.	Faculty
Lori Ungemah Assoc Prof. Interdisc Studies Email: Lori.Ungemah@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8053 Location: 606-H CV: View Expertise: Culturally-Relevant Curricula, Curriculum Theory, Urban Immigrant Students Read Bio Lori D. Ungemah is an Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Guttman Community College. Prior to joining Guttman, Professor Ungemah was in the inaugural cohort of the New York City Teaching Fellows and taught middle and high school English for eleven years at Title I schools in Brooklyn. After completing her Doctorate in Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, Professor Ungemah became a founding faculty member of Guttman Community College in 2011. Professor Ungemah’s research interests are curriculum studies and in the desire for praxis between the theoretical work of critical curriculum studies and the act of enacting curriculum in the classroom. She is interested in culturally relevant and sustaining pedagogy, hyperdiverse classroom contexts, immigrant student populations, and issues in urban education. Her current research is on curriculum and cruel optimism, the unintended consequences of culturally relevant curricula, and the power of having immigrant students conduct ethnographic research on their parents. Professor Ungemah has published in Anthropology and Education Quarterly, The Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, English Journal, and Learning Communities Research and Practice. She is an ethnographic researcher who is strongly committed to the scholarship of teaching and learning. Professor Ungemah’s teaching is interdisciplinary in nature. She has created and taught the college’s Arts in New York City Course, Ethnography of Education/Work, and Cities in Film, Literature, and Theory course. She believes community college students should participate in authentic ethnographic research upon entering higher education and incorporates ethnography in and across the majority of her classes in both the Humanities and the Social Sciences. Professor Ungemah lives in Brooklyn with her family and cats where she is an active supporter of public schools, city parks, and New York City’s beaches.	Faculty
Ryan Vahey Non-Teaching Adjunct 1 Email: Ryan.Vahey@guttman.cuny.edu Location: 604-D	Adjunct Faculty
Rebecca Walker Prof. Mathematics Email: Rebecca.Walker@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8049 Location: 610-E CV: View Expertise: Mathematics Education, Statistics Education Read Bio Rebecca Walker received her Ph.D. in mathematics, with a concentration in teaching undergraduate mathematics, from Western Michigan University. She has been working in the field of mathematics education since 1985. Her current work is focused around creating innovative mathematics curriculum materials to increase student success in mathematics, student understanding of basic algebraic concepts and how that understanding impacts student success in algebra, and assessment of student understanding of mathematics. She is an author for the Core-Plus Mathematics Project High School Curriculum and of the Transition to College Mathematics and Statistics Textbook, which are published by Glencoe-McGraw Hill. She is also interested in how students navigate the transition from high school mathematics to college mathematics. Prior to joining the faculty at Guttman Community College, Dr. Walker was an Associate Professor of Mathematics Education at Grand Valley State University in Michigan. In addition to teaching math education classes, her work at GVSU included working with preservice teachers during their initial field placements. Dr. Walker has also taught high school mathematics in California and New Jersey. Key Research Interests High school mathematics curriculum development and implementation, Assessment of student understanding of mathematics and statistics, Student understanding of basic algebra concepts, The transition of students from high school mathematics to college mathematics	Faculty
Elizabeth Wentworth Asst Prof. Mathematics Email: Elizabeth.Wentworth@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8114 Location: 604-D CV: View Expertise: Mathematics and Music, Mathematics Education Read Bio Elizabeth Wentworth graduated from the University of Rochester with her Bachelor of Arts. She majored in mathematics, music, and English, as well as minoring in history. While at the University of Rochester, she served as an editor of the Campus Times. She earned her Master of Arts degree in mathematics education from Teachers College at Columbia University, where she is currently a certified doctoral candidate completing her Doctorate of Education in mathematics education. Prof. Wentworth's thesis is focused on using music to teach advanced mathematics topics in algebra courses. She researched the impact that mathematically motivated music instruction had on high school mathematics students and their performance on both mathematical content and mathematical applications. While at Teachers College, Prof. Wentworth served as an editor of the Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College (JMETC). At Guttman, Prof. Wentworth has taught Quantitative Reasoning, Elementary Algebra, College Algebra, and Precalculus. Previously, she taught Algebra, Geometry, Algebra II, and Precalculus for three years at Indian Hills High School in New Jersey, in addition to coaching the school's Math Team and the Academic Decathlon.	Faculty
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Karen Williams Asst Prof. Anthropology Email: Karen.Williams@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8174 Location: 606-K CV: View Read Bio Dr. Karen G. Williams is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Guttman Community College. Her scholarship focuses on the carceral state and the aftermath of mass incarceration and reflects a deep concern for the socioeconomic and racial inequalities that underlie the criminal justice system as well as current social justice movements. Dr. Williams has conducted ethnographic research in men’s and women’s prisons in the Midwest, examining the way that staff deliver services and adopt evidence-based practices and policies to facilitate reentry for individuals leaving prisons. Her research is relevant to social policy, providing insights into the lived experiences of marginalized communities in the United States. In addition to her work on the criminal justice system, Dr. Williams has studied mindfulness and Buddhist philosophy at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California and at Insight Meditation Society in Massachusetts. She brings mindfulness and meditative practices to her research and teaching in order to build compassionate engagement and to recognize the interconnectedness of all things.	Faculty
Katherine Winkelstein-Duveneck Adjunct Lecturer Email: Katherine.Winkelstein-Duveneck@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Gracer Yung Adjunct Assistant Professor Email: Gracer.Yung@guttman.cuny.edu Location:	Adjunct Faculty
Luis Zambrano Lecturer Mathematics Email: Luis.Zambrano@guttman.cuny.edu Phone: 646-313-8282 Location: 611-E Expertise: Developmental Mathematics, Enacted Curriculum, Literacy in STEM Read Bio Luis Zambrano is a mathematics instructor at Guttman Community College since Fall 2016. His primary area of interest is supporting access to and success in undergraduate mathematics education for all students. He was a recent nominee for Baruch College’s President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and was also recognized by Los Angeles Community College’s Faculty Learning and Teaching Award for innovative and successful uses of literacy in STEM learning. Current work, based on the belief that students innately possess the power not only to direct their own learning but also to gain mastery of any content, seeks methods by which students can draw upon immanent skills and knowledge, including native creativity, to direct and command their inquiry of mathematics. He holds a Master of Science in Pure Mathematics from California State University, Los Angeles, a Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Minnesota, and has also completed post-graduate studies in classical theatre performance in England. He is currently a doctoral student in the Urban Education PhD program at the Graduate Center, CUNY. Prior to university teaching, he taught secondary mathematics and chemistry in both the Los Angeles and New York City departments of education.	Faculty

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