Faculty Expertise

Basil Smikle
Distinguished Lecturer in Politics and Public Policy, Murphy Institute basil.smikle@cuny.edu

Faculty Member	Areas of Specialty	Contact
Mimi Abramovitz Professor of Social Policy at the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College; Faculty of the CUNY Graduate Center and Consortial Faculty, Murphy Institute	women poverty human rights the U.S/ Welfare State	iabramov@hunter.cuny.edu
Stanley Aronowitz Distinguished Professor of Sociology, CUNY and Consortial Faculty, Murphy Institute	labor social movements science and technology education social theory cultural studies	saronowitz@gc.cuny.edu
Kafui Attoh Assistant Professor of Urban Studies, Murphy Institute	political economy of cities the politics of public space urban transit’s role within the political economy of cities the struggles and livelihoods of the transportation disadvantaged the role of urban social movements (including the labor movement) in shaping mass transit policy	Kafui.Attoh@cuny.edu
Juan Battle Professor of Sociology, Public Health, and Urban Education at the CUNY Graduate School, and Consortial Faculty, Murphy Institute	race sexuality social justice	jbattle@gc.cuny.edu
Stephen Brier Professor, PhD Program in Urban Education and Coordinator, Interactive Technology and Pedagogy Certificate Program, CUNY Graduate Center, and Consortial Faculty, Murphy Institute	history of public education issues related to race, class, and ethnicity in U.S. history the uses of digital technologies and tools to improve academic teaching, learning, and research	sbrier@gc.cuny.edu
Michael Javen Fortner Assistant Professor and Academic Director of Urban Studies, Murphy Institute	American political development and political philosophy — particularly in the areas of race, ethnicity, and class	Michael.Fortner@cuny.edu
Joshua Freeman Professor of History, Queens College and the CUNY Graduate Center, and Consortial Faculty, Murphy Institute	the history of labor, modern America, and New York City	jfreeman@gc.cuny.edu
Penny Lewis Academic Director and Associate Professor of Labor Studies, Murphy Institute	social class dynamics of social movements	Penny.Lewis@cuny.edu
Stephanie Luce Professor of Labor Studies, Murphy Institute	living wage campaigns and movements globalization and labor standards labor-community coalitions regional labor markets	Stephanie.Luce@cuny.edu
Ruth Milkman Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center and Distinguished Professor of Labor Studies and Director of Research, Murphy Institute	work and labor organization in the United States California’s paid family leave program wage theft and other violations of employment law immigration and labor the aging workforce NYC’s paid sick leave law	rmilkman@gc.cuny.edu
John Mollenkopf Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the CUNY Graduate School and Consortial Faculty, Murphy Institute		jmollenkopf@gc.cuny.edu
Ed Ott Distinguished Lecturer in Labor Studies, Murphy Institute	the labor movement pension and social security protection worker safety legislation campaign finance reform	edottnyc@gmail.com
Frances Fox Piven Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology, CUNY Graduate School, and Distinguished Lecturer in Labor Studies and Consortial Faculty, Murphy Institute	social welfare policy voter registration, poverty social movements	FPiven@hotmail.com
Basil Smikle Distinguished Lecturer in Politics and Public Policy, Murphy Institute		basil.smikle@cuny.edu
James Steele Distinguished Lecturer in Politics and Public Policy, Murphy Institute		James.Steele@sps.cuny.edu

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