Welcome

Welcome to the Department of Anthropology and Interdisciplinary Programs. We bring together The City College of New York’s historic Department of Anthropology, grounded in a four-field approach, with the Women’s Studies Program, a key site for the critical production of gendered analyses, and the International Studies Program, an interdisciplinary program where students select concentrations, including Culture and Communication, Development, Comparative Public Policy, and International Relations. The Department is an academic and activist space for students committed to engaging issues ranging from global economic inequality in the past and the present, to peace building in war-torn societies, to gender and racial justice globally and locally.  Students can select to major or minor in Anthropology, major in International Studies, and/or minor in Women’s Studies. Dedicated to pursuing an antiracist, intersectional, and anticolonial pedagogy, the Department supports the intellectual and creative pursuits of our students and our faculty as they develop their regional, thematic, and theoretical interests.

Current faculty interests are expansive and represent a commitment to public scholarship: research and teaching that address pressing societal issues that are important to our students and to the diverse communities in which we live and work. With projects centered around social justice issues and concerns, our faculty research the global industrial prison complex, African Diasporas, Latinx and Latin American diasporas, South Asian and Asian American diasporas, the Caribbean, and Archaeology of the modern world. In these realms, faculty are also concerned with health and medicine, refugees and immigrant lives, gender, race, sexuality, and disability.

The Department is perched at an exciting and vital moment in higher education, as it prepares students with the cross-cultural and global perspective necessary for a range of careers from engineering, education, heritage management (i.e. museums and public archaeology) to public health and allied professions. Moreover, Department majors and minors are provided with a firm foundation for graduate work in anthropology, international studies, women’s and gender studies, and related social sciences. Ultimately, The Department of Anthropology, Gender Studies, and International Studies assists all students in understanding themselves in the context of their community, nation, and world.

For further advisement, reach out to the Colin Powell School advising team.

SPRING 2023 ADVISING SCHEDULE

General AGIS
Lisa Babel, AGIS Embedded Advisor
By appointment: In-Person or Online Advising
In-Person Walk-In Hours (Most Days):
 •  Mondays & Wednesdays: 10:00AM - 12:00PM
 •  Tuesdays & Thursdays: 2:00PM - 4:00PM
 •  Fridays: 12:00PM - 2:00PM
lbabel@ccny.cuny.edu
NAC 7/111

General AGIS; Anthropology
Dr. Irina Carlota [Lotti] Silber, Chair of the Department of Anthropology, Gender Studies, and International Studies
By appointment in person or Zoom: isilber@ccny.cuny.edu
NAC 7/112B

Anthropology
Dr. Matthew Reilly, Assistant Professor
Tuesdays 3:30PM-5:00PM
or by appointment in person or Zoom: mreilly@ccny.cuny.edu
NAC 7/113A

Women's and Gender Studies
Dr. Asale Angel-Ajani, Director of Women's and Gender Studies
By appointment on Zoom: aangelajani@ccny.cuny.edu
NAC 7/113D

International Studies
Dr. Sarah Muir, Director of International Studies
Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:30PM  -1:45PM
or by appointment in person or Zoom: smuir@ccny.cuny.edu
NAC 7/112B

Looking for another space to study or to meet CCNY students? Head the Colin Powell School Student Center Lounge in room 6/289.

STUDY HALL

TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS
12:30PM - 1:45 PM
NAC 7/111

Study Hall is a dedicated space for Anthropology, Women's and Gender Studies, and International Studies students to study and receive tutoring and mentorship from AGIS Embedded Advisor, Lisa Babel. No sign up needed, just pop in!

Begins February 7th, 2023!
No meetings on Thursdays: 2/16, 2/23, 3/16, and 4/20
For more details, email lbabel@ccny.cuny.edu