Directory

Leadership

Juan Carlos Mercado, Ph.D.
Dean
e:  jmercado@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625 | Ext. 246

Dean: CPS
Director: Study Abroad
Founder: LINKS, TAFFNY, CPHRCIMCWCFRAME FORWARD

Carlos Aguasaco, Ph.D.
Professor, Chair of the Department of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
e:  caguasaco@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625 | Ext. 224

Founder: IMCWC
Fall 26: IAS A6011 Populism and Popular Culture in the Americas (Graduate)


 

Academic Advisors

Trisha Baboolal, A.B.D.
Advisor | ECE Program Manager | Undergrad Degree Auditor
e:  tbaboolal@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625 | Ext. 243

John Calagione, A.B.D.
Advisor | Sr Academic Coord | Adjunct
e:  jcal@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625 | Ext. 236

Fall 26: ANTH 26504 Language and Society

Jason Chappell, M.A.
Advisor | Admissions | Adjunct
e:  jchappell@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625 | Ext. 257

Fall 26: IAS 24200 Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies 

Lorena De Miranda Marques,
M.F.A., M.P.S., Ph.D. Candidate
Advisor | MarCom | Recruitment Coord | CUNY Reconnect Liaison
e:  lmarques@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625 | Ext. 254

Founder: Frame Forward

Warren Orange, M.A.
Advisor | FA Coord.| SGCWE Liaison | Adjunct
e:  oran@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625 | Ext. 239

Fall 26: IAS 31127 Race and Beauty

Michele Sweeting-DeCaro, Ph.D.
Advisor (INTERIM) | Writing Center Director | Adjunct
e:  msweetingdecaro@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625

Fall 26IAS 23324 Advanced Composition


 

Full Time Faculty

Carlos Aguasaco, Ph.D.
Professor, Chair of the Department of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
e:  caguasaco@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625 | Ext. 224

Founder: IMCWC
Fall 26: IAS A6011 Populism and Popular Culture in the Americas (Graduate)

Andrew Aprile, Ph.D.
Doctoral Lecturer, ECE
e:  aaprile@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625 | Ext. 209

Fall 26: IAS 31626 From Mambo to Hip-Hop | 

Gail Buffalo, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor | E.C.E. Program Director
e:  gbuffalo@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625 | Ext. 272

Fall 26: EDCE 20614 ECEII: Theories of Development, Assessment, and Pedagogy in ECE | EDCE 32304 Language and Literacy I: Emergent to Fluent Literacy

Marlene Clark, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, English
e:  mclark@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625 | Ext. 210

Fall 26: IAS 10000 Writing for Interdisciplinary Studies I | IAS 31241 Brooklyn

Agnese Codebo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
e:  acodebo@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625 | Ext. 274

Fall 26: IAS 31509 Latin American Short Stories | MCA 10104 Introduction to Media Studies

Elizabeth Matthews, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Psychology | M.A. in Instructional Design Program Director | M.A. in Transcultural and International Education Program Director
e:  ematthews@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625 | Ext. 260

Fall 26: IAS A5010 Graduate Research Methodology (Graduate) | PSY 20104 Psychology of Disability

Kathlene McDonald, Ph.D.
Professor, English
e:  kmcdonald@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625 | Ext. 265

Director: DEIA+

Spring 27: TBD

Colleen Oppenzato, Ph.D.

e:  coppenzato@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625 | Ext. 

Fall 26: EDCE 32204 How Children Learn Math | MATH 18004 Quantitative Reasoning

Joan Robinson, J.D, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Social Science & Law
e:  jrobinson1@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625 | Ext. 211

On sabbatical

Susanna Rosenbaum, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Anthropology | M.A. in The Study of The Americas Program Director
e:  srosenbaum@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625 | Ext. 208

Fall 26: ANTH 20104 Cross-Cultural Perspectives | IAS 31142 Making Race in the 21st Century | IAS 31170 Seminar in Autobiography

Séamus Scanlon, M.L.I.S., M.F.A.
Librarian
e:  seamus@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625 | Ext. 228

Susanna Schaller, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Urban Studies
e:  sschaller@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625 | Ext. 267

Fall 26: IAS 10800 Doing Social Research | IAS 25000 The Right to the City | IAS A5090 Urban Sustainability (Graduate)

Tashanna Walker, Ph.D. 
Postdoctoral Fellow, Human Geography
e:  twalker1@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625 | Ext. 273

Fall 26: IAS A6122 Power and Black Life: The Caribbean (Graduate) | SOC 31654 The Color Line

Martin Woessner, Ph.D.
Professor, History & Society
e:  mwoessner@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625 | Ext. 259

Fall 26: IAS 24200 Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies | IAS 30100 Honors Research | IAS 31102 Capitalism and Anti-Capitalism | IAS 31408 The History of Utopian-Dystopian Thought

Danielle Zach, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Political Science
e:  dzach@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625 | Ext. 307

Fall 26: IAS 31706 Children and Human Rights | IAS A6123 International Institutions (Graduate) | PSC 10104 U.S. Government and Politics

Rafia Zafar, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Economics
e:  rzafar@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625 | Ext. 248

Fall 26: IAS 10800 Doing Social Research


 

Staff

Javier (Alex) Arroyo, B.A. (in progress)
Campus Security
e:  jarroyo@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625

Bonita Bonet-Haskins
College Assistant | Financial Aid
e:  bmhaskins@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625

Curtis Brown
Facilities Technician & Maintenance Specialist
e: cbrown@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625 

Lenard Estacio, B.S.
Assistant to the Dean
e:  lestacio@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625 | Ext. 247

Robert Hernandez, B.B.S.
IT Coordinator
e:  robert@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625 | Ext. 262

Cindy Mak, B.S.
College Assistant | Library
e:  cmak@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625

Leandro (Tony) Martinez
Facilities Technician & Maintenance Specialist
e:  lmartinez@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625

Victor Nkansah B.A. (in progress)
Campus Security
Facilities Technician & Maintenance Specialist
e:  vnkansah@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625

Eskimo Omolade, M.L.S., M.F.A. (in progress)
College Assistant | Library
e: eomolade@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625

Monica Ortiz-Suloway, L.M.S.W., CASAC-T
Social Worker | Adjunct
e:  mortizsuloway@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625

Fall 26: IAS 31403 Community Mental Health | IAS 31702 Introduction to Social Welfare Policy and Practice

Felix Piña, B.S.
College Assistant | IT
e: fpina@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625

Raquel E. Rivera, B.A.
Office Assistant | Front Desk
e:  rrivera2@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625 

Davi Saroop, M.B.A.
Business Manager | Admin. Services Coord.
e:  dsaroop@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625 | Ext. 238

Yulia Starovoytova, M.A., M.S.
College Assistant | Statistics and Data Analyst
e:  ystarovoytova@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625

Ewa Wiechnik, B.S.
College Assistant | IT
e: ewiechnik@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625

Ninoshka (Nina) Woods, M.A. (in progress)
Office Manager
e:  nwoods2@ccny.cuny.edu
p: 212-925-6625 | Ext. 216


 

Adjunct Faculty

Francine T. Almash, Ph.D.
e:  falmash@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26: SOC 38144 Sociology of Education: School and American Society

Kelly Aponte
e:  kaponte@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26: IAS 24200 Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies | SOC 38144 Sociology of Education: School and American Society

Alessandra Benedicty, Ph.D.
e:  abenedicty@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26: ENGL 31284 Caribbean Spirits, Colonial Ghosts | IAS 26000 Writing The City

John Calagione, A.B.D.
e:  jcal@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26: ANTH 26504 Language and Society

Fernando F. Cardenas Pena, M.A.
e:  fcardenaspena@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26: MCA 33304 Reporting and Writing

Jose A. Chacon
e:  jchacon1@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26: SPAN 12104 Introductory Spanish I

Jason Chappell, M.A.
e:  jchappell@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26: IAS 24200 Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies 

Dorina Cheregi
e:  dcheregi@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26: MATH 18004 Quantitative Reasoning

Jimmy Cruz
e:  jcruz1@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26: EDCE 32304 Language and Literacy I: Emergent to Fluent Literacy | EDCE 40800 Student Teaching & Integrative Seminar in Early Childhood Education

Kelly A. Diaz
e:  kdiaz1@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26: IAS 31168 Digital Media and Society

Aminata Diop, Ph.D.
e:  adiop@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26: HIST 31974 Education in Black and White

Wendy C. Dunson-DelValle
e:  wdelvalle@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26: IAS 10000 Writing for Interdisciplinary Studies I | IAS 10400 Core Natural Science I: Nature & Human Beings I

Chanda Huston, D.M.
e:  chuston@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26: EDCE 20604 ECEI: Theories of Development Applied to Early Childhood Practice | EDCE 40500 Facilitating Children's Artistic Development

Ron Kopp, M.F.A.
e:  rkopp@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26: IAS 31182 The Celluloid Classroom: What Movies Can Teach Us About Education

Irene V. Massimino, Ph.D Candidate
e:  imassimino@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 27TBD

Yvette Mercado
e:  ymercado@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26: PSY 24504 Psychology of Human Sexual Behavior

Nayanda M. Moore
e:  nmoore@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26: IAS 23304 The Essay

Felice Neals
e:  fneals@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26: ENGL 32014 Workshop in Fiction

Nadjwa Norton, B.A.
e:  nnorton@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26: EDCE 22102 School, Family & Community

Norah Olivo, B.A.
e:  nolivo@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26: EDCE 32204 — How Children Learn Math

Warren Orange, M.A.
e:  oran@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26: IAS 31127 Race and Beauty

Monica Ortiz-Suloway, L.M.S.W., CASAC-T
e:  mortizsuloway@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26: IAS 31403 Community Mental Health | IAS 31702 Introduction to Social Welfare Policy and Practice

Blake J. Owen
e:  bowen@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26IAS 10000 Writing for Interdisciplinary Studies I | IAS 23324 Advanced Composition

Tara-Marie E. Perri
e:  tperri@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26IAS 31257 Digital Photography: Taking and Making Pictures

Marisa Daniela Russo
e:  mrusso1@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26: SPAN 22504 Intermediate Spanish

Eliane A Santos
e:  esantos2@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26: EDCE 32304 Language and Literacy I: Emergent to Fluent Literacy

Maria Yrene Santos
e:  isantos@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26: SPAN 12104 Introductory Spanish I

Rory M. Scott
e:  rscott@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26: EDCE 22102 School, Family & Community

Elizabeth Simonen
e:  esimonen@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26: MATH 18004 Quantitative Reasoning

Patricia Sutherland-Cohen
e:  psutherland-cohen@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26: IAS 31235 Introduction to Developmental Disabilities

Michele Sweeting-DeCaro, Ph.D.
e:  msweetingdecaro@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26IAS 23324 Advanced Composition

Pamella E. Terry, Ph.D.
e:  pterry@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26: PSY 25604 Introduction to Human Development: Adolescence and Youth

Vincent Tirelli, Ph.D.
e:  vtirelli@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26: PSC 12504 Introduction to Public Policy Analysis

Elizabeth G. Uraga 
e: euraga@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26: EDCE 22102 School, Family & Community | EDCE 40800 Student Teaching & Integrative Seminar in Early Childhood Education

Carlos Velasquez Torres, Ph.D.
e:  cvelasqueztorres@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26: SPAN 12204 Introductory Spanish II

Gay Wilgus
e:  gwilgus@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26: EDCE 20604 ECEI: Theories of Development Applied to Early Childhood Practice

Ella A. Williams  
e:  ewilliams2@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26: EDCE 20604 ECEI: Theories of Development Applied to Early Childhood Practice

Soye Zaid-Muhammad, Ph.D.
e:  szaid@ccny.cuny.edu

Fall 26: PSY 31644 Psychological Testing

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