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Academics

Legacy ID
19

Dr. Anton Shurpik

Assistant Department Head and Professor, Department and Math and Science 

Dr. Rosanne Wasserman

Professor, Humanities Year Started

1991

EducationPh.D. English The Graduate School & University Center, CUNYCertificate High School English Teachers College, Columbia UniversityM.F.A. Poetry Columbia University School of the ArtsB.A. Poetry and Poetics--Independent Learning Program...

Dr. Jacques Szaluta

Professor Emeritus, Department HumanitiesYear Started

1965

EducationPh.D. Columbia UniversityM.A. Columbia UniversityTeaching InterestsWestern European HistoryPsychohistorical Approach to HistoryNational Leaders in Modern TimesResearch InterestSigmund FreudMarshal PétainSteven Spielberg and...

Dr. Gregory F. Sullivan

Assistant Professor, Department: HumanitiesYear Started

2006

EducationPh.D. History Yale UniversityM.A. East Asian Studies Yale UniversityB.A. Philosophy University of California, BerkeleyTeaching InterestsModern JapanModern ChinaPre-modern JapanEast Asian HistoryModern World HistoryResearch...

Dr. Joshua M. Smith

Associate Professor, HumanitiesYear Started

2003

EducationPh.D. US and Canadian History University of MaineMA Maritime History & Underwater Archaeology East Carolina UniversityAS Maine Maritime AcademyMA History University of St. AndrewsTeaching InterestsMaritime HistoryNaval...

Dr. Melanie H. Ross

Associate Professor, HumanitiesYear Started

2004

EducationPh.D. English Literature NYUMA English Literature NYUAB English and French Literature Princeton UniversityTeaching InterestsLiterature (Generalist) and CompositionResearch InterestsHenry JamesPsychoanalytic TheoryMaritime...

Dr. Laury Magnus

Professor, HumanitiesYear Started

1981

Education  Ph.D. Modern Literature, Shakespeare, Chaucer The Graduate Center of CUNYM. Phil Modern Literature, Shakespeare, Chaucer The Graduate Center of CUNYB.A. Cum Laude English Literature Brooklyn CollegeTeaching InterestsShakespeareText and...

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