NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science Bulletin 2021-23

New York University Bulletin / 2021-2023

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New York University

Washington Square

New York, New York 10003

Website: gsas.nyu.edu

Graduate School

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Contents / NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science / 2021-23

Contents

Graduate School of Arts and

Science: Administration,

Departments, Programs .................5

History of the Graduate School .........7

An Introduction to

New York University .....................8

Schools, Colleges, Institutes &

Programs of the University ..........8

New York University and New York ....10

Academic Calendars ................... 12

Departments and Programs

Anthropology .......................13

Art History ...........................22

Atmosphere Ocean Science,

Center for ...........................25

Basic Medical Sciences ..............28

Biology ..............................40

Chemistry ...........................49

Cinema Studies ......................55

Classics ..............................65

Comparative Literature ..............70

Computer Science ...................76

Creative Writing .....................88

Culture and Media ...................91

Data Science, Center for .............95

Digital Humanities and

Social Science ......................101

East Asian Studies ..................103

Economics ..........................106

English ............................. 116

Environmental Health Sciences .....123

Environmental Studies ...........136

European and Mediterranean

Studies, Center for ..................140

Fine Arts, Institute of ...............143

French Literature,

Thought and Culture ...............149

French Studies, Institute of . . . . . . . . . 154

German .............................159

Hebrew and Judaic Studies,

Skirball Department of .............164

History ............................. 171

Interdisciplinary Studies,

Program in ......................184

International Relations ............190

Irish and Irish-American Studies,

Program in ......................... 203

Italian Studies ..................... 207

Journalism, Arthur L. Carter

Journalism Institute Programs in ...219

Latin American and Caribbean

Studies, Center for ..................227

Library Science, Dual Degree . . . . . . . . .

Master’s Program With ............232

Linguistics ..........................233

Mathematics ........................238

Middle Eastern and

Islamic Studies .................... 256

Museum Studies, Program in ..... 262

Music .............................. 268

Near Eastern Studies, Hagop

Kevorkian Center Program in .......274

Neural Science, Center for .........278

Performance Studies ...............283

Philosophy ..........................288

Physics ............................ 295

Poetics and Theory, Advanced

Certiﬁcate Program in ............. 303

Politics ............................ 306

Psychology .........................316

Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis,

NYU Postdoctoral Program in ..... 334

Religious Studies ...................339

Russian and Slavic Studies ........ 343

Social and Cultural Analysis ....... 346

Sociology ...........................352

Spanish and Portuguese

Languages and Literatures .........358

Study of the Ancient World,

Institute for the ................... 364

Admission, Registration,

and Degree Requirements ............367

Financing Graduate Education ........372

Services and Programs ................376

Community Service ...................379

University Directory ..................380

Degree and Certiﬁcate Programs

as Registered by the State

of New York ...........................383

Travel Directions to the Washington

Square Campus ....................387

Administration, Departments, Programs / NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science / 2021-23

ADMINISTRATION

Lynne Kiorpes, B.S., Ph.D.

Dean

David P. Giovanella, B.A., M.A

Associate Dean for Graduate Enrollment

Services

Allan Corns, B.A., B.S., M.A.

Assistant Dean, Academic Affairs

Aida Gureghian, B.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.

Assistant Dean for Professional

Development

Kristi Schwindt-Ramos, B.A., M.A.

Assistant Dean of Enrollment Services

and Director, GSAS Master’s College

Tiffany Simon, B.A., M.A., Ed.M., Ed.D.

Assistant Dean, Students

Catharine R. Stimpson, B.A.; B.A., M.A.

[Cantab.], Ph.D.; hon.: D.H.L., Hum.D.,

Litt.D., LL.D.

Dean Emerita

GRADUATE

DEPARTMENTS

Anthropology

Professor Bruce Grant, Chair

Art History

Professor Dennis Geronimus, Chair

Biology

Professor Justin Blau, Chair

Chemistry

Professor James Canary, Chair

Cinema Studies

Professor Anna McCarthy, Chair

Classics

Professor David S. Levene, Chair

Comparative Literature

Professor Emily Apter, Chair

Computer Science

Professor Denis Zorin, Chair

East Asian Studies

Associate Professor Thomas Looser,

Chair

Economics

Professor Sydney Ludvigson, Chair

English

Professor Elizabeth McHenry, Chair

Environmental Studies

Associate Professor Colin Jerolmack,

Chair

Institute of Fine Arts

Professor Christine Poggi, Director

French Literature Thought and Culture

Professor Phillip John Usher, Chair

German

Professor Elisabeth Strowick, Chair

Hebrew and Judaic Studies

Professor Alex Jassen, Chair

History

Professor Andrew Sartori, Chair

Italian Studies

Professor Alison Cornish, Chair

Journalism

Professor Stephen D. Solomon, Director

Linguistics

Professor Lisa Davidson, Chair

Mathematics

Professor Bruce Kleiner, Chair

Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies

Professor Arang Keshavarzian, Chair

Music

Professor Michael Beckerman, Chair

Neural Science

Professor Eric Klann, Director

Performance Studies

Professor André Lepecki, Chair

Philosophy

Professor Paul Boghossian, Chair

Physics

Professor Matthew Kleban, Chair

Politics

Professor Sanford Gordon, Chair

Psychology

Professor Bob Rehder, Chair

Religious Studies

Associate Professor Angela Zito, Chair

Russian and Slavic Studies

Professor Anne Lounsbery, Chair

Social and Cultural Analysis

Professor Jennifer Morgan, Chair

Sociology

Professor Paula England, Chair

Spanish and Portuguese Languages

and Literatures

Professor Gabriela Basterra, Chair

INTERDISCIPLINARY

PROGRAMS

Ancient World

Professor Alexander Jones, Director

Atmosphere Ocean Science

Professor Shafer Smith, Director

Basic Medical Sciences

Naoko Tanese, Director, Associate Dean

for Biomedical Sciences

Administration, Departments,

Programs

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Creative Writing

Professor Deborah Landau, Director

Culture and Media

Professor Faye Ginsburg, Director

Data Science

Professor Julia Kempe, Director

Environmental Health Sciences

Professor Max Costa, Chair

European and Mediterranean Studies

Professor Stephen Gross, Director

French Studies

Professor Frédéric Viguier, Director

International Relations

Clinical Professor John Fousek, Interim

Director

Irish and Irish-American Studies

Professor Kevin Kenny, Director

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Associate Professor Jill Lane, Director

Museum Studies

Clinical Assistant Professor Rosanna

Flouty, Interim Director

Near Eastern Studies

Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow Jared

McCormick, Director

Poetics and Theory

Assistant Professor Zakir Paul,

Acting Director

Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis

Spyros Orfanos, Director

XE: Experimental Humanities &

Social Engagement

Associate Professor Jennifer Jacquet,

Director

History of the Graduate School / NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science / 2021-23

The Graduate School of Arts and Science

was founded in 1886 by Henry Mitchell

MacCracken, a professor of philosophy

and logic, and vice-chancellor at New

York University.

MacCracken believed that universities

should respond to the needs of moder-

nity by giving unprecedented priority

to advanced research and professional

training. New York University was the

second university in America to award

a Ph.D. on the basis of academic

performance and examination.

In addition to the emphasis on excellence

in research, MacCracken recognized the

urban environment as both source and

inspiration for academic life. He believed

that the University’s best interests lay

in its interactions with the city. By the

early 1900s, the Graduate School had

introduced courses concerned with

major global issues, and the curriculum

reﬂected movement toward progressive

values.

MacCracken’s new vision of graduate

training attracted ever-growing numbers

of young women and men to doctoral

programs. The ﬁrst female graduate

students entered the University in 1888.

Today, women constitute over half of the

over 5,000 master’s and Ph.D. graduate

students enrolled in our departments

and programs, as well as in a growing

number of institutes and interdisciplinary

research areas.

Mirroring the cultural diversity of New

York City, the Graduate School of Arts

and Science is an urban, diverse, and

internationally focused major research

center, with students from more than

100 countries. The Graduate School

still honors the ideal expressed by

Albert Gallatin, the University’s ﬁrst

president, who articulated the institu-

tion’s primary goal: “A private university

in the public service.” n

History of the Graduate School

Washington Square

by Fernand Harvey

Lungren (c.1890).

Private Collection.

Photograph courtesy

of Hirschl & Adler

Galleries, Inc.

An Introduction to New York University / NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science / 2021-23

The founding of New York University

in 1831 by a group of eminent private

citizens marked a historic event in

American education. In the early 19th

century, the major emphasis in higher

education was on the mastery of Greek

and Latin, with little attention given to

modern subjects. The founders of New

York University intended to enlarge the

scope of higher education to meet the

needs of those aspiring to careers in

business, industry, science, and the arts,

as well as in law, medicine, and the

ministry. The opening of the University

of London in 1828 convinced New

Yorkers that New York, too, should have

a new university that fed off the energy

and vibrancy of the city.

The ﬁrst president of New York Universi-

ty’s governing council was Albert Gallatin,

former adviser to Thomas Jefferson and

secretary of the treasury in Jefferson’s

cabinet. Gallatin and his cofounders

envisioned a “national university” that

would provide a “rational and practical

education for all.”

The result of the founders’ foresight is

today a university that is recognized

both nationally and internationally as a

leader in scholarship. NYU is one of only

26 private universities in the nation to

have membership in the distinguished

Association of American Universities.

Students come to NYU from all 50 states

and more than 130 foreign countries.

New York University includes three

degree-granting campuses: New York

City, United States; Abu Dhabi, United

Arab Emirates; and Shanghai, China.

In addition, the University has 12 global

academic centers: Accra, Ghana; Berlin,

Germany; Buenos Aires, Argentina;

Florence, Italy; London, England; Los

Angeles, CA, United States; Madrid,

Spain; Paris, France; Prague, Czech

Republic; Sydney, Australia; Tel Aviv,

Israel; and Washington, DC, United

States. Although overall the University

is large, the divisions are small- to

moderate-size units—each with its

own traditions, programs, and faculty.

Enrollment in the undergraduate

divisions at NYU ranges between 97

and 7,704, and the University offers

nearly 11,000 courses and grants more

than 30 different degrees. Classes vary

in size, but the University strives to

create a sense of community among

students within and among the

different disciplines. n

1832 College of Arts & Science

cas.nyu.edu

1835 School of Law

law.nyu.edu

1841 School of Medicine

med.nyu.edu

1854 Tandon School of Engineering

(January 2014)

engineering.nyu.edu

1865 College of Dentistry

dental.nyu.edu

(including the Rory Meyers

College of Nursing [1932],

nursing.nyu.edu)

1886 Graduate School of Arts &

Science

gsas.nyu.edu

1890 Steinhardt School of

Culture, Education, & Human

Development

steinhardt.nyu.edu

1900 Leonard N. Stern School of

Business

stern.nyu.edu

1922 The Institute of Fine Arts

nyu.edu/gsas/dept/fineart

1934 School of Professional Studies

sps.nyu.edu

1934 Courant Institute of

Mathematical Sciences

cims.nyu.edu

An Introduction to

New York University

THE SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, INSTITUTES & PROGRAMS

OF THE UNIVERSITY

(in order of their founding)

An Introduction to New York University / NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science / 2021-23

1938 Robert F. Wagner Graduate

School of Public Service

wagner.nyu.edu

1960 Silver School of Social Work

socialwork.nyu.edu

1965 Tisch School of the Arts

tisch.nyu.edu

1972 Gallatin School of

Individualized Study

gallatin.nyu.edu

1972 Liberal Studies

liberalstudies.nyu.edu

2006 Institute for the Study of the

Ancient World

isaw.nyu.edu

2010 NYU Abu Dhabi

nyuad.nyu.edu

2012 NYU Shanghai

shanghai.nyu.edu

2015 College of Global Public

Health

publichealth.nyu.edu

New York University & New York / NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science / 2021-23

New York University

Libraries

The Elmer Holmes Bobst Library,

Foster, is the ﬂagship of an eight-library

system that provides access to the

world’s scholarship. The Division of

Libraries holds 5.8 million book volumes.

Its online catalog, BobCat, contains

4.5 million records, including 2 million

e-books, 166,202 e-journals, 280,616

serial titles, and 232,845 audio and video

recordings. The special collections are

uniquely strong in the performing arts,

radical and labor history, and the history

of New York and its avant-garde culture.

Bobst Library serves as a center for the

NYU community’s intellectual life. It

offers approximately 3,000 seats for

student study. The Avery Fisher Center

for Music & Media is one of the world’s

largest academic media centers and,

as of summer 2016, is housed in new

quarters in the library with advanced

technology to support the newest

modes of music listening. The Digital

Studio offers a constantly evolving,

leading-edge resource for faculty and

student projects, and promotes and

supports access to digital resources

for teaching, learning, research, and

arts events. The Data Service Studio

provides expert staff and access to

software, statistical computing, geo-

graphical information systems analysis,

data collection resources, and data

management services in support of

quantitative research at NYU.

The Fales Library, a special collection

within Bobst Library, is home to the

unparalleled Fales Collection of English

& American Literature; the Marion Nestle

Food Studies Collection, the country’s

largest trove of cookbooks, food writing,

pamphlets, paper, and archives, dating

from the 1790s; and the Downtown

Collection, an extraordinary multimedia

archive documenting the avant-garde

New York art world since 1975. Bobst

Library also houses the Tamiment

Library, the country’s leading repository

of research materials in the history of

left politics and labor. Two fellowship

programs bring scholars from around

the world to Tamiment to explore the

history of the Cold War and its wide-

ranging impact on American institutions

and to research the history of progres-

sive social policies and promote public

discussion of their role in our society.

Tamiment’s Robert F. Wagner Labor

Archives contain, among other resources,

the archives of the Jewish Labor

Committee and of more than 200

New York City labor organizations.

Fales, Tamiment, and the University

Archives hold over 41,000 linear feet

of archival materials.

Beyond Bobst, the library of the

renowned Courant Institute of

Mathematical Sciences focuses on

research- level material in mathematics,

computer science, and related ﬁelds.

The Stephen Chan & Conservation

Libraries at the Institute of Fine Arts

(IFA) houses the rich collections that

support the research and curricular

needs of the institute’s graduate

programs in art history and archaeology.

The Jack Brause Library at SPS Midtown,

the most comprehensive facility of its

kind, serves the information needs of

every sector of the real estate commu-

nity. The Institute for the Study of the

Ancient World (ISAW) Library is a

resource for advanced research and

graduate education in ancient civiliza-

tions from the western Mediterranean to

China. The Bern Dibner Library serves

the NYU Tandon School of Engineering.

The libraries of NYU Abu Dhabi and

NYU Shanghai provide access to all the

resources in BobCat and are building

their own collection of books and other

print materials in support of the schools’

developing curricula. Complementing

the collections of the Division of Libraries

are those of the Health Sciences Library

and School of Law.

The NYU Division of Libraries continually

enhances its student and faculty services

and expands its research collections,

responding to the extraordinary growth

of the University’s academic programs in

recent years and to the rapid expansion

of electronic information resources.

Bobst Library’s professional staff includes

more than 60 subject and technical

specialists who select materials and

work with faculty and graduate students

in every ﬁeld of study at NYU. The staff

also includes specialists in undergradu-

ate outreach, instructional services,

preservation, geospatial information,

digital information, scholarly communi-

cation, intellectual property, and more.

The Larger Campus

New York University is an integral part

of the metropolitan community of New

York City—the business, cultural, artistic,

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and ﬁnancial center of the nation and

the home of the United Nations. The

city’s extraordinary resources enrich

both the academic programs and the

experience of living at New York

University.

Professors whose extracurricular

activities include service as editors for

publishing houses and magazines;

advisers to city government, banks,

school systems, and social agencies;

and consultants for museums and

industrial corporations bring to teaching

an experience of the world and a

professional sophistication that are

difﬁcult to match.

Students also, either through course-

work or outside activities, tend to be

involved in the vigorous and varied life

of the city. Research for term papers in

the humanities and social sciences may

take them to such diverse places as the

American Museum of Natural History,

the Museum of Modern Art, a garment

factory, a deteriorating neighborhood,

or a foreign consulate.

Students in science work with their

professors to help resolve such problems

of immediate importance for urban

society as the pollution of waterways

and the congestion of city streets.

Business majors attend seminars in

corporation boardrooms and intern as

executive assistants in business and

ﬁnancial houses. The schools, courts,

hospitals, settlement houses, theaters,

playgrounds, and prisons of the greatest

city in the world form a regular part of

the educational scene for students of

medicine, dentistry, education, social

work, law, business and public adminis-

tration, and the creative and performing

arts.

The chief center for undergraduate and

graduate study is at Washington Square

in Greenwich Village, long famous for its

contributions to the ﬁne arts, literature,

and drama and its personalized, smaller

scale, European style of living. NYU itself

makes a signiﬁcant contribution to the

creative activity of the Village through

the high concentration of faculty and

students who reside within a few blocks

of the University. NYU’s Tandon School

of Engineering, located in Downtown

Brooklyn, connects academics with

creative research and technology in

the burgeoning Tech Triangle and is

just a short subway ride away from

Washington Square.

University apartment buildings provide

housing for over 2,100 members of

the faculty and administration, and

University student residence halls

accommodate over 12,000 men and

women. Many more faculty and students

reside in private housing in the area.

A Private University

Since its founding, New York University

has been a private university. It operates

under a board of trustees and derives

its income from tuition, endowment,

grants from private foundations and

government, and gifts from friends,

alumni, corporations, and other private

philanthropic sources.

The University is committed to a policy

of equal treatment and opportunity in

every aspect of its relations with its

faculty, students, and staff members,

without regard to race, color, religion,

sex, sexual orientation, gender and/or

gender identity or expression, marital

or parental status, national origin,

ethnicity, citizenship status, veteran or

military status, age, disability, and any

other legally protected basis.

Inquiries regarding the application of the

federal laws and regulations concerning

afﬁrmative action and antidiscrimination

policies and procedures at New York

University may be referred to Mary

Signor, Executive Director, Ofﬁce of

Equal Opportunity, New York University,

726 Broadway, 7th Floor, New York, NY

10003; 212-998-2352. Inquiries may also

be referred to the director of the Ofﬁce

of Federal Contract Compliance, U.S.

Department of Labor.

New York University is a member of the

Association of American Universities

and is accredited by the Middle States

Association of Colleges and Schools

(Commission on Higher Education

of the Middle States Association of

Colleges and Schools, 3624 Market

Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104; 267-

284-5000). Individual undergraduate,

graduate, and professional programs

and schools are accredited by the

appropriate specialized accrediting

agencies. n

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Academic Calendars

The Graduate School of Arts and Science

maintains its own academic calendar at

gsas.nyu.edu/academics/academic-

calendar. This calendar includes GSAS

speciﬁc dates and deadlines, including

those for student awards and dissertation

submission.

The New York University Ofﬁce of the

Registrar maintains the University’s

academic calendar at nyu.edu/students/

student-information-and-resources/

registration-records-and-graduation/

academic-calendar. This calendar includes

dates and deadlines for course registration,

drop/add, and graduation, as well as all

University holidays and Bursar deadlines.

Both calendars are subject to change

without warning.

DEPARTMENT OF

Anthropology

Chair of the Department

Professor Bruce Grant

Associate Chair

Professor Shara E. Bailey

as.nyu.edu/anthropology

Rufus D. Smith Hall

25 Waverly Place, 1st ﬂoor

New York, NY 10003-6790

Phone: 212-998-8550

Director of Graduate Studies

Associate Professor Aisha Khan

PROGRAMS

AND

REQUIREMENTS

Master of Science in Human Skeletal Biology

The department offers a stand-alone M.S. in Human Skeletal Biology. Students take a total of

36 points of course work for the degree. Human Osteology & Odontology, ANTH-GA 1516,

Interpreting the Human Skeleton, ANTH-GA 1520, and History and Philosophy of Biological

Anthropology, ANTH-GA 1505, are required courses for the M.S. Students are also required

to complete at least one ﬁeld training or internship course. The program prepares graduates to

apply the principles and techniques of skeletal biology and genetic research in biological anthro-

pology to a variety of contexts, including those in the forensic sciences (e.g., medical examiner’s

ofﬁce, coroner’s ofﬁce, armed forces, criminal justice, law enforcement, mass disasters). It also

provides useful training for students who are preparing for admission to doctoral programs in

skeletal biology and human evolution. Prospective students should hold a B.A. or B.S., preferably

with an emphasis in anthropology, biology, or the natural sciences.

Doctor of Philosophy

The doctoral degree requires a total of 72 points as well as the successful completion of compre-

hensive examinations that cover work in three areas of specialization and that are evaluated by

the student’s Ph.D. committee. After completing all Ph.D. course work, passing the comprehensive

exams, and an oral defense of the dissertation proposal, the student is eligible for the M.Phil.

degree. Completion of these requirements means that the student has achieved Ph.D. candidacy

and may pursue dissertation research. After completion of the dissertation, the student defends

the dissertation at a ﬁnal oral examination conducted by three core members of the Ph.D.

committee and two additional scholars. The core members of the examining committee must

be from among department faculty.

Students chose one of three concentrations:

Biological Anthropology: Students in the biological concentration of the Ph.D. program take

(1) Primate Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation, ANTH-GA 1507, (2) Evolutionary Morphology,

ANTH-GA 1508, (3) Genetics and Molecular Systematics, ANTH-GA 1509, (4) Professional

Development in Biological Anthropology, ANTH-GA 1506 and (5) ANTH-GA 1505, History and

Philosophy of Biological Anthropology.

Archaeological Anthropology: Students in this concentration take (1) History of Archaeological

Theory, ANTH-GA 2213, (2) Archaeological Professionalization, ANTH-GA 1202, (3) Archaeological

Methods and Techniques, ANTH-GA 2214, (4) one geographical area-speciﬁc research course,

and (5) one quantitative methods or Geographical Information Systems course.

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Sociocultural and Linguistic Anthropology: Students in this concentration take (1) Social

Anthropology Theory and Practice I, ANTH-GA 1010; (2) Social Anthropology Theory

and Practice II, ANTH-GA 1011; (3) History of Anthropology, ANTH-GA 1636, (4) Linguistic

Anthropology, ANTH-GA 1040, and (5) Professionalization Seminar, ANTH-GA GA 3211.

Advanced Certiﬁcate in Culture and Media

The Departments of Anthropology, Cinema Studies and Comparative Literature offer a joint

course of study, integrated with graduate work in either of those departments as well as

the Department of Film and TV, Tisch School of the Arts, leading to the Advanced Graduate

Certiﬁcate in Culture and Media. Core faculty are Professor Faye Ginsburg, director of the

Graduate Program in Culture and Media; Associate Professor Tejaswini Ganti; and Associate

Professor Toby Lee of the Department of Cinema Studies. For more information on the

Advanced Certiﬁcate in Culture and Media program, please consult that section of this bulletin.

Facilities

Center for The Study of Human Origins

The Center for the Study of Human Origins (CSHO) in the Department of Anthropology at New

York University was founded in 2002. Its mission is to enhance and facilitate research in all ﬁelds

of biological anthropology and archaeology that are broadly related to the study of human origins

and evolution from a biological and cultural perspective. CSHO’s aim is to foster and support

multidisciplinary investigations, with an emphasis on the development of collaborative projects,

international ﬁeldwork, and state-of-the-art laboratory research.

Special Resources and Facilities in Biological Anthropology

Excellent research laboratories dedicated to molecular primatology, primate hormones and

behavior, comparative anatomy, paleoanthropology, and human osteology, as well as computer

facilities, are available in the department.

The NYCEP Program

New York University participates in the New York Consortium for Evolutionary Primatology

(NYCEP), a graduate training program in evolutionary primatology that includes City University

of New York, Columbia University, the Wildlife Conservation Society at the Bronx Zoo, and the

American Museum of Natural History. The consortium provides an integrated training program

that allows students to take courses, seminars, and internships at any of these institutions given

by more than sixty biological anthropologists, primatologists, and vertebrate paleontologists

participating in the program. Students also gain practical experience through required internships,

where they work individually on research projects with NYCEP faculty. Most students are provided

the opportunity to travel abroad during the summer to conduct research at active ﬁeld sites.

Special Resources and Facilities in Archaeology

The department maintains excellent laboratory facilities for teaching and research in protohistoric

and prehistoric archaeology. An array of computer hardware and software, including image

analysis capabilities, is available for graduate research projects. In addition, there is a thin-section

laboratory for seasonality studies, and excellent microscopic equipment, including access

to scanning electron microscopes. A zooarchaeological reference collection and a ceramics

laboratory are available for teaching and research purposes.

Special Resources and Facilities in Culture and Media

Production classes and facilities in HD video are provided at New York University’s Department

of Film and Television; students take an intensive summer course entitled Sight and Sound

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Documentary taught by faculty in the Kanbar Institute of Film and TV, Tisch School of the Arts.

Students produce their own documentaries in a small, intensive, year-long digital video documen-

tary production seminar for advanced Culture and Media students using HD digital video cameras

as well as state of the art editing systems. The Department of Anthropology has a ﬁlm and video

screening theatre, the David B. Kriser Film Room, as well as an excellent and expanding collection

of over 500 ethnographic documentaries, including classics and important recent works, and a

unique study collection of works by Indigenous media makers across the globe. The Department

of Cinema Studies has a collection of over 500 ﬁlms in its Film Study Center, and the Avery Fisher

Center for Music and Media in Bobst Library contains over 2,000 titles, along with video streaming

services such as Kanopy and Alexander Street. The Program works closely with: the annual

Margaret Mead Film Festival at the American Museum of Natural History; the Film and Video

Center, the National Museum of the American Indian; Documentary Fortnight at the Museum of

Modern Art; the NYC ReelAbilities Film Festival, and other related venues and events.

Center for Media, Culture, and History

The program works closely with the Graduate Program in Culture and Media. The Center sponsors

annual programs with fellows, screenings, lectures, and conferences and integrates interests of

faculty and students from the Departments of Anthropology, Cinema Studies, History, Performance

Studies and Media, Culture and Communication as well as Native American and Indigenous Studies,

The Center for Disability Studies and other Departments and Programs. The Center addresses

issues of representation, social change, and identity construction embedded in the development

of ﬁlm, television, video, and new media worldwide. For more information about the Center, visit

their Web site at wp.nyu.edu/cmch.

Center for Religion and Media

The Center for Religion and Media seeks to develop interdisciplinary, cross-cultural knowledge of

how religious ideas and practices are shaped and spread through a variety of media. The Center,

funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Henry R. Luce Initiative on Religion and International

Affairs is a collaborative project of NYU’s Department of Religious Studies and the Center for

Media, Culture, and History, providing a space for scholarly endeavor, a stage for public educational

events, and an electronic interface with media specialists and the public through its innovative

online journal, The Revealer: A Review of Religion and Media (therevealer.org). For more informa-

tion about the Center, visit its website at wp.nyu.edu/crm.

Center for Disability Studies

Co-directed by Faye Ginsburg (Anthropology) and Mara Mills (Media, Culture, and Communication,

Steinhardt), the Center promotes disability scholarship, artistry, and activism through public

events, a monthly newsletter, an undergraduate Disability Studies minor and Disability Study

Union, and outreach to community partners. It works in tandem with the Provostial Working

Group on Disability, Infrastructure, and Accessibility. disabilitystudies.nyu.edu/mission. n

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Jane E. Anderson

Associate Professor (Anthropology, Museum

Studies). Ph.D. 2004 (law), New South Wales;

B.A. 1998 (cultural studies and philosophy),

Sydney.

Intellectual property and the cultural life

of law; coloniality and colonial governance;

critical indigenous studies; repatriation and

digital return; cultural property; heritage

studies; cultural protocols; applied anthro-

pology. Americas, South East Asia, Paciﬁc.

Susan C. Antón

Professor. Ph.D. 1994, M.A. 1991, B.A. 1987,

California (Berkeley).

Physical anthropology; skeletal biology;

evolution of genus Homo; dispersal;

evolutionary morphology; human osteology

and anatomy; growth, development and life

history patterns. Field programs in Asia

and the Paciﬁc.

FACULTY

Shara E. Bailey

Professor. Ph.D. 2002, M.A. 1995, B.A. 1992,

Arizona State (Tempe).

Biological anthropology; paleoanthropology;

dental morphology and morphometrics;

Middle-Late Pleistocene hominins;

Neandertals; modern human origins;

Plio-Pleistocene hominin evolution;

Europe; Africa.

Pamela J. Crabtree

Professor. Ph.D. 1982, M.A. 1975,

Pennsylvania; B.A. 1972 (art history

and economics), Barnard.

Zooarchaeology; medieval archaeology;

later prehistoric Europe; Near Eastern

archaeology and prehistory; animal

domestication.

Sonia N. Das

Associate Professor. Ph.D. 2008, M.A. 2003,

Michigan; B.A. and B.S. 1999, Stanford.

Linguistic anthropology; semiotics; language,

technology, and inequality; language politics

and nationalism; heritage language and

multilingualism; colonial linguistics;

migration; seafaring; law enforcement;

Tamil diaspora; Francophonie; North

America.

Arlene Dávila

Professor (Anthropology, Social and Cultural

Analysis). Ph.D. 1996, CUNY; M.A.1990,

New York; B.A. 1987, Tufts.

Comparative ethnic studies; media and

visual culture; urban studies and geogra-

phies of inequality; consumption and

material culture; political economy;

Latino/a Latin American Studies.

Tejaswini Ganti

Associate Professor. Ph.D. 2000, New York;

M.A. 1994, Pennsylvania; B.A. 1991 (political

science), Northwestern.

Anthropology of media; media industries;

production cultures; translation studies;

language ideology; multilingualism;

political economy; visual anthropology/

visual culture; cultural policy; nationalism;

capitalism; neoliberalism; globalization;

postcolonial theory; Indian cinema; South

Asia.

Faye Ginsburg

David B. Kriser Professor. Ph.D. 1986,

CUNY; B.A. 1976 (archaeology and art

history), Barnard.

Social anthropology; ethnographic ﬁlm;

ethnography of media; indigenous media;

social movements in the United States;

disability.

Bruce Grant

Professor. Ph.D. 1993, M.A. 1989, Rice; B.A.

1985, McGill.

Former Soviet Union, Siberia, the Caucasus;

cultural history and politics; religion.

Terry Harrison

Silver Professor. Ph.D. 1982, B.Sc. 1978,

University College London.

Human evolution; fossil apes and monkeys;

functional morphology; paleobiology;

primate comparative anatomy; allometry;

taphonomy; paleoecology.

James Higham

Associate Professor. Ph.D. 2007,

Roehampton; M.Sc. 2002, Oxford; B.A.

2001(natural sciences), Cambridge.

Sexual selection; behavioral endocrinology;

animal communication.

Radu Iovita

Assistant Professor. Ph.D. 2008,

Pennsylvania; M.Phil. 2002, Cambridge;

A.B. 2001, Harvard.

Paleolithic archaeology; human responses

to environmental change; Eurasian loess

steppe (Central Asia, Eastern Europe);

archaeological survey techniques; lithics;

use-wear; controlled experiments; geometric

morphometrics.

Aisha Khan

Associate Professor (Anthropology, Caribbean

and Latin American Studies). Ph.D. 1995,

M.Phil. 1985, CUNY; M.A. 1982, B.A. 1977,

San Francisco State.

Atlantic studies; race and ethnicity;

colonialism; racial capitalism; obeah;

Islam in the Caribbean; theory and method

in diaspora studies; creolization.

Fred R. Myers

Silver Professor. Ph.D. 1976, M.A. 1972,

Bryn Mawr; B.A. 1970 (religion), Amherst.

Indigenous people and politics; Aboriginal

Australia; exchange theory and material

culture; anthropology of art and con-

temporary artworlds; the production

and circulation of culture; identity and

personhood; theories of value and practices

of signiﬁcation.

Elayne Oliphant

Assistant Professor (Anthropology, Religious

Studies). Ph.D. 2012, Chicago; M.A. 2005

(political economy), Carleton (Ottawa); B.A.

2003 (international development studies and

political studies), Trent (Ontario).

Christianity; secularism; critical approaches

to the study of religion; visual anthropology;

public space; France; Europe; contemporary

art; museums; capitalism; xenophobia and

privilege.

Justin Pargeter

Assistant Professor. Ph.D. 2017, M.A. 2014,

Stony Brook; M.Sc. 2010, B.Sc. 2007, B.A.

2006, Witwatersrand.

Pleistocene archaeology; hominin bio-

cultural evolution: stone tool technology;

experimental archaeology; ﬁeld archaeology;

sub-Saharan Africa; science communication

and public engagement.

Anne M. Rademacher

Professor (Anthropology, Environmental

Studies). Ph.D. 2005 (anthropology and

environmental studies), Yale; M.E.S. 1998

(environmental studies), Yale; B.A. 1992

(history), Carleton.

Environmental anthropology; modern

ecology and statemaking; sustainable design

in urban settings; urban ecology.

Scott A. Williams

Associate Professor. Ph.D. 2011, Illinois

(Urbana-Champaign); M.A. 2006, Northern

Illinois; B.A. 2003, Kent State.

Ape and human evolution; evolutionary

morphology; fossil hominims; upright

posture; bipedalism; spine and torso;

vertebral column.

Amy Zhang

Assistant Professor. Ph.D. 2016, M.Phil. 2012,

Yale; M.A. 2006 (globalization studies),

McMaster; B.A. 2005 (English literature),

Simon Fraser.

Environmental anthropology; waste;

material culture; science and technology;

urban studies; development; China.

Angela R. Zito

Associate Professor, (Anthropology, Religious

Studies). Ph.D. 1989 (Far Eastern languages

and civilizations), Chicago; B.A. 1974 (East

Asian studies and journalism), Pennsylvania

State.

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Cultural history/historical anthropology;

critical theories of religion; religions of

China; ﬁliality in China; religion and media;

history and anthropology of embodiment;

gender; performance and subjectivity;

documentary ﬁlm.

FACULTY EMERITI

Thomas O. Beidelman, Todd R. Disotell,

Michael Gilsenan, Clifford J. Jolly, Emily

Martin, Rayna Rapp, Renato I. Rosaldo,

Bambi Schieffelin, Rita Wright.

COURSES

ANTHROPOLOGICAL

ARCHAEOLOGY

Archaeological

Professionalization

ANTH-GA 1202 / Pargeter / 4 points /

2021-22

This seminar introduces graduate

students to the principles and practice

of working in archaeology, both in

academic and industry contexts. The

seminar’s goal is to provide training

through examples on how to create

the documents students will need to

craft a varied professional self, and the

reﬂectiveness to use it. The seminar also

focuses on helping students develop

time and work management skills, set

themselves up for successful academic

development, and cultivate better

networks. It also aims to explicitly

describe the implicit rules by which the

academy, as well as the world beyond it

work. By the end of the seminar we will

learn how to write effectively, copiously,

and professionally. We will learn to give

conference papers, write abstracts,

perform and respond to peer reviews.

We will also learn how to master oral

presentations, and to understand the

ethics of research and teaching.

African Prehistory

ANTH-GA 1210 / Pargeter / 4 points /

2021-22

This course’s main objective is to provide

students with a ﬁrm understanding of

the African prehistoric record and its

importance for the evolution of human

biology and cultural behavior. Africa

provides the world’s longest and richest

archaeological record. It furnishes

evidence for the earliest representatives

of the human family, the ﬁrst artifacts,

and the most complete account of the

development of a hunting-gathering

way of life. This course takes a differ-

ent approach to African prehistory

focused on thematic areas rather than

chronological developments. Topics

of discussion include archaeological

approaches to diet and mobility,

technology, climate change, cognition,

and prehistoric population demography.

The class is taught in a symposium

format with speciﬁc importance placed

on class discussions and debates.

Eurasian Prehistory

ANTH-GA1211 / Iovita / 4 points /

2021-22

An in-depth look at the Stone Age

prehistory of Eurasia and Oceania to

the end of the last Ice Age (roughly

13 thousand years ago). Progresses

chronologically, beginning with the

ﬁrst hominins to come out of Africa,

moving on to the world and lifeways

of Homo erectus and the Neanderthals,

followed by the second major disper-

sal out of Africa by the ﬁrst modern

humans, the Last Glacial Maximum, and

the Postglacial world. Students will be

reading critically from primary sources

and writing and presenting about the

preserved material culture remains of

different periods and their environmen-

tal and biological contexts.

Zooarchaeology

ANTH-GA 1212 / Crabtree / 4 points /

2022-23

Faunal analysis or zooarchaeology is the

study of animal bones recovered from

archaeological sites. The goals of faunal

analysis include the reconstruction of

past hunting, scavenging, and animal

husbandry practices, as well as the

study of site formation processes.

The faunal analysis course will cover

the identiﬁcation and analysis of

archaeological animal bone remains.

The course will also examine some of

the ways in which faunal data have been

used in archaeological interpretation.

This course is also open to qualiﬁed

undergraduates with the permission of

the instructor.

Lost Worlds, Extinct Landscapes

ANTH-GA 2215 / Iovita / 4 points /

2021-22

Introduces the most important habitats

of human evolution that no longer

exist because of climate change. Some

of these places have been totally

submerged under the waters of the

Holocene, others have shifted character

to the point where we no longer recog-

nize them. Progresses chronologically

from environments such as Pliocene

East Africa to Pleistocene “Savannah-

stan” to “Green Arabia”, Doggerland,

and the Ice Free Corridor, while learning

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to read critically from primary sources

about scientiﬁc techniques of landscape

and climate reconstruction. An ethno-

graphic and ecological context will form

a framework for discussions.

BIOLOGICAL

ANTHROPOLOGY

Forensic Genetics

ANTH-GA 1031 / Staff / 4 points /

2021-22

Explores how modern molecular genet-

ics techniques and data are deployed by

forensic science. DNA data, especially,

have both in reality and in the cultural

imagination become a primary tool of

forensic investigation. Looks at how

crime scenes are investigated, what

types of data are collected, how molec-

ular genetic information is turned from

a crime scene sample to a probabilistic

match to a suspect. Reviews numerous

case studies that illustrate how genetic

data can be used (or misused) in criminal

cases, mass disasters, and the search for

missing persons.

Dental Anthropology

ANTH-GA 1240 / Bailey / 4 points /

2021-22

Provides a comprehensive review of

how biological anthropologists use

teeth to inform on various areas of

study. Topics include: dental anatomy,

evolution, growth and development,

pathology, comparative odontology,

variation in fossil hominins and

non-human primates, bioarchaeology

and forensic anthropology.

History and Philosophy of

Biological Anthropology

ANTH-GA 1505 / Higham / Williams /

4 points / 2021-22, 2022-23

Provides a history of biological

anthropology from its origins to today.

Begins with the origins of anthropology

as a ﬁeld before focusing in on the

emergence of physical anthropology

in the 18th century and subsequent

incorporation of evolutionary theory in

the 19th and 20th centuries. Discusses

shifting intellectual paradigms of the

discipline will be discussed, including

how biological anthropology integrates

ideas and techniques from geology,

paleontology, evolutionary biology,

psychology, and zoology, to become

a multidisciplinary ﬁeld of diverse intel-

lectual and methodological approaches.

Professional Development in

Biological Anthropology

ANTH-GA 1506 / Staff / 4 points /

2021-22, 2022-23

Aims to provide an introduction to

many of the ethical issues that confront

students and scholars in biological

anthropology, as well as to provide

practical training in professional skills

that students will ﬁnd essential in their

early academic careers. The topics

included in this course are not generally

covered as part of traditional disciplinary

courses, but they are considered just

as critical for long-term professional

development. Individual classes will

focus on ethical issues related to

science in general, research with

animals and humans, and professional

relationships, as well as practical skills

such as proposal writing, writing for

publication, the peer review process,

oral presentation, and how to succeed

in the job market.

Molecular Anthropology

ANTH-GA 1509 / Staff / 4 points /

2021-22

Provides both a background in elemen-

tary genetics and also a review of some

of the major research in molecular

anthropology and primatology. Begins

with a review of genetics,inheritance,

and population genetics. Addresses

the major methodological advances of

genomics. Reviews the major ﬁndings

in human and primate genetics, including

work on phylogeny, population genetics,

molecular adaptation, and species’

history.

Integrative Paleoanthropology I

ANTH-GA 1510 / Williams / 4 points

2021-22

Provides a detailed overview of the

early stages of human evolution from

the Miocene to the early Pleistocene,

focusing on the fossil and archaeolog-

ical record of the earliest hominins up

to and including early Homoin East and

South Africa. It emphasizes the anatom-

ical, phylogenetic, and behavioural traits

of Plio-Pleistocene hominins in Africa.

Students will supplement their reading

of the primary literature with the study

of comparative skeletal materials and

casts of early hominins in the laboratory

Integrative Paleoanthropology II

ANTH-GA 1511 / Bailey / 4 points /

2021-22

Provides a detailed overview of the

evolution of the genus Homo. The

course focuses on the fossil evidence

and archaeological record to provide

insights into hominin evolution, ecology

and culture. Students will supplement

their reading of the primary literature

with the study of comparative skeletal

materials and casts and of stone and

osseous tools, art objects and personal

ornaments.

Human Osteology and

Odontology

ANTH-GA 1516 / Staff / 4 points /

2021-22, 2022-23

Knowledge of human osteology forms

the underpinning for advanced study

in morphology, forensic anthropology,

paleoanthropology, bioarcheology, and

human skeletal biology. This course

offers an intensive introduction to the

human skeleton emphasizing the identi-

ﬁcation of fragmentary human remains.

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Interpreting the Human

Skeleton: Morphological and

Statistical Methods

ANTH-GA 1520 / Staff / 4 points /

2021-22, 2022-23

Provides an intensive introduction to the

methods and techniques used to recon-

struct soft tissue anatomy and behavior

from the human skeleton. Focuses on

techniques and applications to all areas

of skeletal biology, including bioarchae-

ology, paleoanthropology, forensics, and

anthropology.

Human Osteology Lab

ANTH-GA 1521 / Staff / 2 points /

2021-22, 2022-23

Intensive, lab-based practical partner

course to ANTH-GA1516 (Introduction

to Human Osteology and Odontology).

The laboratory emphasizes identiﬁca-

tion of fragmentary human remains,

interpretation of anatomical features

from bone, and differentiation of human

and non-human remains.

Interpreting the Human

Skeleton Lab

ANTH-GA 1522 / Staff / 2 points /

2021-22, 2022-23

Intensive, lab-based practical partner

course to ANTH 1520 (Interpreting the

Human Skeleton). The laboratory

emphasizes the methods used in the

interpretation of recovered human

remains and production of the biologi-

cal proﬁle: age, sex, stature and mass,

ancestry, pathology, trauma, and

statistical methods.

Human Evolution: Problems and

Perspectives

ANTH-GA 2519 / Staff / 4 points /

2020-21

A seminar focusing on the ‘hallmarks of

humanity’: bipedality, brain expansion,

culture and language. Examines how

different biases and perspectives shape

our understanding and interpretations

of new fossil discoveries. Provides

students with the critical thinking

skills with which they can assess human

evolutionary hypotheses and the

hominin fossil record.

CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC

ANTHROPOLOGY

Social Anthropology Theory and

Practice I

ANTH-GA 1010 / Myers, Grant /

4 points / 2022-23

Introduces the principal theoretical

issues in contemporary social anthropol-

ogy, relating recent theoretical

developments and ethnographic

problems to their origins in classical

sociological thought. Problems in

the anthropology of knowledge are

particularly emphasized as those

most challenging to social anthropology

and to related disciplines.

Social Anthropology Theory

and Practice II

ANTH-GA 1011 / Myers, Ganti, Grant /

4 points / 2022-23

Focuses on a group of central anthro-

pological concepts, examining their

geneaologies and limits. Looks at the

relation of theoretical and ethnographic

practices as they developed in post-

World War II and post-colonial contexts,

primarily in the Anglophone traditions,

as anthropologists grappled with rapid

social change. Attention is paid to

multilayered power relations, social

movements, practical consciousness,

practice theory, invented traditions,

and the production of culture.

Linguistic Anthropology

ANTH-GA 1040 / Das / 4 points /

2022-23

Introduces and examines the interde-

pendence of anthropology and the

study of language both substantively

and methodologically. Topics include

the relationship between language,

thought, and culture; the role of

language in social interactions; the

acquisition of linguistic and social

knowledge; and language and speech

in ethnographic perspective.

Theories and Methods in the

Study of Religion

ANTH-GA 1204 / Oliphant, Zito /

4 points / 2021-22, 2022-23

This course explores some of the

more important theories of the origin,

character, and function of religion as

a human phenomenon. It covers

psychological, sociological, anthro-

pological, post-colonial and feminist

approaches. The course will explore

some problems for the study of religion

today, including secularization theory

and the intersection of religion and

media.

Culture and Media I

ANTH-GA 1215 / Ganti, Ginsburg /

4 points / 2021-22, 2022-23

Open only to graduate students in the

Departments of Anthropology, Cinema

Studies, Comparative Literature, and

Performance Studies. Offers a critical

revision of the history of the genre of

ethnographic ﬁlm, the central debates

it has engaged around cross-cultural

representation, and the theoretical and

cinematic responses to questions of

the screen representation of culture,

from the early romantic constructions

of Robert Flaherty to current work in

ﬁlm, television, and video on the part

of indigenous people throughout the

world.

Culture and Media II:

Ethnography of Media

ANTH-GA 1216 / Ganti, Ginsburg /

4 points / 2021-22, 2022-23 /

Prerequisite: ANTH-GA 1215.

Open only to graduate students in the

Departments of Anthropology, Cinema

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Studies, Comparative Literature, and

Performance Studies. Theorizes media

studies from the point of view of

cross-cultural ethnographic realities and

anthropology from the perspective of

new spaces of communication focusing

on the social, economic, and political life

of media and how it makes a difference

in the daily lives of people as a practice,

whether in production, reception, or

circulation.

Video Production Seminar I, II

ANTH-GA 1218, 1219 / Vail / 4 points /

2021-22, 2022-23 / Prerequisites:

ANTH-GA 1215, CINE-GT 1998.

Open only to students in the Program

in Culture and Media. Limited to 10 stu-

dents. Yearlong seminar in ethnographic

documentary video production using

state-of-the-art digital video equipment

for students in the Program in Culture

and Media. This course is dedicated to

instruction, exercises, and reading famil-

iarizing students with fundamentals of

video production and their application

to a broad conception of ethnographic

and documentary approaches.

Political Anthropology

ANTH-GA 1227 / Grant / 4 points /

2021-22

This seminar is designed to visit a wide

range of explorations on the concept

of “the political.” We begin with some

classic statements from the mid-century

British school and consider its reverber-

ations in building political anthropology

through the 1970s.

Materiality

ANTH-GA 1242 / Myers / 4 points /

2022-23

Investigates the key role that objects

have played within the discipline of

anthropological theory, methods and

practices. Traces the theoretical lineage

of concepts such as objectiﬁcation,

material culture, commoditication,

materialism, perspectivalism, to build up

a nuanced picture of the analytic frame-

works used to understand the material

qualities of social life, and to make sense

of the divergent ways in which things

are magniﬁed within social worlds.

Critical Race Theory: Intellectual

History and Social Practice

ANTH-GA 1253 / Khan / 4 points /

2021-22

Explores the classic and recent work

that deﬁnes the expanding ﬁeld of

critical race studies. Readings are inter-

disciplinary and include thinkers from

the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries who

have grappled with deﬁnitions of “race,”

with the ways that race intersects with

other categories of identity, and with

the potential for the concept of “race”

to inform anti-racist forms of agency

and practice.

Constructing America

ANTH-GA 1330 / Ginsburg / 4 points /

2022-23

Addresses the creation of North

American culture as an ethnographic

object in the context of the develop-

ment of anthropology and related ﬁelds,

as these projects have been negotiated

in relation to more broadly articulated

concerns that shape and reorder the

cultural landscape. Organized chrono-

logically and topically, it will explore

both how anthropologists and fellow

travelers study life in North America

and, in that process, how we as well

as our subjects are simultaneously

engaged in constructing it.

Art and Society

ANTH-GA 1630 / Myers / 4 points /

2022-23

Considers art and aesthetic practice

as both speciﬁc historical categories

and as a dimension of human activity.

Considers non-Western societies but

shows relation to broader theories of

aesthetics, iconography, and style, with

reference to art everywhere. Considers

mainly visual and plastic arts but also

oral literature and crafts.

History of Anthropology

ANTH-GA 1636 / Grant, Myers /

4 points / 2021-22

The history of anthropology is rooted in

philosophical questions concerning the

relationship between human beings and

the formation of society. This course

surveys these issues as they relate

to the development of method and

theory. Focuses on French, British, and

American anthropology and how they

contributed to the development of the

modern discipline.

Elites: Power, Privilege,

Dominance

ANTH-GA 1640 / Ganti / 4 points /

2022-23

Through a focus on elites, this course

examines how different forms of

privilege, dominance, and power, are

constituted, maintained, and repro-

duced across a variety of geographic

and sociocultural contexts—from

ﬁnancial institutions, transnational

organizations, and state bureaucracies

to media industries, scientiﬁc labora-

tories, corporations, and educational

institutions,

Heritage, Memory, and

Negotiating Temporality

ANTH-GA 2229 / Anderson /

4 points / 2021-22

Covers the historical development of the

concept of heritage as well as exploring

the genesis of international heritage

administration, charters, conventions,

and national heritage laws. It will

highlight emerging trends and practices

including exploring the concept of

“social memory” and contrast it with the

more formalized techniques of heritage

didactics and curation. Explores the

increasing interest in “bottom-up” heri-

tage programming that directly involves

the general public in the formulation,

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collection, and public presentation of

historical themes and subjects as an

ongoing social activity. Case studies

from different regions and social

contexts will be explored: “conﬂicted

heritage,” “minority heritage,” “indig-

enous heritage,” “diasporic heritage,”

“sites of conscience,” long-term

community planning and involvement

in “eco-museums”, the relationship

between heritage, development and

tourism and public heritage interpreta-

tion centers.

Semiotics

ANTH-GA 2349 / Das / 4 points /

2021-22

This course explores how theories of

sign relations, also known as “semiot-

ics,” elucidate practices and processes

of representation, interpretation, and

classiﬁcation pertaining to the construc-

tion of everyday social life and cultural

forms.

Ethnographic Methods

ANTH-GA 2700 / Staff / 4 points /

2022-23

Examines theories and methods of

ethnographic research, paying par-

ticular attention to the links between

research questions and data collection

techniques. In addition to readings,

assignments include practice ﬁeldwork

exercises.

Professionalization Seminar

ANTH-GA 3211 / Staff / 4 points /

2021-22

This course addresses the central skills

and resources needed for a professional

career in anthropology. Topics will

include: how to apply to the human sub-

jects review board; how to write grant

applications; how to join professional

associations; and how to be a successful

teaching assistant. The course also

provides an opportunity for students to

present recent ﬁeldwork experiences

and to rehearse papers they plan to give

at the annual meetings of the American

Anthropological Association. Three

dedicated sessions provide training

toward certiﬁcation in the “Responsible

Conduct of Research” (RCR), which is

now required by some federal granting

agencies

GENERAL SEMINARS

Topical Seminars

ANTH-GA 3390, 3391, 3392, 3393, 3394,

3395, 3396, 3397, 3398, 3399 / Staff /

4 points / 2021-22, 2022-23

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DEPARTMENT OF

Art History

Chair of the Department

Professor Dennis Geronimus

Director of Graduate Studies

Clinical Professor Mosette Broderick

as.nyu.edu/arthistory

303 Silver Center

100 Washington Square East

New York, NY 10003

Phone: 212-998-8180

E-mail: histsust@nyu.edu

PROGRAMS

AND

REQUIREMENTS

Master of Arts in Historical and Sustainable Architecture

For admission, students must meet all standard Graduate School requirements, plus submit a

writing sample. GRE scores are not required. TOEFL scores are not required, but IELTS scores are

required for applicants required to demonstrate English language proﬁciency to obtain the UK

study visa. Contact department for details about IELTS requirements.

The M.A. program consists of 32 points of graduate work as detailed in the course descriptions

below. The M.A. is comprised of a standard curriculum, with no elective courses. All students

complete a thesis based on original research in the ﬁeld, under the supervision of a faculty adviser.

Theses take the form of a paper or report with supporting documentation, images and notes.

Research may consist of archival investigation and/or ﬁeldwork, and may include personal

interviews, site reports, and condition assessments.

Facilities

M.A. study room; meeting rooms, computer labs, social spaces, and collections at NYU-London at

Bedford Square. Specialized materials available at The Architectural Association, University Library,

London, and NYU Bobst Library electronic collections. n

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FACULTY

Neil Bingham

Adjunct Professor. Ph.D. 1985 (architectural

history), London; B.A. 1977, Winnipeg.

Modern design and architectural drawings.

Phil Crew

Adjunct Professor. Postgraduate Diploma

(building conservation), Architectural

Association 2003; MRICS, Royal Institution

of Chartered Surveyors 2000; CEM diploma

(surveying), College of Estate Management,

Reading 1999; B.A. Lincoln University,

New Zealand 1998.

Urban regeneration, building conservation-

sustainable development

Gillian Darley

Adjunct Professor. M.Sc. 1986 (politics and

administration), London; B.A. 1969 (history

of art), Courtauld Institute.

Landscape and topography; architectural

history; architectural biography;

architectural writing and criticism.

Edward Diestelkamp

Adjunct Professor. Ph.D. 1983, University

College London; B.Sc. 1973, Southern

California.

Historic preservation; adaptive reuse; history

of technology and iron construction.

Frances Eberhart

Adjunct Professor. M.A. (historic

preservation), Columbia.

Historic Preservation; Preservation Law.

James Fox

Adjunct Professor. P.G. Dip. (design and

technology), Sheffield Hallam; Dip. L.A.

(landscape architecture), Sheffield; B.A.

Sheffield.

Landscape architecture.

Yetsuh Frank

Adjunct Professor, M.Arch 1995, Oregon.

Sustiainability, Green Building, LEED

standards.

Malcolm Fryer

Adjunct Professor. B.Arch 2000, New South

Wales (Sydney);

Historic building conservation, preservation

and conservation of religious structures.

Richard Hill

Adjunct Professor. M.A. (Cantab)

(architecture), Cambridge; Dip Arch. RIBA.

Architectural practice; architectural

education; historic preservation; adaptive

reuse; regeneration.

Tanis Hinchcliffe

Adjunct Professor. Ph.D. (history), London;

M.A. (art history), Courtauld Institute; B.A.

(English), Toronto.

French and English architecture since the

18th century; cultural history of architecture;

women as clients; urbanism of London

and Paris.

Jessica James

Adjunct Professor. M.Sc. (Environmental

Economics and Management); B.Sc.

(Environment, Economics, and Ecology)

York.

Sustainability, energy assessment, adaptation

of old buildings to new technologies.

Todd Longstaffe-Gowan

Adjunct Professor. Ph.D., (historical

geography), University College London;

M.L.A. (landscape architecture), Harvard;

B.E.S. (environmental studies), Manitoba.

Landscape architecture, landscape history,

landscape conservation.

Jules Lubbock

Adjunct Professor, Emeritus Professor of

Art History, Essex;.M.A. 1968, Courtauld

Institute of Art; B.A. 1961, Cambridge.

History of Architecture and Urbanism;

Italian Renaissance art; Town Planning;

New Urbanism; history of architectural

education.

Andrew Mellor

Adjunct Professor. B.A. Hons; Grad Dip.,

1998, (architecture) De Montfort.

Economics, urban regeneration, economic

development, sustainable development

Sarah Ann Milne

Adjunct Professor. Ph.D. 2016 (architectural

history and criticism), Westminster; P.G. Dip.

2010 (architecture), Westminster; B.Arch.

2007, Glasglow School of Art.

Early modern London; 20th century

architecture and urbanism; global cities

Alan Powers

Adjunct Professor, Professor of Architecture

and Cultural History, University of Greenwich.

Ph.D. 1982 (art history), Cambridge;

Architectural preservation, Twentieth

Century architecture.

Sam Price

Adjunct Professor. MA FREng FICE

FIStructE (mechanical sciences)

Cambridge; Hon. F.RIBA

Engineering, historic structures.

Anthony Richardson

Dipl. (architecture) Architectural

Association; AABC (Architects Accredited

in Building Conservation), R.I.B.A.

Architectural practice; architectural

education; historic preservation; adaptive

reuse; regeneration.

Margaret Richardson

Adjunct Professor. OBE; F.S.A.; Hon. Fellow,

R.I.B.A. Architectural drawings; John Soane;

Edwin Lutyens; Arts and Crafts architecture.

Vicky Richardson

Adjunct Professor. M.A. 2015 (early modern

history), King’s College London; B.A.) 1992

(architecture), Westminster, FRIBA FRSA.

Architectural writing and curating;

20th century architecture and design;

international cultural relations.

Olmo Silvo

Adjunct Professor. Ph.D., European University

Florence, 2006; MEc., 2001, B.A. (economics)

2000, Bocconi University, Milan

Real estate economics and ﬁnance

COURSES

Adaptive Reuse of Buildings in

a Green World: Successes and

Failures Part I and Part II

ARTH-GA 9001 / ARTH-GA 9002 / Hill /

4 points per term / 2021-22, 2022-23

These courses use a range of readings

and visits to buildings and places of

interest to show the great variety

of discourses within which historic

buildings can be placed. Coursework

assignments range from the historic

works of Wordsworth, Ruskin and

Morris to current government reports

and guidance documents on the

historic environment. Trips highlight

the adaptive reuse of historic build-

ings; relationships to landscapes; and

technical aspects of conservation work.

The second half of this course continues

the same approach used in the ﬁrst,

balancing readings against case studies

and visits, with a focus on the role of

memory in preserving historic buildings

and the relationship between modernism

and “heritage.”

Aspects of Architectural and

Urban Development

ARTH-GA 9003 / Bingham, Long-

staffe-Gowan, Fox, Price, Lubbock /

4 points / 2021-22, 2022-23

This course offers an overview of

aspects of the setting, presentation, and

continuity of buildings. Presented in

four sections, the instruction will leave

the class able to navigate in four ﬁelds:

town squares and gardens, the structure

of older buildings, architectural repre-

sentations and historic interiors.

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Economics of Reuse and

Regeneration

ARTH-GA 9004 / Mellor, Crew /

4 points / 2021-22, 2022-23

This course presents the economics of

development in regard to the adaptive

reuse of old buildings, for those consid-

ering a career in the built environment.

Using case studies in London and the

U.K., the course will equip participants

with some of the tools and concepts

needed to enter the development

world. The course ﬁrst deals with how

cities grow; then considers the different

demands in cities; cost and ﬁnance

questions; and development models.

Readings bring together experience

in both the UK and North America

Low Energy Strategies in Historic

and Contemporary Architecture

ARTH-GA 9005 / James / 2 points /

2021-22, 2022-23

This course outlines methods of

environmental assessment for buildings,

in relation to sustainability concepts

and the impact of buildings on the

environment. It examines the application

of these tests including the context of

existing buildings and the scope for

action in this ﬁeld, referencing the bal-

ance of sustainable and non-sustainable

characteristics of historic buildings.

Independent Study

ARTH-GA 9006 / Diestelkamp /

2 points / 2021-22, 2022-23

Independent Study encourages

exposure to the wide range of lectures,

discussions, conferences, exhibitions,

special events, visits and tours taking

place in and around London. Students

attend and reﬂect on events held by

national amenity societies, heritage

organizations, historical societies,

ofﬁcial bodies, professional institutions,

educational establishments and

museums and galleries.

The Practical Solution

ARTH-GA 9007 / Diestelkamp /

4 points / 2021-22, 2022-23

This course focuses on both the policy

and practice of adaptive reuse. Through

the study of individual case studies,

students study the solutions imple-

mented by clients, developers, and

designers. Coursework focuses on the

roles of government agencies and

advocacy groups, as well as technical

issues, including communication through

visual media, aspects related of conser-

vation and reuse, and contractual

arrangements and problem solving.

Most meeting take place off site, in

London and surrounding communities.

Practical Experience

ARTH-GA 9008 / Powers / 4 points /

2021-22, 2022-23

This class considers conservation of

heritage assets from the viewpoint

of the practitioner. Students will gain

a basic understanding of London’s

architectural history, as well insights

into the work of amenity societies,

heritage public bodies and charitable

organizations that conserve historic

buildings today. The class will be taught

through a combination of lectures, guest

presentations, and ﬁeld trips to historic

properties, both within London and by

day-trip. Students learn how to analyze

and describe historic assets and how to

assess their signiﬁcance, as well as the

technical implications of new uses for

historic buildings within their historical

contexts.

Capstone Thesis

ARTH-GA 9009 / Darley, Hinchcliffe,

Milne, A. Richardson, V. Richardson,

M. Richardson / 4 points / 2021-22,

2022-23

Students engage in independent

research, using resources in London and

New York to produce an original thesis.

This may take the form of a paper or

report with supporting documentation,

images and notes. Research may consist

of archival investigation and/or ﬁeldwork,

including personal interviews, site

reports, and condition assessments.

Students will be assigned a thesis advisor,

with whom they will meet on alternative

weeks throughout the spring semester.

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CENTER FOR

Atmosphere Ocean Science

Director of Graduate Studies

Professor Edwin Gerber

caos.cims.nyu.edu

251 Mercer Street

New York, NY 10012-1185

Phone: 212-998-3231

PROGRAMS

AND

REQUIREMENTS

Doctor of Philosophy

Ph.D. candidates for the Program in AOS and Mathematics are expected to be full-time students.

The program normally requires ﬁve years of full-time study. The requirements for the Ph.D. are

the following: (1) A total of 72 points: 18 points of core AOS credits consisting of Methods of

Applied Mathematics, MATH-GA 2701, Fluid Dynamics, MATH-GA 2702, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics,

MATH-GA 3001, Ocean Dynamics, MATH-GA 3003, Atmospheric Dynamics, MATH-GA 3004 and

Advanced Topics in Atmosphere-Ocean Science (Climate Dynamics) MATH-GA 3011, 30 points of

additional graduate mathematics course credits (10 courses), 20 points of research credits, and

4 points of seminar credits. (2) A grade of A on written comprehensive examinations in linear

algebra, advanced calculus, and geophysical ﬂuid dynamics, taken during the ﬁrst year of study,

and an oral examination in basic physical principles and applied mathematics, taken in the second

year. (3) The passing of oral doctoral examinations, including defense of the Ph.D. dissertation. n

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FACULTY

Oliver Bühler

Professor (Mathematics). Ph.D. 1996 (applied

mathematics), Cambridge; Diploma 1992

(applied physics), Technical (Berlin); M.S.E.

1990 (aerospace engineering), Michigan.

Geophysical ﬂuid dynamics; waves and

vortices in the atmosphere and ocean;

statistical mechanics; stochastic modeling

of internal waves.

Edwin Gerber

Professor (Mathematics). Ph.D. 2006

(applied mathematics), Princeton; B.S. 2000

(mathematics and chemistry), University of

the South.

Atmospheric dynamics; climate variability;

stochastic modeling.

Dimitris Giannakis

Assistant Professor (Mathematics). Ph.D.

2009 (physics), Chicago; M. Sci. 2001

(natural sciences), Cambridge.

Climate science; geometric data analysis;

statistical modeling and predictability

David M. Holland

Professor (Mathematics); Ph.D. 1993

(atmospheric and oceanic sciences), McGill;

B.A. 1992 (mathematics and computer

science), M.S. 1986 (physical oceanography),

B.S. 1984 (physics), Memorial.

Climate dynamics; sea-level change; ice and

ocean modeling; geophysical ﬂuid dynamics

laboratory experiments.

Richard Kleeman

Professor (Mathematics). Ph.D. 1986

(mathematical physics), Adelaide; B.S. 1980

(theoretical physics), Australian National.

Stochastic modeling; predictability and

climate dynamics.

Olivier Pauluis

Professor (Mathematics). Ph.D. 2000

(atmospheric and oceanic sciences),

Princeton; Licence d’Ingénieur Civil en

Mathématiques Appliquées 1995, Université

Catholique de Louvain.

Climate science; atmospheric dynamics;

tropical meteorology.

K. Shafer Smith

Professor (Mathematics). Ph.D. 1999

(physics), California (Santa Cruz); B.S. 1992

(physics and mathematics), Indiana.

Large-scale atmospheric and oceanic

dynamics; climate dynamics; geostrophic

turbulence; waves and instabilities;

balanced dynamics.

Laure Zanna

Professor (Mathematics). Ph.D. 2009 (earth

and planetary sciences), Harvard; M.S. 2003

(environmental sciences), Weizmann; B.S.

2001 (atmospheric physics), Tel Aviv.

Ocean and climate dynamics; predictability

and prediction of the climate system;

uncertainty quantiﬁcation; parameteriza-

tion of turbulence in ocean models.

AFFILIATED FACULTY

Esteban G. Tabak, Professor, Mathematics;

Miranda Holmes-Cerfon, Assistant Professor,

Mathematics.

COURSES

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Methods of Applied Mathematics

MATH-GA 2701 / Staff / 3 points /

2021-22, 2022-23

This is a ﬁrst-year course for all

incoming PhD and Master students

interested in pursuing research in

applied mathematics. It provides a

concise and self-contained introduction

to advanced mathematical methods,

especially in the asymptotic analysis of

differential equations. Topics include

scaling, perturbation methods, multi-

scale asymptotics, transform methods,

geometric wave theory, and calculus of

variations

Fluid Dynamics

MATH-GA 2702 / Staff / 3 points /

2021-22, 2022-23

The course will expose students to basic

ﬂuid dynamics from a mathematical

and physical perspectives, covering

both compressible and incompressible

ﬂows. Topics: conservation of mass,

momentum, and Energy. Eulerian and

Lagrangian formulations. Basic theory of

inviscid incompressible and compress-

ible ﬂuids, including the formation of

shock waves. Kinematics and dynamics

of vorticity and circulation. Special

solutions to the Euler equations: poten-

tial ﬂows, rotational ﬂows, irrotationall

ﬂows and conformal mapping methods.

The Navier-Stokes equations, boundary

conditions, boundary layer theory.

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

MATH-GA 3001 / Bühler, Gerber, Pauluis,

Smith / 3 points / 2021-22, 2022-23

This course serves as an introduction

to the fundamentals of geophysical

ﬂuid dynamics. No prior knowledge

of ﬂuid dynamics is assumed, but the

course moves quickly into the subtopic

of rapidly rotating, stratiﬁed ﬂows.

Topics covered include (but are not

limited to) the advective derivative,

momentum conservation and continuity,

the rotating Navier-Stokes equations

and non-dimensional parameters,

equations of state and thermodynamics

of Newtonian ﬂuids, atmospheric and

oceanic basic states, the fundamental

balances (thermal wind, geostrophic

and hydrostatic), the rotating shallow

water model, vorticity and potential

vorticity, inertia-gravity waves,

geostrophic adjustment, the quasi-

geostrophic approximation and other

small-Rossby number limits, Rossby

waves, baroclinic and barotropic

instabilities, Rayleigh and Charney-Stern

theorems, and geostrophic turbulence.

Students are assigned biweekly home-

work assignments and some computer

exercises, and are expected to complete

a ﬁnal project or exam.

Ocean Dynamics

MATH-GA 3003 / Holland, Smith, Zanna

/ 3 points / 2022-23

The goal of this course is to introduce

students to modern dynamical ocean-

ography, with a focus on mathematical

models for observed phenomena. The

lectures cover the observed structure

of the ocean, the thermodynamics

of seawater, the equations of motion

for rotating-stratiﬁed ﬂow, and the

most useful approximations thereof:

the primitive, planetary geostrophic,

and quasi-geostrophic equations. The

lectures demonstrate how these approx-

imations can be used to understand

boundary layers, wind-driven circulation,

buoyancy-driven circulation, oceanic

waves (Rossby, Kelvin, and inertia-

gravity), potential vorticity dynamics,

theories for the observed upper-ocean

stratiﬁcation (the thermocline), and for

the abyssal circulation. Students should

have some knowledge in geophysical

ﬂuid dynamics before taking this course.

Throughout the lectures, the interplay

between observational, theoretical, and

modeling approaches to problems in

oceanography are highlighted.

Atmospheric Dynamics

MATH-GA 3004 / Gerber, Pauluis /

3 points / 2021-22

This course offers a general overview of

the physical processes that determine

the state of the Earth’s atmosphere. The

focus is to describe the main features

of the planetary circulation and to

explain how they arise as a dynamical

response of the atmosphere to different

external forcings such as solar radiation

or topography. Students should have

some knowledge in geophysical ﬂuid

dynamics before taking this course.

Topics covered include solar forcing, the

mean-state of the atmosphere, Hadley

and monsoonal circulations, dynamics

of the mid-latitude stormtracks, ener-

getics, zonally asymmetric circulations,

equatorial dynamics, and the interac-

tion between moist convection and

large-scale ﬂow. Students are assigned

bi-weekly homework assignments and

some computer exercises, and are

expected to complete a ﬁnal project

or exam.

Advanced Topics in

Atmosphere-Ocean Science

(Laboratory Experiments in AOS)

MATH-GA 3010 / Holland / 3 points /

2021-22, 2022-23

The purpose of this course is to

introduce students to the instrumen-

tation used in collecting basic data of

the Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and

cryosphere. Most of our fundamental

knowledge of the Earth’s physical

environment has been gained from

observations taken over the last few

decades, using a wide variety of

observational techniques ranging from

in situ observations at the sea ﬂoor to

remote sensing satellites at high alti-

tudes in the atmosphere. In this course

the student is introduced to basic

meteorological instrumentation using

a hands-on approach with equipment

on a rooftop and basic oceanographic

instrumentation deployed in the nearby

Hudson estuary. To help understand

and reinforce the underlying theoretical

concepts of geophysical ﬂuid dynamics

as presented in other course work,

the students operate a laboratory

turntable and perform experiments that

demonstrate the roles of rotation and

stratiﬁcation in atmospheric and oceanic

circulations on a wide range of spatial

and temporal scales. Students complete

an individually assigned laboratory

experiment project.

Advanced Topics in

Atmosphere-Ocean Science

(Climate Dynamics)

MATH-GA 3011 / Gerber, Pauluis, Smith /

3 points / 2021-22, 2022-23

The goal of this course is to introduce

students to the fundamental principles

underlying climate dynamics and

change. The course is primarily lecture

oriented but with a numerical laboratory

component. Lectures focus on introduc-

ing the main concepts of atmosphere/

ocean dynamics while a limited set

of numerical experiments reinforce

the material presented in the lectures.

Classical models in climate dynamics are

presented, in additional discussion on

more recent advances. Topics include

radiative convective equilibrium, energy

balance, and simple stochastic climate

models. Throughout the lectures,

the interplay between observational,

theoretical, and modeling approaches

toward the understanding of climate

dynamics is highlighted. The labora-

tory component involves a technical

introduction and a series of numerical

experiments with the models that also

forms part of the assignments. Assign-

ments also explore the theoretical basis

for the models studied.

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Basic Medical Sciences • The Vilcek Institute / NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science / 2021-23

Basic Medical Sciences/

The Vilcek Institute

NYU Grossman School of Medicine and the Graduate School of Arts and Science

PROGRAMS

AND

REQUIREMENTS

Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry

This program focuses on the molecular mechanisms of a wide array of biological phenomena,

including cellular transport, cell signaling, nucleic acids, and protein folding and design, through

the use of biophysical and biochemical tools. Students beneﬁt from a strong history of collabora-

tion, providing an opportunity to combine approaches from different disciplines to investigate

essential biological processes. This degree may incorporate the study of biochemistry, molecular

pharmacology, molecular neurobiology, molecular biophysics, biomedical imaging, and biomedical

informatics. Students interested in the structural basis of biology at both the molecular and

cellular levels use cutting-edge technologies of X-ray crystallography, cryoelectron microcopy,

mass spectrometry, computational biology, and magnetic resonance imaging in the molecular

biophysics and biomedical imaging training programs.

The Doctor of Philosophy degree signiﬁes that the recipient is capable of conducting indepen-

dent research, has a broad basic knowledge of all areas of basic medical sciences, and has a

comprehensive knowledge of one area in particular. To qualify for the doctorate, a student must

satisfactorily complete graduate courses totaling at least 72 points (a minimum of 32 in residence

at New York University), satisfy the curricular requirements of the individual program, pass a

qualifying examination, and present an acceptable dissertation to an appointed thesis committee.

A total of 32 points must be completed in courses and tutorials; the remaining points may be

obtained in research and/or seminars. The qualifying examination is usually administered at the

end of the fourth term of full-time study and the completion of at least 32 points. The examination

may include both written and oral sections and is designed to cover the student’s ﬁeld of concen-

tration and related subjects. Individual programs may set special requirements concerning their

qualifying examination. When the PhD thesis dissertation is completed and approved by the

student’s research advisor and examination committee, a formal public seminar is held at which

the candidate presents, and the candidate afterwards defends the results of his or her research

before a faculty committee.

To attain a Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, students have the option of joining one of several

training programs of study: cell biology, molecular pharmacology, biochemistry and molecular

biophysics, systems and computational biomedicine, or biomedical imaging & technology.

Doctor of Philosophy in Cell Biology

This program offers training in the general areas of structure, function, and biogenesis of

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The Vilcek Institute of Graduate

Biomedical Sciences

Administrative Ofﬁce:

New York University Grossman

School of Medicine

Director of the Programs

Professor Naoko Tanese

Associate Dean for Biomedical Sciences

macromolecules and subcellular organelles; mechanisms that regulate cell metabolism, differentia-

tion, and growth; and intercellular interactions during development. The interdisciplinary character

of the program allows for a wider perspective for the student in approaching a research project

and selecting a thesis advisor. The design of the curriculum aims at providing the students with

an advanced, but balanced, biological education, which prepares them to understand and apply

to their research sophisticated ideas and methodologies of biochemistry, genetics, immunology,

molecular cell biology, and structural biology. The developmental genetics curriculum focuses on

the use of genetic approaches to understanding developmental mechanisms. The training program

in stem cell biology proposes to bridge traditional disciplines such as developmental biology and

cancer biology and provide trainees with exposure to a broad area of stem cell biology while they

delve into their speciﬁc research area.

The Doctor of Philosophy degree signiﬁes that the recipient is capable of conducting independent

research, has a broad basic knowledge of all areas of basic medical sciences, and has a compre-

hensive knowledge of one area in particular. To qualify for the doctorate, a student must