FACULTY NEWS Congratulations to Professor Michael Marme, whose book, Suzhou: Where the Goods of All the Provinces Converge  (Stanford, 2005), has been named co-winner of the Best Book 2007 prize by the Urban History Association.

While many experts consider economic development to be the dominant factor influencing urban politics, Professor Bruce Berg argues that two other factors- the city's relationship with the state and federal governments and its racial and ethnic diversity- are equally important. Professor Berg, chair of Fordham's Political Science Department, makes the case in his new book, New York City Politics: Governing Gotham (Rutgers University Press, 2007), the first comprehensive analysis of New York City's political system in four decades.

Rosemary Wakeman,  Director Urban Studies
Associate Professor of History
Urban History, History of Architecture and Planning, Modern France, Twentieth Century History
rwakeman@fordham.edu

Mark Naison, Associate Director Urban Studies
Professor of History, African & African American Studies
African-American History, Twentieth Century Social and Labor History
naison@fordham.edu


Bruce Berg, Associate Professor of Political Science
New York City politics, U.S. health and social policy, federal-state-local relations
berg@fordham.edu


Colin Cathcart, Associate Professor, Architecture & Theatre Visual Arts
Pre-Architecture Program, Green Projects including: Stuyvesant Cove Environmental Learning Center, Art Gallery Aljira, Glassroots glass blowing studio in Newark, NJ, New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York, feasibility and urban planning studies for the Regional Plan Association
c.cathcart@kisscathcart.com

Mark Caldwell, Professor of English
Cultural studies and criticisms, Early Modern Literature
caldwell@fordham.edu


Thomas DeLuca,  Associate Professor of Political Science
American politics, Democratic Theory, Constitutional Law
tdeluca@fordham.edu

Ayala Fader, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Jewish Ethnography, Language and Culture, Urban Anthropology, Religious Movements, Gender
fadar@fordham.edu

Norma Fuentes-Mayorga, Assistant Professor Sociology
Immigration, Urban problems, Inequalities, Mental health
fuentesmayo@fordham.edu


Greta Gilbertson, Associate Professor of Sociology
Immigration, gender, race and ethnicity, citizenship
gilbertson@fordham.edu


Paul Kantor, Professor of Political Science
American Politics and Public Policy, Urban Politics in the United States and Western Europe, and Urban Political Economy.
kantor@fordham.edu

Michael Marme, Assistant Professor of History
Socio-Economic History of Late Imperial China, Cities, Local Elites, and State-Local Relations
Recent Publication: Suzhou: Where the Goods of All the Provinces Converge (Stanford University Press, 2005)
marme@fordham.edu


Clara Rodriguez , Professor of Sociology
Race and Ethnicity, Media Studies, Latino Studies, Labor Markets, Migration, Urban and Regional Studies
Recent Publication: Heroes, Lovers, Others: The Story of Latinos in Hollywood (Oxford University Press, 2007)
crodriguez@fordham.edu


Emily Rosenbaum , Associate Professor of Sociology
Urban demography, inequality, immigration, housing policy, family/household demography
Recent Publication: The Housing Divide: How Generations of Immigrants Fare in New York's Housing Market (NYU Press, 2006)
rosenbaum@fordham.edu

Daniel Soyer , Associate Professor of History
New York City, American Ethnic Identities, Immigrant Communities, Jewish Immigrant Radicalism
Recent Publications: (with Ruth Abram) A Coat of Many Colors: Immigrants, Globalization, and Reform in New York City's Garment Industry (Fordham University Press, 2005)
(with Jocelyn Cohen) My Future is in America: Autobiographies of Eastern European Jewish Immigrants (NYU Press, 2005) 
soyer@fordham.edu

Mark Street, Assistant Professor, Visual Arts
mstreet@fordham.edu


Harold Takooshian, Professor of Psychology 
Applied social/personality; Industrial Psychology; Applied Psychometrics; Attitude Survey Research Methods; Urban Psychology; Ethnicity and Feminism; Cross Cultural Psychology
takooshian@fordham.edu
              

Troy Tassier, Assistant Professor of Economics
Microeconomics, Social Networks, Public Policy, Complex Systems
tassier@fordham.edu


Ebru Turan, Assistant Professor of History
Sixteenth century political, cultural and intellectual Ottoman, Islamic, and Mediterranean history.
turan@fordham.edu