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Expert Directory
The following scholars, writers, and editors are available to members of the media to talk about their work in this area. Following is information about their background, special interests, and preferred manner of contact. Listed email addresses should be copied into an email client, replacing "at" with "@".
Janet L. Abu-Lughod
Professor emerita of sociology and historical studies. Race, Space, and Riots in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles (Oxford University Press, 2007) is Abu-Lughod's thirteenth scholarly book.
Contact
Email:
nychla at aol.com
Donna Dennis
Donna Dennis is Professor of Law and Justice Frederick W. Hall Scholar at Rutgers School of Law-Newark. Her career in legal history progressed with a MA in History from Yale University, a JD from Yale Law School, and, most recently, a PhD in History from Princeton University. She has written about obscenity law in nineteenth century USA, AIDS screening and discrimination, and gay youths’ right to education.
Contact
Harvard University Press Publicist
617-496-1340
Lance Freeman
Lance Freeman is Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University
Contact
Publicist: Gary Kramer
215-204-3440
gkramer at temple.edu
Michael Lerner
Michael Lerner is Associate Dean of Studies at Bard High School Early College in New York City, where he previously served as Associate Professor of History. He earned a BA at Columbia University in 1989 and a Ph.D. at New York University in 1999. His dissertation earned the Urban History Association’s Best Dissertation prize in 2000. Dry Manhattan: Prohibition in New York City is his first book.
Contact
Harvard University Press Publicist
617-496-1340
Tony Michels
Tony Michels is George L. Mosse Associate Professor of American Jewish History at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His research and teaching interests include American Jewish history, Yiddish culture, Russian Jewish history, socialism, working-class history, and nationalism. His book, A Fire in Their Hearts: Yiddish Socialists in New York, won the Salo W. Baron Prize for an outstanding first book from the American Academy for Jewish Research.
Contact
Harvard University Press Publicist
617-496-1340
Jerry Mitchell
Jerry Mitchell is Professor of Public Affairs at Baruch College, the City University of New York, and the author of The American Experiment with Government Corporations.
Contact
Publicist: Fran Keneston
Email: fran.keneston at sunypress.edu
Phone: 518-472-5023
Immanuel Ness
Immanuel Ness is Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College – City University of New York. He is the editor of the journal WorkingUSA. His books include Trade Unions and the Betrayal of the Unemployed: Labor Conflict in the 1990s and Organizing for Justice in Our Communities: Central Labor Councils and the Revival of American Unionism.
Contact
Publicist: Gary Kramer
215-204-3440
gkramer at temple.edu
Wilbur C. Rich
Wilbur C. Rich is Professor of Political Science at Wellesley College. He has written many books, including Coleman Young and Detroit Politics: From Social Activist to Power Broker and the edited volume (with James Bowers) Governing Middle-Sized Cities: Studies in Mayoral Leadership.
Contact
Publicist: Fran Keneston
Email: fran.keneston at sunypress.edu
Phone: 518-472-5023
Joseph G. Schloss
Joseph G. Schloss is a visiting scholar and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music at New York University. He is a past recipient of the Society for Ethnomusicology's Charles Seeger Prize and the International Association for the Study of Popular Music Book Award, and his writing has appeared in URB, Vibe, The Seattle Weekly, The Flavor, and the anthologies Classic Material and Total Chaos. He lives in Brooklyn.
Contact
Oxford University Press Publicity
212-726-6033
publicity at oup.com
Ellen Synder-Grenier
Formerly Chief Curator at the Brooklyn Historical Society, Ellen Snyder-Grenier is Director of Special Projects at the New Jersey Historical Society.
Contact
Publicist: Gary Kramer
215-204-3440
gkramer at temple.edu
Marian Swerdlow
Marion Swerdlow teaches high school social studies in New York City. After working as a subway conductor, she taught sociology at the State University College at Buffalo. Swerdlow was born and grew up in the Bronx.
Contact
Publicist: Gary Kramer
215-204-3440
gkramer at temple.edu
Nancy L. Todd
Nancy L. Todd, an architectural historian, is a Program Analyst at the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. She is a past recipient of the Adjutant General’s Award, New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs, for extraordinary contributions to the historic preservation of New York’s armories.
Contact
Publicist: Fran Keneston
Email: fran.keneston at sunypress.edu
Phone: 518-472-5023
Guy Trebay
Guy Trebay is a columnist and senior editor at The Village Voice, writes frequently for The New Yorker, Vibe, Conde Nast Traveler, Grand Street, and many other national publications.
Contact
Publicist: Gary Kramer
215-204-3440
gkramer at temple.edu
Sharon Zukin
Sharon Zukin is Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College and the City University of New York Graduate Center. She is the author of Loft Living (the first book on SoHo's gentrification), Landscapes of Power (winner of the C. Wright Mills Award), The Cultures of Cities, and Point of Purchase.
Contact
Publicist: Michelle Rafferty
212-726-6243
michelle.rafferty at oup.com
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