Dr. Worcester, who currently teaches History of Comics & Cartoons at MMC, has written a book that combines his expertise in political science, history, and, of course, comics.
Associate Professor of Sociology Erin O’Connor, Ph.D., has been awarded a 2023 Rakow Grant for Glass Research from the Corning Museum of Glass. This grant will fund her upcoming project, “Following the Glass: Mapping the Material Life of Glass Batch and Its Kin,” which is uniquely placed at the intersection of Politics and Human Rights, Art, and Environmental Studies. Check out Dr. O’Connor’s description below!
On October 27, at 12 pm, representatives from the New York City Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs will hold an informational session with MMC students. The event is co-sponsored by the departments of Politics of Human Rights, International Studies, and the Social Work minor program.
As part of the Spring 2022 Social Justice Academy, MMC students observed court proceedings with a staff member from Court Watch NYC, an organization that fosters accountability and transparency in courtroom proceedings and works toward prison abolition.
Here David Miranda, attorney, advocate, and adjunct instructor at MMC, offers his opinion on why it is important for students to learn about the legal system.
In a historic win for labor rights, Amazon workers at the Staten Island warehouse voted to form the company’s first union on Friday, April 1st. Among the organizers was MMC grad Justine Medina ’12.
For visiting professor Lucas Perelló, 2022 is shaping up to be a busy year! It’s only February and he has been published in three news outlets, as well as two political journals.
Dominique Cagliuso, who graduated from MMC in 2020 with a double major in International Studies and Politics and Human Rights with a minor in Law and Ethics, has been accepted into Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. She will work towards a Master of International Affairs with a concentration in Human Rights and Humanitarian Policy with a specialization in International Organizations and United Nations Studies.
Congrats to PHR/IS double major Dorian Provencher, whose paper African and Western States’ Approach to Human Rights: A Theoretical Analysis of State Behavior in the HRC’s Universal Periodic Review was accepted to two political science conferences!
Grace Pazdra ’20, a former Politics and Human Rights major and Arts Management minor, is working with local government in Florida to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine to at-risk community members.
Created by the Departments of Politics and Human Rights and International Studies with interdisciplinary collaboration, The Sojourner Truth Suffrage Academy is designed to give students the opportunity to explore the history of enfranchisement in the United States and beyond. Courses are offered in departments across the College, including the arts, business, communications, history, and the social sciences; each will critically engage suffrage in its own way.
Amol Sinha, Adjunct Professor and Executive Director of ACLU New Jersey, recently interviewed with NJ.com to discuss decriminalizing marijuana in New Jersey and how it would influence criminal justice reform.
The departments of Politics and Human Rights, in collaboration with International Studies, Social Sciences Assembly and more, are hosting an exciting array of speakers and discussions this semester.
As the end of the Spring 2020 semester rapidly approaches, our students have been busy with a wide variety of final presentations, projects, and productions, which have kept the College’s virtual campus abuzz. Across each academic department, the end of the semester highlights the very best in student achievement at MMC.
Each spring, Marymount Manhattan College’s Honors Day Colloquium showcases top research from across the disciplines and hosts induction ceremonies for campus and academic-based Honor Societies, as well as the Barry Commoner Lecture on the Environment.
Double major in Politics and Human Rights and Philosophy Allie McInerney ’20 has launched a new political action site, United We Post, to promote political engagement and increase more tactile communication with elected officials.
Corridoni, who graduated from Marymount Manhattan College in 2013 with a degree in Political Science, has joined Pete for America’s 2020 Presidential campaign team as Deputy Rapid Response Communications Director.
On November 16, the College is giving back to a cause close to our hearts. In partnership with The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center of New York, Marymount Manhattan College is hosting a day of service to create care packages filled with essential items for housing insecure youth.
The Bedford Hills College Program (BHCP) and similar programs throughout the United States are discussed in a new piece, “How to raise the quality of prison education programs,” in national higher ed magazine University Business.
On Monday, June 10, Marymount Manhattan held its first commencement ceremony at the Taconic Correctional Facility, recognizing women graduating from the newly established Taconic College Program (TCP).
On Friday, May 17, 2019, Marymount Manhattan College graduated nearly 400 Bachelor degree recipients at its 70th Commencement Exercises, held this year at Lincoln Center’s iconic David Geffen Hall.
Associate Professor of Politics and Human Rights, Dr. Manolo Estavillo, has been accepted to the NEH “Maps in the Digital Age” summer seminar at the Newberry Library in Chicago this summer.
The video journalist, producer, and filmmaker, who most recently co-directed the Oscar-nominated documentary RBG, will give the 2019 keynote address at the Bedford Hills College Program’s Commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 23.
On Tuesday, March 3, 2019, MMC’s Student Activities Advisory Board and the Office of Student Development and Activities co-hosted an opening reception in honor of Womxn’s Herstory Month, inviting New York City Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal to speak.
Marymount Manhattan College’s Department of History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies is now accepting submissions for the 11th Annual Philosophy and Religious Studies Undergraduate Conference, set to take place on Friday, March 22, 2019.
Students in Dr. Erin O’Connor’s RESEARCH METHODS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES course presented their thesis work on Friday, December 14 as part of their final project.