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  • Boldly Barnard

    Leading the Way

    Discover the bold, brilliant voices and achievements of Barnard women – from activism to entrepreneurship, making their mark on the world.

    • The College and its Mission
    • Knowledge & Action
    • Women Leading the Way
    • The Whole Self
    • New York City
    • Our Partnership with Columbia University
    • A Fearless History
    • College Leadership
      • President Beilock
      • President’s Council
      • Board of Trustees
      • Provost
      • Dean of the College
      • Past Leaders of the College
  • The Academic Experience

    Departments & Majors

    There are nearly 50 majors at Barnard — in the humanities, social sciences, arts, natural sciences, and many interdisciplinary areas — waiting to be explored.

    • An Education for Tomorrow
      • Learning Digitally
      • Building Strong Voices
      • NYC as a Lab
    • The Barnard Degree
      • The Curriculum
      • Departments & Programs
      • Support & Resources
      • Academic Advising & Class Deans
      • Choosing Your Courses
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  • Beyond Barnard

    Your Path. Your Purpose.

    Beyond Barnard builds a bridge — helping students and alumnae define, pursue, and achieve success in their careers and their communities.

    • Prepare for Your Future
      • Beyond Barnard Advising & Programs
      • Beyond Barnard Goes Virtual
      • Internships, Student Jobs, Experiences
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Add Expert Insight to the Conversation

The Barnard College Media Relations staff works with the press to communicate news about research, programming, and related activities as well as to provide information and arrange interviews with high-achieving students, administrators and faculty experts on a broad range of topics. Journalists are welcome to contact the Media Relations staff at mediarelations@barnard.edu or submit a request online.  

 

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Featured Experts

  • Sheri Berman headshot
    Professor of Political Science

    Sheri Berman

    Expertise
    Politics - International, Politics - National & Local, Public Policy & Laws
  • Assistant Professor of Economics

    Belinda Archibong

    Expertise
    Activism & Social Justice Issues, Business, Careers, Personal Finance & the Economy, Disasters (man-made or natural), Environment, Sustainability & Climate Change, Feminism & Sexism, Health - Physical & Mental, Politics - International, Politics - National & Local, Public Policy & Laws

Trending Topics and Breaking News

Barnard faculty experts are available to comment on the most pressing issues of our times.

Climate Change

Coronavirus

Immigration

Mental Health

U.S. Politics & Impeachment

Alexander Alberro

Virginia Bloedel Wright '51 Professor of Art History

Department Affiliations Art History

Topics

Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Art History; Modern Art; Contemporary Art, Photography

Expertise
  • Arts, Entertainment, Languages & Cultures
Media Feature

Elizabeth Ananat

Associate Professor

Department Affiliations Economics

Topics

Inequality (race, gender, income), its causes and consequences, and policies to reduce it; poverty; working families

Expertise
  • Business, Careers, Personal Finance & the Economy
  • Public Policy & Laws

Gail Archer

Professor of Professional Practice

Department Affiliations Music

Topics

Choir, Organ, Women in music

Expertise
  • Arts, Entertainment, Languages & Cultures
Media Feature

Belinda Archibong

Assistant Professor of Economics

Department Affiliations Economics

Topics

Impacts of climate-change on gender inequality, economics of prisons and prison labor, economic impacts of climate change, impacts of air pollution on health, climate change policy, inequality

Expertise
  • Activism & Social Justice Issues
  • Business, Careers, Personal Finance & the Economy
  • Disasters (man-made or natural)
  • Environment, Sustainability & Climate Change
  • Feminism & Sexism
  • Health - Physical & Mental
  • Politics - International
  • Politics - National & Local
  • Public Policy & Laws

Rachel Narehood Austin

Diana T. and P. Roy Vagelos Professor of Chemistry, Chair Department of Chemistry

Department Affiliations Chemistry

Topics

Science, chemistry, lead neurotoxicity, oil spills, biofuels, green chemistry

Expertise
  • Technology & STEM

Séverine Autesserre

Professor of Political Science

Department Affiliations Africana Studies, Human Rights, Political Science

Expertise
  • Politics - International

Peter Balsam

Samuel R. Milbank Professor

Department Affiliations Neuroscience & Behavior, Psychology

Topics

Behavioral neuroscience, time perception, anticipation, motivation, animal models of psychiatric disorders

Expertise
  • Education, Cognition & Learning
  • Technology & STEM
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Nicholas Bartlett

Assistant Professor

Department Affiliations Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures

Topics

China, heroin addiction, mental health

Expertise
  • Health - Physical & Mental
Media Feature
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Beth Berkowitz

Professor, Ingeborg Rennert Chair of Jewish Studies

Department Affiliations Religion

Topics

Hebrew Bible, Rabbinic Literature, Talmud, Jewish law and practice

Expertise
  • Religion
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Sheri Berman

Professor of Political Science

Department Affiliations Political Science

Topics

Europe, populism, elections, parties, the political left, democracy, authoritarianism, dictatorship

Expertise
  • Politics - International
  • Politics - National & Local
  • Public Policy & Laws
Media Feature

Elizabeth Bernstein

Professor of Women's Studies and Sociology

Department Affiliations Sociology, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Topics

Sexual politics, trafficking, prostitution, feminism and criminal justice

Expertise
  • Feminism & Sexism
Media Feature

Peter Bower

Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science

Department Affiliations Environmental Science

Topics

Hudson River ecosystem, pollution, toxics, Rachel Carson, conservation and preservation of art and architecture

Expertise
  • Environment, Sustainability & Climate Change

Mark C. Carnes

Professor of History

Department Affiliations American Studies, History, Reacting to the Past

Topics

Higher Education; Active-Learning; Pedagogy; Reacting to the Past curriculum

Expertise
  • Education, Cognition & Learning
  • Public Policy & Laws
Media Feature

Uttara Asha Coorlawala

Adjunct Professor Dance

Department Affiliations Dance

Topics

Dance, South Asian dance

Expertise
  • Arts, Entertainment, Languages & Cultures

María de la Paz Fernández

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

Department Affiliations Neuroscience & Behavior

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John Glendinning

Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Biological Sciences

Department Affiliations Biology, Neuroscience & Behavior

Topics

Diet, food, health, sweeteners

Expertise
  • Health - Physical & Mental
Media Feature
Sandra Goldmark

Sandra Goldmark

Associate Professor of Professional Practice in Theatre, Director of Campus Sustainability and Climate Action 

Department Affiliations Theatre

Topics

Climate change, Climate Action, Sustainability, Environmentalism, Resilience, Climate Activism, Consumption, Circularity, Circular Economy, Waste, Design, Stuff, Material Culture, Design, Set Design, Theatrical Design, Design Thinking

Expertise
  • Activism & Social Justice Issues
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  • Disasters (man-made or natural)
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Media Feature
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Chisa Hidaka

Lecturer

Department Affiliations Biology, Dance

Topics

Anatomy (especially as related to dance), Orthopedics, Dolphins, Freediving, Environmental Activism through Art (Dance), Underwater Dance, Interdisciplinary Teaching interdisciplinary Methods (dance and science)

Expertise
  • Arts, Entertainment, Languages & Cultures
  • Environment, Sustainability & Climate Change
  • Health - Physical & Mental
  • Sports
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Alexandra Horowitz

Senior Research Fellow and Adjunct Associate Professor

Department Affiliations English, Psychology

Topics

Animal Cognition; Dog Cognition; Dog Olfaction; Animal Behavior; Science Writing

Expertise
  • Education, Cognition & Learning
Media Feature

Erika Kitzmiller

Term Assistant Professor

Department Affiliations Education

Topics

Education policy and practice, Educational inequality, Social justice, Educational practice, K-12 schools, college access

Expertise
  • Activism & Social Justice Issues
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