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

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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.

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    • Prepare for Your Future
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      • Beyond Barnard Advising & Programs
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    Applying to Barnard

    Get all of the details on applying to Barnard, including virtual tours, test policies, interviews and how the process works.

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Faculty Experts

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.  

 

See what our faculty are saying about Covid-19.

Featured Experts

  • 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
  • Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Sociology

    Mignon R. Moore

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

Mallya Professor of Women and Economics

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
Media Feature

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
Media Feature

Rachel Narehood Austin

Diana T. and P. Roy Vagelos Professor of Chemistry

Department Affiliations Chemistry

Topics

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

Expertise
  • Technology & STEM
Media Feature

Séverine Autesserre

Professor & Chair of Political Science

Department Affiliations Africana Studies, Human Rights, Political Science

Expertise
  • Politics - International
Media Feature

Peter Balsam (Chair)

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
Media Feature
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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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Alyssa Battistoni

Assistant Professor of Political Science

Department Affiliations Political Science

Topics

Labor politics, climate politics, The Green New Deal, green jobs, care work, natural capital/ecosystem services

Expertise
  • Activism & Social Justice Issues
  • Environment, Sustainability & Climate Change
  • Feminism & Sexism
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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
Media Feature

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, Gender and Sexuality 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

Research Scholar 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
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Ken Chen

Assistant Professor, Associate Director of Creative Writing      

Department Affiliations English

Topics

Literature, Asian American issues

Expertise
  • Activism & Social Justice Issues
  • Arts, Entertainment, Languages & Cultures
  • Immigration
  • Race & Race Relations

Elizabeth M. Cook

Assistant Professor in Environmental Science

Department Affiliations Environmental Science

Topics

Future urban sustainability, climate resilience, urban planning, ecosystem services, extreme weather related events (hurricanes, floods, extreme heat, droughts), climate justice, green infrastructure, participatory research, nature based solutions

Expertise
  • Activism & Social Justice Issues
  • Disasters (man-made or natural)
  • Environment, Sustainability & Climate Change
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Alexander Cooley

Claire Tow Professor of Political Science, 15th Director of Columbia University's Harriman Institute for the Study of Russia, Eurasia and Eastern Europe (2015-2021).

Department Affiliations Political Science

Topics

International politics; Russia and Eurasia; Central Asia; Illiberalism in global affairs (authoritarianism, populism, conservatism), US-led international order; US and Russian foreign policy; international relations; global governance

Expertise
  • Politics - International
Media Feature

Uttara Asha Coorlawala

Adjunct Professor Dance

Department Affiliations Dance

Topics

Dance, South Asian dance

Expertise
  • Arts, Entertainment, Languages & Cultures
Media Feature
Claudia Cosentino

Claudia Cosentino

Lecturer in Biological Sciences

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
Media Feature

Daniela De Silva

Professor of Mathematics, Chair of the Department of Mathematics

Department Affiliations Mathematics

Topics

Women in Math

Expertise
  • Technology & STEM
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María de la Paz Fernández

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

Department Affiliations Neuroscience & Behavior

Topics

Circadian rhythms (main topic), sleep, sexual dimorphism in the brain, and behavior.

Expertise
  • Technology & STEM
Media Feature
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Severin Fowles

Associate Professor of Anthropology and American Studies, Director of the Archaeology Track

Department Affiliations American Studies, Anthropology Department

Topics

Archaeology, rock art, pre-Columbian Americas, North American archaeology and Indigenous communities, sacred landscapes

Expertise
  • Religion
Media Feature
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John Glendinning

Associate Chair, 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 Senior Assistant Dean for Interdisciplinary Engagement, Columbia Climate School

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
  • Arts, Entertainment, Languages & Cultures
  • Business, Careers, Personal Finance & the Economy
  • Disasters (man-made or natural)
  • Environment, Sustainability & Climate Change
Media Feature
Anne Higonnet

Anne Higonnet

Ann Whitney Olin Professor  

Department Affiliations Art History

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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

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
  • Education, Cognition & Learning
  • Feminism & Sexism
  • Immigration
  • LGBTQ+ Issues
  • Politics - National & Local
  • Public Policy & Laws
  • Race & Race Relations
Media Feature

Tovah Klein

Adjunct Associate Professor, Psychology; Director, Barnard College Toddler Center      

Department Affiliations Toddler Center, Psychology

Topics

Children, child development, toddlers, parents/parenting, work-family balance

Expertise
  • Child Development
  • Disasters (man-made or natural)
Media Feature
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Cecelia Lie-Spahn

Lecturer, English; Associate Director of the First-Year Writing Program, Director of the First-Year Writing Workshop Program

Department Affiliations Writing Fellows, English, First Year Foundation

Topics

Reproductive Justice, Rights and Health; Writing Pedagogy; Feminist Science, Technology Studies

Expertise
  • Activism & Social Justice Issues
  • Education, Cognition & Learning
  • Feminism & Sexism
  • Health - Physical & Mental
  • Politics - International
  • Politics - National & Local
  • Public Policy & Laws
  • Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence
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Kimberly Marten

Professor

Department Affiliations Political Science

Topics

NATO; Russia; Russia in Africa; Russia in Latin America; Russian security issues; Russia and arms control; Russia and cyber issues

Expertise
  • Politics - International
Media Feature
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Nara Milanich

Professor of History

Department Affiliations History

Topics

Reproduction, Genetic technologies, Science and society, History of genetic technologies/contemporary uses of DNA testing, History of reproduction, Migrant children/families, Latin America

Expertise
  • Activism & Social Justice Issues
  • Feminism & Sexism
  • Health - Physical & Mental
  • Immigration
Media Feature
Michael Miller

Michael G. Miller

Associate Professor of Political Science

Department Affiliations Political Science

Topics

U.S. Elections, Election Law, Polling, Public Opinion

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

JJ Miranda

Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

Department Affiliations Biology

Topics

Virology, SARS-CoV-2, Cancer, Diversity and Inclusion in STEM

Expertise
  • Health - Physical & Mental
  • Technology & STEM
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Chandler Miranda

Term Assistant Professor

Department Affiliations Urban Studies, Education

Topics

Immigrant Education, High School, English Learners, Multilingual Learners, Urban Education, Education in New York City, Performance-Based Assessments

Expertise
  • Education, Cognition & Learning
  • Immigration
  • Public Policy & Laws
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Eduardo Moncada

Assistant Professor of Political Science

Department Affiliations Urban Studies, Political Science

Topics

Illicit or criminal markets, narcotrafficking, extortion, organized crime, vigilantism

Expertise
  • Crime, Hate Crimes & Terrorism
  • Politics - International
Media Feature
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Premilla Nadasen

Professor of History

Department Affiliations History

Topics

Welfare, poverty, labor, history, domestic workers, South Africa, Miriam Makeba, unions

Expertise
  • Activism & Social Justice Issues
  • Feminism & Sexism
  • Immigration
  • LGBTQ+ Issues
  • Politics - National & Local
  • Public Policy & Laws
  • Race & Race Relations
  • Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence
Media Feature

Anupama Rao

Professor of History and MESAAS (Columbia)

Department Affiliations Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, History, Human Rights

Topics

Social Difference; Spatial Inequality; Race and Caste; Ideas in History and the present; Force of ideas in the world

Expertise
  • Activism & Social Justice Issues
  • Arts, Entertainment, Languages & Cultures
  • Crime, Hate Crimes & Terrorism
  • Feminism & Sexism
  • Politics - International
  • Race & Race Relations
Media Feature
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Randall Reback

Professor and Chair, Economics Department

Department Affiliations Economics, Urban Studies

Topics

Education finance, school-based health services, public school choice, children's mental health

Expertise
  • Child Development
  • Education, Cognition & Learning
  • Public Policy & Laws
Media Feature
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Russell Romeo

Professor of Neuroscience

Department Affiliations Neuroscience & Behavior

Topics

Neuroscience, Adolescence, Stress, Brain Development

Expertise
  • Child Development
  • Health - Physical & Mental
Media Feature

J.C. Salyer

Director, Human Rights Program | Assistant Professor of Practice, Anthropology and Human Rights

Department Affiliations Anthropology Department, Human Rights

Topics

U.S. Immigration Law, Asylum and Refugees, Immigration and Human Rights, Climate Change and Migration

Expertise
  • Environment, Sustainability & Climate Change
  • Immigration
  • Public Policy & Laws
Media Feature

Mark Santolucito

Assistant Professor

Department Affiliations Computer Science

Topics

Computing in the Arts, Program Synthesis, Computer Music

Expertise
  • Arts, Entertainment, Languages & Cultures
  • Technology & STEM
Media Feature
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Randa Serhan

Term Associate Professor of Sociology (photo by @YKangphoto)

Department Affiliations Sociology

Topics

Under-represented ethnic minorities, Arab Americans, second generation immigrants, coalition building across racial/ethnic lines, Arab New York

Expertise
  • Activism & Social Justice Issues
  • Immigration
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Rajiv Sethi

Professor of Economics

Department Affiliations Economics, Human Rights

Topics

Policing, Incarceration, Banking, Finance, Prediction Markets, Human-Machine Interactions

Expertise
  • Business, Careers, Personal Finance & the Economy
  • Crime, Hate Crimes & Terrorism
  • Public Policy & Laws
  • Race & Race Relations
Media Feature

Lesley A Sharp

Barbara Chamberlain & Helen Chamberlain Josefsberg ’30 Professor of Anthropology/ Chair    

Department Affiliations Anthropology Department

Topics

Organ transplants, xenotransplantation, medical biotech, animals in science, bioethics, human-animal relations, end of life care, incarceration, health inequalities, social disparities, end of life/death, and dying

Expertise
  • Health - Physical & Mental
  • Technology & STEM

Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi

Assistant Professor of Architecture, affiliated faculty, Barnard Art History and Columbia University ICLS, IAS, SAI, and GSAPP

Department Affiliations Architecture Department

Topics

Architecture, architectural history, migration, refugees, refugee camps, africa, Kenya, Dadaab, South Asia, Sri Lanka, India

Expertise
  • Activism & Social Justice Issues
  • Arts, Entertainment, Languages & Cultures
  • Disasters (man-made or natural)
  • Environment, Sustainability & Climate Change
  • Feminism & Sexism
  • Politics - International
Media Feature
Prof. Angela Simms

Angela M. Simms

Assistant Professor of Sociology and Urban Studies

Department Affiliations Sociology, Urban Studies

Topics

Black Americans, the Black middle class, racism, political economy, metropolitan areas, taxes, racialized capitalism

Expertise
  • Activism & Social Justice Issues
  • Politics - National & Local
  • Public Policy & Laws
  • Race & Race Relations
Media Feature
Lisa Son

Lisa Son

Professor of Psychology

Department Affiliations First Year Foundation, Psychology

Topics

Metacognition, Classroom and Teaching Strategies, Memory Biases, Korean vs. American Education, Asian-American Issues, Women in STEM

Expertise
  • Education, Cognition & Learning
  • Technology & STEM
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Patricia Stokes

Adjunct Professor

Department Affiliations First Year Foundation, Psychology

Topics

Constraints in innovation, early math education, math anxiety, problem solving

Expertise
  • Arts, Entertainment, Languages & Cultures
  • Education, Cognition & Learning
  • Technology & STEM
Media Feature

Martin Stute

Alena Wels Hirschorn '58 and Martin Hirschorn Professor in Environmental and Applied Sciences and Co-Chair, Environmental Science Department

Department Affiliations Urban Studies, Environmental Science

Topics

Earth science, water resources, pollution, carbon sequestration, hydraulic fracturing, ice ages, climate change/global warming, experiential learning, environmental tracers, isotopes

Expertise
  • Environment, Sustainability & Climate Change
  • Technology & STEM
Media Feature

Hadley Suter

Term Lecturer of French

Department Affiliations French

Topics

19th-century French literature and culture, French language

Expertise
  • Arts, Entertainment, Languages & Cultures
Kate Turetsky

Kate Turetsky

Assistant Professor

Department Affiliations Psychology

Topics

Educational inequality, inclusive teaching, persistence and performance in STEM, cross-group friendship

Expertise
  • Education, Cognition & Learning
  • Race & Race Relations
  • Technology & STEM

Deborah Valenze

Professor of History

Department Affiliations History

Topics

Cultural History; Women's History; British & European History; Nutrition; History of Food (particularly milk)

Expertise
  • Feminism & Sexism
  • Health - Physical & Mental
Media Feature

Alexandra Watson

Lecturer in First-Year Writing, Associate Director of the Writing Program

Department Affiliations English, First Year Foundation

Topics

Literary magazines, publishing

Expertise
  • Arts, Entertainment, Languages & Cultures
Media Feature
Tara Well

Tara Well

Associate Professor of Psychology

Department Affiliations Psychology

Topics

Meditation, body image, appearance issues, self-awareness, self-esteem, self-confidence, self-criticism, self-compassion, narcissism, emotion regulation, resilience, personal growth, mind-body connection, mirror neurons, mirrors or mirroring, empathy, trust, communication, motivation, goal setting, attention, the impact of digital tech on our psychological well being, stress management, the inner critic, face-to-face communication, eye contact, facial expressions, nonverbal communication, self-image, selfies, loneliness, social anxiety, social isolation, introverts vs. extroverts, personality, personality tests, the validity of personality tests, the benefit of personality tests, how to use personality tests to decide on a career, leadership skills, problem-solving skills, negotiation skills, giving TED style presentations.

Expertise
  • Business, Careers, Personal Finance & the Economy
  • Education, Cognition & Learning
  • Health - Physical & Mental
Media Feature

Paige West

The Claire Tow Professor Of Anthropology

Department Affiliations Anthropology Department, Human Rights

Topics

Climate change adaptation / mitigation / reparations, The Pacific, Generational divides, Anthropocene, Papua New Guinea, surfing

Expertise
  • Activism & Social Justice Issues
  • Disasters (man-made or natural)
  • Environment, Sustainability & Climate Change
  • Politics - International
  • Politics - National & Local
  • Sports
Media Feature
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Michael G. Wheaton

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Department Affiliations Psychology

Topics

Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Mental Health, Superstitions

Expertise
  • Health - Physical & Mental
Media Feature
Morgan Williams, Jr.

Morgan Williams

Assistant Professor of Economics

Department Affiliations Economics

Topics

Race, Inequality, Policing, Crime, Criminal Justice, Incarceration

Expertise
  • Crime, Hate Crimes & Terrorism
  • Health - Physical & Mental
  • Public Policy & Laws
  • Race & Race Relations

Seth Stewart Williams

Assistant Professor

Department Affiliations Dance, Medieval & Renaissance Studies

Topics

Dance, Dance History, Shakespeare, Renaissance drama, Renaissance literature, Ballet, Modern Dance

Expertise
  • Arts, Entertainment, Languages & Cultures
Media Feature
Hana & Scoobie

Hana Worthen

Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Theatre

Department Affiliations Theatre, Comparative Literature

Topics

Political Theatre; Theatre and Ideology; Theatre and Democracy; National Socialism and Performance; Bertolt Brecht; Vaclav Havel; Theatre and Humanism; Theatre and Posthumanism; Theatre and Ideology; Theatre and Translation; Transmedial Performance

Expertise
  • Arts, Entertainment, Languages & Cultures
  • Technology & STEM
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W. B. Worthen

Alice Brady Pels Professor in the Arts; Chair of Department of Theatre, Barnard College; Co-Chair, Ph.D. Program in Theatre and Performance, Columbia University; Professor, Department of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University; Professor, Division of Theatre, School of the Arts, Columbia University

Department Affiliations Theatre

Topics

Shakespeare, modern drama, theatre

Expertise
  • Arts, Entertainment, Languages & Cultures
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Rebecca Wright

Druckenmiller Professor of Computer Science, Director of Computer Science, and Director of the Vagelos Computational Science Center

Department Affiliations Computational Science Center, Computer Science

Topics

Cybersecurity, privacy and accountability, and diversity in Computer Science and tech.

Expertise
  • Technology & STEM
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