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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.

Featured Experts

  • Photograph of Severin Fowles
    Professor of Anthropology and American Studies, Chair of Anthropology, Director of the Archaeology Track

    Severin Fowles

    Expertise
    Religion
  • Tara Well
    Associate Professor of Psychology

    Tara Well

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

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

Sandra Goldmark

Sandra Goldmark

Professor of Professional Practice in Theatre;  Director of Campus Sustainability and Climate Action;  Associate 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
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Anne Higonnet

Anne Higonnet

Barbara Novak Professor of Art History  

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
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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)
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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
Professor Kimberly Marten

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
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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
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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
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Chandler Miranda

Chandler Miranda

Term Assistant Professor

Department Affiliations Urban Studies

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
JJ Miranda

JJ Miranda

Associate 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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Eduardo Moncada

Claire Tow Associate 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
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Premilla Nadasen

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
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Anupama Rao

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
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Randall Reback

Professor of Economics

Department Affiliations Economics

Topics

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

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

Russell Romeo

Professor of Neuroscience

Department Affiliations Neuroscience & Behavior

Topics

Neuroscience, Adolescence, Stress, Brain Development

Expertise
  • Child Development
  • Health - Physical & Mental
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J.C. Salyer

J.C. Salyer

Director, Human Rights Program | Associate 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
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Mark Santolucito

Mark Santolucito

Assistant Professor

Department Affiliations Computer Science

Topics

Computing in the Arts, Program Synthesis, Computer Music

Expertise
  • Arts, Entertainment, Languages & Cultures
  • Technology & STEM
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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
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Lesley A Sharp

Lesley A Sharp

Barbara Chamberlain & Helen Chamberlain Josefsberg ’30 Professor of Anthropology    

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