Faculty & Staff
Faculty
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Associate Professor of Sociology -
Professor and Chair of Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies and Professor of Sociology -
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Miriam Scharfman Zadek Family Professor of Sociology, Department Chair -
Administrative Staff
Gisela Cardenas has trained theater professionals and directed them in the UK, Germany, Peru, Norway, Romania, the Netherlands, Brazil, and the U.S.A. She has worked at numerous universities, including Columbia University School of the Arts, Colgate University, Vassar College, O’Neill National Theater Institute, The Theatre Academy in the Netherlands, The Akademy of Scenekunts- Norway, and Universidad Católica in Peru, amongst others.
In New York, she has directed plays and musicals Off and Off-Off-Broadway. Awards and Memberships: Drama Desk Nomination (2005), Princess Grace Theater Fellowship (2007), 2008 Phil Killian Directing Fellow (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), 2008-10 Women’s Project Director’s Lab, recipient of the 2008 Josephine Abady Award (League of Professional Theatre Women), Lower Manhattan Cultural Council- Swing Space, recipient of the TCG/ NEA 2009/2011 Career Development Program for Directors, HARP Resident Artist at HERE Arts Center and is a member of the Society Directors and Choreographers. As Director, she is interested in working with classics, devising theater pieces, adaptations, and creating collaborative media projects. She has a B.A. in Social Sciences, an M.A. in Performance Studies (N.Y.U.), and an M.F.A. in Directing (Columbia University). In 2015 she founded InTandem Lab, her company.
Department:
Theatre
Specialization:
Theater, ACting, Directing, Dramaturgy
Vice President of Health and Wellness, Chief Health Officer
Department:
Administration
Specialization:
Board Certifications: Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine
Term Associate of Education
Department:
Education
Specialization:
Philosophy of Education
By Appointment
On sabbatical
Associate Professor of Professional Practice
Department:
Dance
Specialization:
Film, Dance, Curation
Faculty Director, Movement Lab and Associate Professor of Professional Practice, Department of Dance
Department:
Movement Lab
Claire Tow Professor of Africana Studies and English Literature
Department:
Africana Studies, English, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Senior Lecturer in English, Director of the Writing Program, Director of the Speaking Program, Co-Director of the First-Year Seminar Program
Department:
English, First Year Foundation, Speaking Fellows, Theatre, Writing Fellows
Term Lecturer in Comparative Literature, English, and First-Year Seminar
Department:
Comparative Literature, English, First Year Foundation
Lecturer in First-Year Writing; Interim Co-Director of the First-Year Seminar Program
Department:
English, First Year Foundation
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), Vice Provost for Academic Centers and Libraries (2022 - present)
Department:
Political Science