Zeteo, The Journal of Interdisciplinary Writing presents its Spring 2012 issue. This issue, which marks the revitalization of the journal of the M.A. of Liberal Studies Program at the CUNY Graduate Center, also features a new website and web design, hosted by the CUNY Academic Commons. To read the issue, please visit to: http://zeteojournal.com/ For updates and further announcements visit: http://facebook.com/zeteojournal  Read More →

Could this short essay be a manifesto for interdisciplinary scholarship and writing — or not?  MALS grad, essayist and writer of philosophical dialogues, William Eaton Warner has been praised for combining “the compelling truth of documentary with the grace of romantic fiction”.  More of his work may be quickly found via his Authors Guild website, at the montaigbakhtinian.com blog, and... 

“Blake’s Hebrew Calligraphy,” an article by Abraham Samuel Shiff, a student in the MALS program, has been accepted for publication in the peer-reviewed journal Blake/An Illustrated Quarterly for publication in the last quarter of 2012.  William Blake (1757-1827) studied Hebrew to be able to read the Old Testament, and incorporated Hebrew words in several of his works. The paper... 

Cynthia Magnus, an American Studies major in the MALS Program, directs an interest in the people and current civic issues of New York City to writing freelance news articles and features for several news publications. Her recent articles in the Downtown Express, in the Brooklyn Eagle, in the Jewish Week highlight some unique issues related to international and community affairs, public safety... 

Zeteo: The Journal of Interdisciplinary Writing, the student-run interdisciplinary journal of the Liberal Studies Program of the CUNY Graduate Center, is currently soliciting articles, essays and reviews for its third issue. The theme of the issue is The American Unconscious. Find out more by reading the full submission guidelines.  Read More →

Jonathan Lee’s new documentary, “Paul Goodman Changed My Life,” has its two-week theatrical premiere at New York’s Film Forum this fall. http://www.kbnewsletter.com/t/ViewEmail/r/26AD82B6CEEED8DD/E93C0FC1CE50C1AA05AF428974F65BCD  Read More →

June 26, 2011 CITY ROOM: At Mass, N.Y. Archbishop Is Silent on Gay Marriage, by Mick Meenan, a Liberal Studies student currently working on his MA thesis. http://nyti.ms/k8lsAh  Read More →

Ms. Erickson-Schroth’s arrival in the MALS program was precipitated by her experience at Dartmouth Medical School, where she had spent the past three years viewing the world through the rigid lens of medical science. The shift to the CUNY Graduate Center propelled her from being a passive recipient of knowledge to an active investigator into how classification systems have historically been influenced... 

The wealth of professional experience and depth of perspective that Ms. Eisenthal accumulated in her pre-MALS life is nothing short of staggering.  She has worked during a stint at Art Business News as an artists’ advocate and catalog editor for the annual NYC ArtExpo; as Marketing Manager at the magazine License!; in the catering and event-planning business with a client list that included Disney,... 

Terry Weber Terry arrived in the MALS program in the midst of a career change that saw him move from Verizon, where he had spent twenty-four years, to become a teacher in the NYC public school system. Currently teaching at the Urban Academy Laboratory High School, Terry has fully plunged into the opportunities and responsibilities that come with the job. At the Urban Academy he oversees the math... 

Jonathan Lee Jonathan has certainly brought as many singular experiences to his time in the MALS program as he is poised to take away from it. Before re-emerging in New York to begin his studies, he founded and spent several years directing the non-profit Maine Speakout Project, which “trained and deployed volunteer speakers…to share personal experiences about being gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender... 

Melis Ece came to the MALS program as a graduate of the Business Management Department of the Middle East Technical University.  With work experience in international policy, development, and environmental protection, Melis decided to pursue graduate studies in order to expand her knowledge and acquire necessary skills for future prospects of work.  The International Studies specialization of the... 

Like most students within the MALS program, Sara Rutkowski is employed full time while taking courses at the Graduate Center.  As the spokesperson for the City’s Department of Cultural Affairs, the agency responsible for supporting non-profit theater, museums, and performing and visual arts, she is immersed in the political and cultural aspects of the City.  “Having to constantly think about... 

As the Assistant Director for Electronic Resources at the New York Public Library Science, Industry, and Business Library (SIBL), Madeleine Cohen is responsible for databases and computer technology and insuring their accessibility for the public and staff.  A librarian for 20 years, Ms. Cohen received her Master’s degree in Library Science from Queens College, after which she decided to continue... 

Congratulations to Lisa Sciandra, who just passed the California bar examination.  She writes that she is planning to do some kind of work at the intersection of law, policy, and health. Since leaving the Graduate Center, Lisa’s work as a law clerk and intern has included disability advocacy (related to a statute that was the subject of her MALS thesis), pharmaceutical litigation (plaintiff’s... 

  Three semesters into his MALS coursework, Bob Wechsler stands out from the crowd.  It is not his intelligent and insightful comments or his friendly demeanor that set him apart, there are many such students here.  Mr. Wechsler, 77, is a retired coffee importer and distributor with a smile visible within a white beard. Before his retirement, Wechsler held positions as an associate producer for... 

As Resident Magician for CUNY Graduate Center, Bob Friedhoffer is charged with communicating science to the public.  In collaboration with Brian Schwartz, Vice President of Sponsored Research, Bob develops and presents programs making science understandable and interesting to the public.He has personally developed a number of successful science vaudeville programs this semester and presented a... 

“Uptown Downtown: Rap Music in Lower Manhattan, 1980 – 1984,” by MALS student Jonathan Toubin, will soon be published by the Institute for Studies in American Music in an anthology: “Critical Minded: New Approaches to Hip-Hop Studies.” He expects to complete his M.A. this spring and will write a book–length expansion of the themes explored in his forthcoming essay. Jonathan... 

Last spring, MALS student Joel Rogers was sitting in a Brooklyn diner lamenting the demands of a particularly arduous Philosophy of Science exam. His friend and now business partner Jeff Gross wondered aloud whether he might not have more fun working on one of the many entrepreneurial projects that they had been knocking around for a long time. Jeff had become interested in revisiting idea for a board... 

We would like to thank the following recent contributors to the Liberal Studies Program: Adriana Bennett-Bernstein Janet Brof Zohra Lampert Michael Newton Alice Harrison Sandra Waldman Edwin Weber Their contributions demonstrate the importance of the MALS program and its unique place at the Graduate Center.  Read More →