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CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

  1. Institution Name:
    City University of New York
  2. Department Title:
    Ph.D. Program in Anthropology
  3. Faculty in Historical Archaeology: 
    1. Bankoff, H. Arthur (Ph.D., Harvard 1974; Prof., Brooklyn College, CUNY Graduate Center Faculty) historical archaeology, farmsteads in urban environments, urbanization.
    2. Britt, Kelly, M. (Ph.D., Columbia 2009; Assistant Prof., Brooklyn College, CUNY Graduate Center Faculty) historical urban archaeology, community-based archaeology, activist archaeology, museums and exhibitions.
    3. Hicks, Megan. (Ph.D., City University of New York 2019, Assistant Prof, Hunter College) human and animal relationships, capitalism, colonialism, the Atlantic world, historical ecology, zooarchaeology, historical archaeology, community archaeology, environmental anthropology, anthropology of food.
    4. McGovern, Thomas (Ph.D., Columbia 1979; Prof., Hunter College, CUNY Graduate Center Faculty) zooarchaeology, climatic impacts, paleoeconomy, North Atlantic Islands, eastern Arctic.
    5. Moore, James (Ph.D., University of Massachusetts-Amherst 1981; Associate Prof., Queens College, CUNY Graduate Center Faculty) historical archaeology, Northeast, NYC, Nineteenth Century Capitalist Landscapes
    6. Reilly, Matthew C. (Ph.D., D., Syracuse 2014; Asst. Prof., City College of New York, CUNY Graduate Center Faculty) historical archaeology, race, colonialism, African Diaspora.
    7. Wall, Diana diZerega (Ph.D., NYU 1987; Prof. Emerita, City College of New York) historical archaeology, urban archaeology, class, ethnicity, gender.
  4. General Statement:
    Because the faculty is drawn from the archaeologists working at the numerous colleges that make up the university, graduate students have access to an unusually large number of archaeological specialists. Many of these faculty offer expertise in fields that are vital for historical archaeologists, including zooarchaeology, complex societies, and statistical analysis. Graduate students also have the opportunity to take classes at New York University and Columbia University as part of a consortium program. Additionally, graduate students can conduct research or do internships at prominent institutions such as the Lower East Side Tenement Museum and the New York City Archaeological Repository: Nan A. Rothschild Research Center. The Ph.D. is offered.

  5. For More Information Contact:

    James Moore, Department of Anthropology, Queens College, CUNY, 65-30 Kissena Bouelevard, 314 Powdermaker Hall, Flushing, NY 11367 phone: 718-997-5510; fax: 718=997-2885; email: james.moore@qc.cuny.edu Web page: https://www.gc.cuny.edu/Page-Elements/Academics-Research-Centers-Initiatives/Doctoral-Programs/Anthropology.