school of liberal arts and sciences 203
Joel Levitt
Adjunct Professor
B.S.E.E.; M.S.E.E., Columbia U Sch Engr; M.A.(Physics),
Columbia University; Professional Degree (E.E.),
Columbia U Sch Engr; He is the Director of the Anxiety
and Hypoglycemia Relief Institute and the Chairman
of The Engineering In Medicine and Biology Society
(New York chapter), part of the non-profit IEEE. He has
lectured at Rockefeller U and elsewhere on software
and health (anxiety and hypoglycemia).
Tiffany Liu
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Ágnes Mócsy
AssistAnt Professor
Ph.D., University of Minnesota; M.Sc., University of
Bergen, Norway; Dr. Mócsy performs research on
the fundamental nature of matter, specifically on
the interactions of subatomic particles within the
nucleus of the atom. She has held research positions
at the Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen; Theoretical
Physics Institute, Frankfurt; and Brookhaven National
Laboratory. Dr. Mócsy teaches Introductory Physics
and Astronomy.
Carole Sirovich
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Ph.D., New York University; M.S., New York University;
B.S., Brooklyn College.
Gerson Sparer
Professor
B.S., Brooklyn College; M.S., Courant Institute; Ph.D.,
Courant Institute.
Oscar Strongin
Visiting AssistAnt Professor
Ph.D., Columbia University; Independent Consulting
Geologist engaged in oil/gas development as well as
environmental impact of extraction of unconventional
fossil fuel resources; also served as Energy Consultant
to U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy
and Commerce.
Vincent Tedeschi
Visiting instructorJames Wise
Visiting instructor
B.A., Hunter College; M.A., Brooklyn College.Daniel Wright
AssistAnt Professor
Ph.D., Stanford University; M.S., University of California,
San Diego; B.S., Pennsylvania State University.Social Science
and Cultural StudiesSameetah Agha
AssociAte Professor, history
B.A., Smith College; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University.Robert Ausch
Adjunct AssistAnt Professor, Psychology
B.A., New York University; M.A., City College, City
University of New York; Ph.D., Graduate Center, City
University of New York.Josh Blackwell
Visiting instructor, fAshion And design
history
B.A., Bennington College; M.F.A., California Institute
of the Arts.Francis Bradley
AssistAnt Professor, history
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison.B. Ricardo Brown
coordinAtor, criticAl And VisuAl studies,
AssociAte Professor, culturAl studies
B.A., Simons Rock College of Bard; M.A., Syracuse
University; M.Phil., Ph.D., Graduate Center, City
University of New York.Josiah Brownell
AssistAnt Professor, history
B.A., Western Michigan University; M.A., London School
of Economics; J.D., University of Virginia Law School;
Ph.D. Political Science, School of Oriental and African
Studies, University of London.Matthew A. Carlin
Visiting instructor, AnthroPology
Ph.D., Columbia University.Paul Dambowic
Adjunct instructor
B.A., New York University; M.A., Yale University.Mareena Dareedia
Visiting instructor, cineMA studies
B.F.A., York University; M.F.A., Pratt Institute.Cristina Dragomir
Visiting instructor, Politics
B.A., Babes-Bolyai University; M.A. Babes-Bolyai
University; A.B.D., New School University.Lisabeth During
AssociAte Professor, PhilosoPhy
B.A., Wesleyan University; MTh., King College, Univeristy
of London, London, U.K.; Ph.D., Trinity College,
Cambridge University, Cambridge, U.K. Research
interests include European philosophy from 1780–1980,
aesthetics and the philosophy of the arts, dance and
performance art, Weimar Germany, theology and
antiquity, literary theory, and classical film theory. She
has published on French Surrealism, feminism, the 19th
century novel, Hegel, and film, especially the work of
André Bazin. Her current project is a book on the history
and representation of chastity. Before coming to Pratt
she taught for 15 years in the Philosophy Department of
the University of New South Wales.Barbara Duarte Esgalhado
Visiting instructor, Psychology
B.A., Rutgers University; Ph.D., Columbia University.