Faculty

Cynthia Chris Cynthia Chris joined CSI’s Department of Media Culture in 2004. She served as chair for two terms, 2018-24. In 2024-25, she served as a Faculty Leadership Development Fellow in the Office of Faculty A Read more..

Florette Cohen Florette Cohen received her Bachelor’s in Science from CUNY Brooklyn College in 2003, a Master’s in Science from Rutgers University-New Brunswick in 2005 and her Ph.D. from the Social Psychology progr Read more..

Jacob Collins Twentieth-century intellectual history of Europe, with a focus on France and Italy Read more..

Ismael García Colón Ismael García Colón is a historical and political anthropologist with focus on the Gramscian concept of hegemony, oral history, immigration and colonial migration, race, citizenship, farm labor, U.S. Read more..

Lorenza Colonna Lorenza Colonna is a Lecturer of Linguistics and Speech and Language Pathology at the College of Staten Island, CUNY. She holds a B.A. in English with a concentration in Linguistics from the Coll Read more..

Kathleen M. Cumiskey Kathleen M. Cumiskey is a Professor in the Psychology Department, and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program at CSI.  She is the co-director of the Mosaic Lab in Building 4S. Read more..

Ashley Dawson Ashley Dawson is Distinguished Professor of English at the College of Staten Island and at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he teaches postcolonial ecocriticism and enviro Read more..

Rafael de la Dehesa Rafael de la Dehesa joined the fulltime faculty of the Sociology and Anthropology Department at the College of Staten Island in 2004 after completing his Ph.D. in Government at Harvard University. He Read more..

Julián Delgado Lopera Julián Delgado Lopera is the author of The New York Times acclaimed novel Fiebre Tropical (Feminist Press 2020), the Winner of the 2021 Ferro Grumley Award and a 2021 Lambda Literary award; a finalist Read more..

Lewis Dimmick Lewis Dimmick specializes in teaching first-year writing, working to engage beginning college students in meaningful and equitable writing instruction. Inspired by Paulo Friere’s assertion that “educa Read more..