Faculty

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..

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..

John M. Dixon John Dixon is a historian of early America and the early modern Atlantic world who teaches at the College of Staten Island and the CUNY Graduate Center. His research interests include intellectual and Read more..

Valkiria Duran-Narucki Born in Costa Rica, Valkiria Durán-Narucki came to the United States thanks to a Fulbright Scholarship from the US Department of State to obtain a master’s degree from New York University with an emph Read more..

Rachel Elliott Dr. Rachel Elliott received her PhD in Philosophy from the University of Guelph. Her main research interests are in Continental Philosophy and Phenomenology, especially Merleau-Ponty and Husserl, with Read more..

James Falkin James Falkin joined the College of Staten Island in 1997 and was promoted to Lecturer in 2008. Dr. Falkin teaches courses in Political Theory, International Relations, and Developmental Politics. He i Read more..

Chiara Ferrari Chiara Ferrari is a specialist in 20-century Italian literature. Her research and teaching interests include fascism and culture, gender studies, autobiography, travel and transnational narrative Read more..

Richard Flanagan Richard Flanagan joined the College in 1999 after working for several years as a teacher and curriculum developer at a not-for-profit that prepared students from historically underrepresented groups f Read more..

Sandra Gambetti Interests: Hellenistic period, focusing in particular on Hellenistic Judaism, Alexandria in Egypt, and on one author, Philo of Alexandria.   Read more..

David A. Gerstner David A. Gerstner is Professor of Cinema Studies in the Department of Media Culture at the City University of New York’s College of Staten Island. He also serves as a member of the doctoral faculty in Read more..