It's not often that faculty from multiple departments join forces in pursuit of a common research goal. But that is what makes a current collaboration involving assistant professors Mahatapa Palit (Business), Katherine Kavanagh (Theater) and Sangeeta Bishop (Economics) all the more noteworthy.
The three are engaged in a multidisciplinary study entitled "CUNY's Creative Campus: The Role of CUNY Performing Arts Centers on Community, Economy and Education." Using a range of quantitative and qualitative methods, its purpose is to probe ways that CUNY's performing arts centers can play a more significant role in the lives of students while enriching the economic and cultural life of their communities.  More