Cara Kronen was raised and attended public schools in the Bronx. After earning a BA from Hunter College, she was accepted to the New York City Teaching Fellows program, and earned an MA in Secondary Education from City College. Before joining the faculty at BMCC, Professor Kronen worked as a teacher, student adviser, and professional...
Associate Professor C. Christina Lam is a teacher, scholar, and mentor. She has an M.A. in English from Stony Brook University, an M.S. Ed in Higher Ed Administration from Baruch College, as well as a Ph.D. in English with a focus on Latinx studies and a certificate in Women’s Studies from Stony Brook University. Prior...
Carla Macchiavello Cornejo is an art historian and educator, born in Santiago, Chile, and based in NY. Her research centers on Latin American contemporary art; networks of solidarity and resistance; migrant identities in video art; artistic pedagogies; and art practices aimed at social and environmental change. Her work has been published in international journals, catalogues,...
Dr. Mata is an Assistant Professor and specializes in plant ecophysiology. She obtained her PhD in Utrecht, (The Netherlands) and completed her postdoctoral training in California (UCSB), Italy (INR) and Australia (UWA).
Chris McCarthy received his PhD in mathematics from the CUNY Graduate Center. His doctoral research involved both pure and applied mathematics. His dissertation is titled: The Hilbert Projective Metric, Multi-type Branching Processes and Mathematical Biology: a Model of the Evolution of Resistance. It is about the mathematics of how diseases become resistant to treatment. Chris...
I am Professor of British literature specializing in children's literature, Childhood Studies, Victorian Literature, fantasy, Steampunk, and Game pedagogy. I am the Coordinator of the Children & Youth Studies Associate of Art degree program at BMCC. This program offers an interdisciplinary perspective on children; from birth to adolescence, through a curriculum with courses in Education,...
Assistant Professor O'Connor received her Ph.D. in Philosophy from Stony Brook University with the dissertation, "Empowerment Respect, Self-Respect, and Political Liberalism." Working at the intersection of political theory, conceptual ethics, feminist care theory, and disability theory, O'Connor is interested in reconceptualizing respect for people with severe and profound intellectual disabilities. She is currently working on...
