Sharon Avni is Professor of Academic Literacy and Linguistics at BMCC at the City University of New York (CUNY). Her current book project Speaking of Hebrew: Language and the American Jewish community explores the discursive, ideological, historical, and policy perspectives of contemporary Hebrew learning and usage in the United States. She is also co-PI of...
Dr. Tang is interested in researching augmented and accessible learning for people with special needs, especially people who are blind, have low vision, or have Autism Spectrum Disorders. His lab is working on cutting-edge research in virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and geospatial information science. Dr. Tang has encouraged students to participate in his...
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...
Criminal Justice Professor Yolanda C. Martin is an expert in critical criminology; forced migration and deportations; transnational drug research; ethnographic methodology; linkages between structural inequality and criminalization of urban communities.
James Hoff received his PhD in English and American Studies from the Graduate Center, CUNY in 2012 and joined the English Department at BMCC in 2014. His teaching and research interests range broadly from nineteenth century American romanticism and transatlantic modernism, to modernist culture and contemporary poetics. Professor Hoff has taught courses across CUNY on...
Rosario Torres-Guevara is from Mexico. She earned her BA in Applied Linguistics with a concentration in Didactics from the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon in Monterrey, N.L., Mexico. She earned her MA in TESOL/Linguistics from Teachers College, Columbia University, where she also completed her EdD in International Educational Development with a concentration in Bilingual/Intercultural Education....