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URBAN STUDIES

Urban Studies
404 Milbank Hall  
854-2080
www.barnard.edu/urban

This program is supervised by the Committee on Urban Studies:

Associate Professor of Practice in Architecture: Karen Fairbanks
Assistant Professor of Architecture and Urban Studies: David Smiley
Professor of Economics: David Weiman (Director)
Assistant Professor of Economics: Randall Reback
Assistant Professor of Education: Maria Rivera
Professor of History: Kenneth T. Jackson
Professor of International and Public Affairs: Ester Fuchs
Professor of Political Science and Urban Studies: Flora Davidson (Associate Director)
Williams B. Ransford Professor of Sociology: Sudhir Venkatesh
Assistant Professor of Political Science: Lorraine Minnite
Assistant Professor of Political Science: Kimberly Johnson
Assistant Professor of Sociology: Jacqueline Olvera
Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy: Elliot Sclar
Dean of Academic Affairs, Columbia College: Kathryn Yatrakis

For a complete list of faculty on leave see:
 http://www.barnard.edu/provost/facleavelist.html

The Urban Studies Program offers students the opportunity to learn about the complex institutions, problems, and achievements of city life. By integrating study from numerous academic departments in an interdisciplinary approach, enhanced by a year-long colloquium taken by all majors during the junior year, students develop a rich and nuanced understanding of modern cities.

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Barnard Catalogue 2009-2010