Part-Time Faculty
Part-Time Faculty
E-mail: christopher.adams@baruch.cuny.edu
Dr. Christopher J. Adams serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Higher Education Administration in the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs. Currently, Dr. Adams serves as the Chief of Regionals and Special Projects at Long Island University where he oversees the University’s regional campuses and works on special projects assigned by the President, including the following academic programs: Society of Presidential Descendants, Global Service Institute, and the Roosevelt School. Previous to this position, Dr. Adams served as the Vice President for Student Affairs at the largest community college in New York State, Suffolk County Community College following two and a half years as the Executive Assistant to the President and the Chief of Staff for the Office of the President.
Dr. Adams also served as the Executive Administrator of the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project – Columbia University and in several administrative positions at Hofstra University. He holds a Doctor of Education in Educational Administration, Professional Diploma in Educational Administration, Certificate of Advanced Study in Educational Administration and a Master’s Degree in Counselor Education. Dr. Adams also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies from Southern Connecticut State University.
Dr. Adams began teaching at Baruch College in the spring of 2005 until the fall of 2011. Dr. Adams returned to teaching at Baruch College in the fall of 2017 and was promoted to the rank of Adjunct Associate Professor and teaches Student Affairs in Higher Education and the Community College.
Email: emanuel.agu@baruch.cuny.edu
Emanuel Agu is a labor economist specializing in social policy and demography with over 15 years of experience working in the private sector and higher education. Emanuel has authored several technical reports on living conditions, well-being, and population trends for faculty and government officials at the national and local levels.
With a focus on social inequality, Emanuel has taught graduate and undergraduate courses on public economics and urban economics and currently serves as an Adjunct Lecturer of Economic Analysis and Public Policy at the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs of Baruch College. His current research explores the impact of social and physical environmental factors on economic mobility and equality of opportunity. He has been a junior scholar with the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality at the CUNY Graduate Center and a research fellow with the CUNY Institute for Demographic Research.
Emanuel holds an MA in Economics from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He earned an MPhil in Economics and a Certificate in Demography from the CUNY Graduate Center, where he is completing a PhD in Economics.
Nicholas Azulay is a nonprofit technology, marketing, and communications professional with years of experience working alongside organizations focused on human rights, legal advocacy, housing justice, mental health, voter mobilization, and more. Azulay works with nonprofits and NGOs to build and monitor omnichannel marketing campaigns for both national and international audiences, contributing technical expertise in web analytics, data visualization, and campaign strategy—raising millions for social impact causes.
Azulay offers additional expertise at the intersection of emerging technology and social impact, bringing in real-world experience to his class “Mobilizing Digital Communication for the Public Good,” which he co-teaches. Azulay frequently speaks on topics such as artificial intelligence and human rights, digital communications for nonprofits, and other topics related to technology, society, and social impact.
Azulay is entering his final year towards the completion of a M.A. in Human Rights Studies from Columbia University in New York with a research focus on the role of social media in digital evidence gathering. Azulay previously earned a B.A. in Political Science after which he earned a Fulbright Scholarship to teach in the Czech Republic.
E-mail: gregg.bishop@baruch.cuny.edu
Gregg Bishop is currently the Executive Director of the Social Justice Fund, an initiative funded by The Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation. The Social Justice Fund centers its work around racial justice and economic mobility for BlPOC populations in Brooklyn.
Before this role, Bishop served as the Interim Executive Director of Coro New York, an organization that believes meaningful change comes from collaboration: people in business and communities, schools and unions, government and nonprofits, working together to find creative solutions, and strengthen our democracy.
Bishop has over 13 years of government experience, serving under Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Bill de Blasio. From 2015-2020, he served as the Commissioner of the NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS), where he was charged with running a dynamic City agency focused on equity of opportunity, leading to economic self-sufficiency and mobility for New York City diverse communities. During his tenure, he connected small businesses to over $200 million in capital, certified a record 9,000 Minority and Women business enterprises, connected over 100,000 New Yorkers to good-paying jobs, and invested over $10 million in capacity-building programs across the five boroughs. In addition, over 10,000 city residents were trained with new skills in the technology, healthcare, industrial and manufacturing, and hospitality sectors. He also developed and launched several initiatives aimed at structural barriers minorities face, including Black Entrepreneurs NYC (BE NYC) and Women Entrepreneurs NYC (WE NYC).
Bishop has a strong track record in the nonprofit and private sectors. He served as the Senior Manager of Workforce Development at NPower, where he was responsible for doubling the capacity of Technology Service Corps, a nationally recognized technology training program for young adults aged 18-25. He has worked at several startups, including TheStreet.com, Oxygen Media, and VIBE Magazine.
Bishop is an adjunct professor at Baruch College’s School of Public Affairs and serves on several boards including Red Hook Initiative, Junior Achievement of New York, Pursuit (formerly New York Business Development Corporation), The Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, and The Association for a Better New York (ABNY). He also serves on the Hebrew Free Loan Society Microenterprise Committee, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Local Advisory Committee and is the Vice President of the Alpha Gamma Lambda chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
E-mail: Jeremy.Block@baruch.cuny.edu
E-mail: tom.bonnett@baruch.cuny.edu
Tom Bonnett has had an extensive career in public policy, as a state legislator, a consultant and author, an advisor to public officials and nonprofit organizations, and an educator. He was as teaching assistant while in graduate school and, after a gap of two decades, returned to teaching for the School of Public Affairs in 2003.
He was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives in 1974, and reelected in 1976. In Washington, DC during the 1980s, Bonnett worked for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and a New York member of Congress (Ted Weiss). In New York, he was the executive director of a community-based nonprofit in Queens, and held several research and management positions in NYC government. He served in the Koch, Dinkins, and Bloomberg administrations (in the latter as an Assistant Commissioner of a small city agency.)
From 1992 to 1997, he worked for the Council of Governors’ Policy Advisors, an affiliate of the National Governors’ Association, which published several of his books including TELEWARS in the States: Telecommunications Issues in a New Era of Competition (1996).
He has written books, commissioned monographs, three book chapters, a law journal article, and many shorter articles on public finance, telecommunications, and economic development. Amazon.com lists eleven of his titles.
Professor Bonnett is interested in the development of user-generated content (such as You Tube) and the new forms of social media (such as Facebook), and their effects on public opinion and politics; a topic on which he has collaborated with the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI) at Columbia University.
E-mail: Howard.Buxbaum@baruch.cuny.edu
Howard Buxbaum has taught The Financing of Higher Education since 2015. He spent the earlier part of his career serving in various policy positions in New York State Government. Later, he was the CFO of several private and public colleges including Bank Street College, Drew University and New Jersey City University. Howard has served on several not for profit boards and has consulted with colleges and universities on management issues.
E-mail: Barbara.Caress@baruch.cuny.edu
Barbara Caress has over 40 years of experience as a union, non-profit, and public agency manager, consultant, and administrator. Most recently she served as Director of Strategic Policy and Planning for the SEIU Local 32BJ Funds. Ms Caress has consulted to the NYC and NYS Health Departments, the Community Service Society, Local 1199, SEIU, and the United Hospital Fund. She has served as a member of NCQA’s Standards Committee, the NYC Primary Care Improvement Project Advisory Board and the NQF’s MAP Hospital Workgroup. Author of a wide range of health policy reports and reviews, Ms Caress received her undergraduate and graduate education at the University of Chicago.
Rachel Clemens
Pranabes Probeshika Dutta (they/them) is an Adjunct Instructor of Economics at the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs. They are a PhD candidate of Economics at the Graduate Center, the City University of New York. Their research interests include Labor Economics, Economics of LGBTQ+ individuals, Political Economy and Development Economics.
They have previously taught at School of Professional Studies at NYU, Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College, Department of Econmics at Fordham University and at Hunter College.
They were born in Calcutta, India, and have received BS in Economics from the University of Calcutta, and MA and MPhil in Econmics from the City University of New York.
Rebecca Engel serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs at Baruch College. Ms. Engel has been teaching in the CUNY system for more than a decade, offering classes at Brooklyn College, the City College of New York, and the John Jay School for Criminal Justice. When she is not teaching, Ms. Engel is also a civil rights lawyer who focuses on criminal justice and immigration issues. Among other places, Ms. Engel has worked as a lawyer and policy specialist at The Bronx Defenders, the New York Civil Liberties Union, the Office of the Inspector General for the NYPD, the National Network for Safe Communities, The Fortune Society, and the National Urban League. Currently, she is the Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs at the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA), where she is currently leading a team that is going to keep New York City’s immigrants safe, as our new Presidential administration comes into power.
Ms. Engel has a B.A. in Politics from Pomona College, an M.A. from Princeton University in American Religious History, and a J.D. from Yale Law School.
Email: sophia.fox-dichter@baruch.cuny.edu
Sophia Fox-Dichter (she/her) is a researcher focusing on rental housing and social safety net policies. She holds a B.A. in Chinese, a B.F.A. in Fashion Design, and an M.S.W. in Social Work with a specialization in research, all from Washington University in St. Louis. She is currently working on her doctorate at Rutgers University in the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Prior to pursuing her degree in social work, she worked at a South Bronx community-based organization as a benefits enrollment specialist. There, she primarily helped members apply for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program using the New York City Human Resources Administration’s Paperless Office System. In addition to her teaching experience at Washington University and Rutgers, she serves as a coordinator for the Rutgers Teaching Assistant Project (TAP). As a born and raised New Yorker, she is happy to be the second member of her family to teach at a CUNY college and the fourth to work in public education in New York City.
Eric Graig
Email: Sharon.Hardy@cuny.edu
The diverse student body within the Marxe School cultivates a vibrant learning community. Students are empowered to explore global perspectives and develop transformative leadership skills for higher education.
Dr. Hardy serves as an adjunct Assistant Professor in the Higher Education Administration (HEA) program. Currently serving as the University Dean for Admissions and Recruitment at The City University of New York (CUNY), she brings extensive expertise in leadership roles across undergraduate and graduate recruitment and enrollment in both private and public higher education institutions.
Education is the most powerful tool for shaping the future of global societies. In a rapidly evolving world, higher education serves as the bridge between knowledge and action, policy and practice. Through critical inquiry and engagement, we equip the next generation to navigate and influence international higher education landscapes.
— Fabrice Jaumont, PhD
E-mail: Thomas.Kapusta@baruch.cuny.edu
Thomas Kapusta is the current Managing Director of Bedlam, a theater company based in New York City. Tom is a theater director, producer, and fundraiser specializing in classical theatre, unexpected collaborations, and connecting new audiences to arts experiences. As founding Artistic Director of Corkscrew Theater Festival, he oversaw the artistic development and production of over thirty new plays in the festival’s four years. For seven years, Tom served as chief operations officer for Ricochet Group LLC, a boutique consulting firm specializing in nonprofit arts institutions, higher education, and commercial theatre. He holds a BA in History from Columbia University, and a Master’s in Arts Administration from the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences at Baruch College where he received the Marlow Prize in Arts Leadership. He served as Assistant Secretary-Treasurer of Royal Shakespeare Company America from 2012-2022.
E-mail: yvette.lagonterie@baruch.cuny.edu
Yvette LaGonterie has retired from a lengthy career with the U.S. government, where she held senior positions in immigration, international affairs, and homeland security, including Senior Policy Advisor and Director of International Operations for the Department of Homeland Security, as well as a variety of senior positions in the former Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), including Deputy Director for International Affairs, Immigration Regional Attaché for Latin America and the Caribbean, Asylum Office Director in New York City, and Special Assistant to the INS Commissioner. Yvette has represented the United States as an immigration expert in many multilateral bodies, including a member of the Migration Experts Group of G-8, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Asian Pacific. She co-led the U.S. delegation to the Regional Consultative Group on Immigration for several years. Yvette was also the sole immigration expert assigned to the White House team that planned the Department of Homeland Security.
Yvette serves on several nonprofit boards, including Trustee for the Pan American Development Foundation; Advisory Board Chair of Migration Immigrant Refugee Rights (MIRR) Alliance; Vice Chair of the Board of Reading Partners DC; and she is a Director on the Board of the City Tavern Preservation Foundation. In addition, Yvette is a lay historian who is frequently invited to speak on her research subjects. Her essays have appeared in several publications, including Salon magazine, the Annals of Genealogical Research, Genealogy Today, and Washington City Paper.
Yvette holds a B.A. in Mass Communications from SUNY Buffalo and a MPA from Baruch College. She has completed post-graduate work at the Federal Executive Institute and Cornell University.
E-mail: Anni.Luneau@baruch.cuny.edu
Anni Luneau has been a nonprofit professional for 25 years, serving as a fundraiser for arts organizations such as New York City Ballet, 92NY, and The Joyce Theater. She currently serves as the CEO of Umlaut – Modifications Emphasizing You, a consulting firm dedicated to helping small arts nonprofits leverage their assets to reach their highest productivity. She holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Connecticut School of Law, obtained with the intent of becoming a nonprofit professional.
E-mail: Samantha.MacBride@baruch.cuny.edu
Samantha MacBride teaches Urban Environmentalism and Public Management at the Marxe School of International and Public Affairs, Baruch College, CUNY and is a professional in public works management of garbage and sewage. She has a doctorate in sociology from NYU and studied biology as an undergraduate at Johns Hopkins. Samantha’s interests center on discards measurement and characterization methods, biological materials flows, plastics pollution, composting and land access, corporate hegemony, and waste colonialism. Samantha has also recently begun research on the contemporary UFO phenomenon in the West, and its relation to questions of technology, religion, knowledge, and ecology.
Moira Marquis
Being a part of the City University of New York is an incredible honor. I’ve worked in the Central Office and at campuses, I’m a GC alum, and the parent of a QC alum. I’ve had the opportunity to work with and learn from amazing colleagues, our outstanding faculty and incredible students. Teaching in the Baruch MSEd-HEA program has given me the opportunity to share my knowledge and experiences the next generation of higher education leaders. The best part is that I also learn from our students; they bring fresh perspectives on the evolving landscape and offer innovative ideas for addressing the challenges we face.
Meghan Moore-Wilk, Ph.D. (she/her) joined SLU in August 2022 as the Interim Assistant Dean for Strategic Initiatives and Chief of Staff to assist with implementing SLU’s strategic initiatives and special projects, and assist Dean Mantsios with institutional planning and other issues that impact the School. She also serves as SLU’s Title IX Coordinator and 504/ADA Coordinator.
She previously served as the Chief of Staff to the President at Queens College, where she was a member of the President’s cabinet, chaired the Ad Hoc Working Group on Reopening during the pandemic, and oversaw the Offices of Public Safety, Venue Rentals, and Campus Events.
From 2004 to 2019, Dr. Moore-Wilk held the position of Director of Space Planning at The City University of New York, where she was responsible for tracking, evaluating, and recommending capital projects to address the space needs at each of CUNY’s 25 institutions.
She holds a Ph.D. in Urban Education from the CUNY Graduate Center, master’s degrees from Teachers College Columbia University and New York University, and has 30 years-experience working in higher education.
She has served on the CUNY’s Enrollment Management Council, Gender Identity Working Group, The Graduate Center Urban Education Executive Committee, the University Working Group on Collaborative Programs, the CUNY First Steering Committee, and the new community college planning committee.
E-mail: aisha.powell@baruch.cuny.edu
Dr. Aisha Powell is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Strategic Communications at Morgan State University. Her research interest explores cultural phenomena in new media technologies, the Black nexus on digital media, and health disparities. Dr. Powell’s research primarily focuses on Black international migration, particularly Black women’s experience in Russia from the 1930s to the present day. In addition to health communications, especially health disparities for vulnerable populations that have been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her recent publications can be found in New Media and Society, Text and Performance Quarterly, Communication Quarterly, The Journal of African American Studies, and the Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, respectively.
Before joining academia, Dr. Powell was a journalist, reporting on underrepresented communities like the Black diaspora, students in high-needs school districts, and low-income residents. Her journalistic work can be found in Forbes Media, the Miami Herald, the Journal News and the Haitian Times.
Dr. Powell earned her Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Innovative Entrepreneurship from the Pennsylvania State University; her Master of Science from the Columbia’s Journalism School; and her Doctorate of Philosophy from Howard University’s Department of Communication Culture and Media Studies.
Email: ian.rasmussen@baruch.cuny.edu
Ian Rasmussen is the principal and founder of Urban Cartographics. He started the firm with the goal of arming land use attorneys with a way to effectively communicate their arguments using maps and graphics. Prior to transitioning to Urban Cartographics full time, Ian practiced zoning law in New York City, most recently with the Law Offices of Marvin B. Mitzner, and he remains on the City Bar’s Land Use Planning and Zoning committee. Ian holds a B.B.A. in Economics from Baruch College and a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School. He is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners.
“The diverse student body within the Marxe School cultivates a vibrant learning community. Students are empowered to explore global perspectives and develop transformative leadership skills for higher education.”
Linda Shatzer has held several positions at CUNY’s Central Office including the Change Management Lead for the CUNYfirst Project and Manager of Productivity Initiatives for the University. Her experience has provided insights into how the management of administrative services impacts the operations of the University and the academic experience for students. Linda has taught online classes for Central Michigan University and Southern New Hampshire University in Communication and Change Management at the graduate level. She has written several articles on distance learning.
E-mail: Linda.Shatzer@baruch.cuny.edu
Serving as an administrator whose task is to support our institutions, faculty, and students in their efforts to better understand and improve the world is a career that comes with great rewards. Our goal at Marxe is to ensure that our graduates understand how to navigate our industry and succeed in bringing about the changes to our institutions that will ensure their continued value to their constituents, communities and to society as a whole.
Serving as an administrator whose task is to support our institutions, faculty, and students in their efforts to better understand and improve the world is a career that comes with great rewards. Our goal at Marxe is to ensure that our graduates understand how to navigate our industry and succeed in bringing about the changes to our institutions that will ensure their continued value to their constituents, communities and to society as a whole.
He has been VP for Administration at several colleges, COO at others, and Deputy Chief Operating Officer at the nations third largest system of Higher Education.
E-mail: Ronald.Spalter@Baruch.cuny.edu
Email: azack@jjay.cuny.edu
Dr. Zack conducts research in the areas of American foreign policy, national security strategy, global conflict, political violence, intellectual history, and the history of international politics. He is the author of Hegemonic War and Grand Strategy: Ludwig Dehio, World Politics, and the American Future, a contributing author to Is the West in Decline? and Equilibrio o Egemonia. Quattro secoli di conflitti per la supremazia in Europa, and has also published in scholarly journals.
