Interviews

Taki Global Visiting Professor: An Interview with Renny Thomas

November 26, 2024Tiffany Golding

By Sheen Atwa Renny Thomas will join the NYU Gallatin community as the Taki Visiting Global Professor for the Spring 2025 semester. Hailing from India, Professor Thomas is a sociologist, social anthropologist, and author with expertise in science and technology studies (STS) and the anthropology of religion. He has conducted extensive ethnographic fieldwork in scientific … Continue reading Taki Global Visiting Professor: An Interview with Renny Thomas

My Gallatin Story: An Interview with Libby Bass, Gallatin Global Fashion Program Alumni

April 25, 2024Tiffany Golding

By Daniela Aizencang Libby Bass is senior (class of 2024) at NYU Gallatin with a concentration: Fashion in One’s Identity: The Intersection Between Business, Theater, and Fashion. As part of her fall 2022 semester at NYU London she enrolled in the Gallatin Global Fashion Program which covers topics such as the historical evolution of standards … Continue reading My Gallatin Story: An Interview with Libby Bass, Gallatin Global Fashion Program Alumni

An Interview with NYU Gallatin Student Arieana Pirbkash

November 27, 2023Tiffany Golding

By Namirah Zihniah Arieana Pirbaksh is a senior at NYU Gallatin concentrating on post-colonial studies within the Caribbean diaspora. She is also an MPH candidate, pursuing the 4+1 BA/MPH program in Public Health Policy & Management. As a part of her Summer Travel Course with Gallatin Global Programs, she visited Dublin, Ireland, for The Black … Continue reading An Interview with NYU Gallatin Student Arieana Pirbkash

My Gallatin Story: An Interview with 2023 Global Human Rights Fellow Santana Kavanaugh

November 27, 2023Tiffany Golding

By Daniela Aizencang Santana Kavanaugh is a junior at NYU studying for a dual degree: a B. A from Gallatin in Critical Race Theory, Human Rights and Minority Studies, and a Masters in Public Administration from the Wagner School of Public Service. As part of the 2022-2023 cohort of the Gallatin Global Fellowship in Human … Continue reading My Gallatin Story: An Interview with 2023 Global Human Rights Fellow Santana Kavanaugh

Global Faculty in Residence: An Interview with Ibrahima Niang

November 26, 2023Tiffany Golding

Ibrahima (Ibou) Niang joined the NYU Gallatin community as the Gallatin Global Faculty in Residence for the Fall 2023 semester. Ibou is originally from Senegal and is a political scientist, writer, artist, musician, and poet. He was a 2018 Yale World Fellow and holds a Ph.D. in Political Science an MA in International Governance … Continue reading Global Faculty in Residence: An Interview with Ibrahima Niang

NYU Global Spotlight: Interview with NYU Florence Fashion Program Professors

December 9, 2022Conor Brady

By Noran Morsi Marco Semeghini is a marketing manager with significant experience in the industry of fashion, with a focus on menswear. After graduating with a Master’s in Business Administration at Bocconi University in Milan, he started his career in the retail sector, covering the role of buyer for La Rinascente, the leading Italian high-range … Continue reading NYU Global Spotlight: Interview with NYU Florence Fashion Program Professors

NYU GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT: AN INTERVIEW WITH Anna Kazumi Stahl, BUENOS AIRES

May 17, 2022Aricel Brion

Anna Kazumi Stahl is a fiction writer and holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Berkeley. Stahl became Interim Site Director of NYU Buenos Aires in 2013, earning the Site Director title in May 2014. Prof. Stahl continues to teach Creative Writing at NYUBA and was the inaugural faculty mentor for … Continue reading NYU GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT: AN INTERVIEW WITH Anna Kazumi Stahl, BUENOS AIRES

GLOBAL FACULTY IN RESIDENCE: AN INTERVIEW WITH RABIE BARAKAT

May 17, 2022Aricel Brion

Rabie Barakat joined our community as the Gallatin Global Faculty in Residence for the Spring ‘22 semester. Rabie Barakat’s expertise primarily relates to media and politics in the Arab world. He received his PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 2016. His research addressed al-Jazeera’s coverage of the 2011 Arab uprisings and the network’s contribution … Continue reading GLOBAL FACULTY IN RESIDENCE: AN INTERVIEW WITH RABIE BARAKAT

Interview with Spring 2022 NYU Prague Student Raadiya Shardow

May 17, 2022Conor Brady

Raadiya Shardow is a junior at Gallatin studying public policy, economics, and social impact, with a Minor in Arabic. As the co-Leader for the First-Generation/Low-Income Partnership at NYU, she’s passionate about educational equity and building a community that centers belonging and advocates for equity and accessibility. She serves as a mentor for first-year Gallatin students … Continue reading Interview with Spring 2022 NYU Prague Student Raadiya Shardow

Interview with Gallatin Global Human Rights Fellow, Graciela Blandon

December 6, 2021Aricel Brion

Graciela Blandon is a Gallatin student pursuing a concentration entitled “Cultural Development and Class Struggle.” Graciela was one of twelve NYU students awarded the Gallatin Global Fellowship in Human Rights for the 2020-21 academic year. In summer 2021, Graciela interned with the Association for Human Rights of Andalusia (APDHA) in Cadiz, Spain, an organization whose … Continue reading Interview with Gallatin Global Human Rights Fellow, Graciela Blandon