Comparative Ethnic Studies
Administrative Information
Program Director: Prof. Frances Negrón-Muntaner, 422 Hamilton; 854-0507; fn2103@columbia.edu
Assistant Director: Leon James Bynum, 424 Hamilton; 854-0510; ljb39@columbia.edu
Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race: 423 Hamilton; 854-0507
Committee on Comparative Ethnic Studies
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Nicholas de Genova Anthropology Steven Gregory Anthropology; African American Studies Farah J. Griffin English and Comparative Literature; African-American Studies Evan Haefeli History Wen Jin English and Comparative Literature Claudio Lomnitz Anthropology; Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race Manning Marable History; African-American Studies |
Mae Ngai History Frances Negrón-Muntaner English and Comparative Literature; Latino Studies Ana Maria Ochoa Music Elizabeth Povinelli Anthropology; Institute for Research on Women and Gender Bruce Robbins English and Comparative Literature Audra Simpson Anthropology |
The major and concentration in comparative ethnic studies is offered through the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race. The main questions addressed by students are include: how are race and ethnicity formed, and how do conceptualizations of race and ethnicity evolve and change over time and place? Students analyze and criticize both historical and contemporary approaches to this question and do so in national and international contexts.