Cheryl Sharman (M.A. 2007) is an urban sociologist and ethnographer. She is the co-author with Russell Leigh Sharman, of the award-winning book, Nightshift NYC (University of California Press 2008).

Assistant Professor Norma Fuentes-Mayorga publishes on race and service work in gentrifying New York neighborhoods

Assistant Professor Norma Fuentes-Mayorga article, “Sorting Black and Brown Latino Service Workers in Gentrifying New York Neighborhoods” was published in Latino Studies, Vol. 9, #1, Spring 2011. She was also an invited special guest lecturer at the Universita’di Genova, Centro Studi Medi, to speak about her latest research on the children of immigrants: “Immigrant Mothers and Siblings as Proximal Others: The New Aspirations and School Mobility of Daughters.” Professor Fuentes-Mayorga recently helped organize a conference on “The Dream Act” with support from Fordham University’s Feerick Center for Social Justice and the Center for International Policies Studies (CIPS).