Department Chair: Kimberley Johnson
Director of Graduate Studies: Cristina Beltrán
Director of Undergraduate Studies: Caitlin Zaloom
Associate Chair & Director of Programs: Sukhdev Sandhu
For questions about the undergraduate curriculum, classes, advising, declaring a major, requirements, please email sca@nyu.edu.
Administrative Aide II -- Graduate Programs
rosa.baez@nyu.edu
Rosa Báez is a Caribbean Archivist. Their research centers Music as a Medium for Activism, Healing, and Storytelling in the Afro-Latinx Diaspora. When not researching they freelance as an audio/video editor and cruise around the city collecting Citibike Angel Points.
Contact Rosa for anything related to Graduate Programs.
Department Manager
Colleen, Department Manager, is a big fan of happiness and joy. She enjoys helping out the SCA students, faculty and staff navigate processes and procedures so everyone can move on with their lives.
See Colleen about any questions or issues you may have and if she can't help you she will find someone who can.
Administrative Aide II – Events & Operations
Before joining NYU’s Social & Cultural Analysis Department, Madeline managed fundraising efforts at Dancing Classrooms (a dance education non-profit organization). Prior to her time at Dancing Classrooms, Madeline organized strategic partnerships and created a volunteer program for the New York City Department of Records and Information Services. Madeline has also worked in several cultural institutions, in both administrative and curatorial capacities. She is passionate about access to education, particularly in the arts.
Contact Madeline with any questions about events at SCA.
Assistant Director, Internships & Curricular Integration
betts.brown@nyu.edu
Betts Brown has worked in the Department of Social & Cultural Analysis since its inception and, prior to that, in the Program in Metropolitan Studies. She advises new majors, connects them to faculty advisors, and answers questions regarding the programs. She is continually impressed by the energy, inquisitiveness, and idealism of SCA majors and is passionate about her work with them. As the director of the undergraduate internship program, she guides students committed to community engagement and develops partnerships with nonprofit and government agencies. Betts also plans curriculum for the department. When not at NYU, Betts works obsessively in a Brooklyn ceramics studio mostly on handbuilt porcelain pieces.
Contact Betts to declare a major, for undergraduate or faculty advising, the SCA Internship Program, transfer course acceptance, or curriculum planning.
Administrative Aide
mc2828@nyu.edu
Correia has worked at the Department of Social & Cultural Analysis since 2006. She is a butch lesbian and notary public.
Contact to make appointments with the Chair.
Administrative Aide II – Undergraduate Programs
gm2857@nyu.edu
Genesis joined SCA as the Administrative Aide ll for Undergraduate Programs. Before joining the team, she worked closely with students and faculty at NYU’s Client Services Center where she assisted students and faculty with all maintenance and operational related services throughout academic buildings, as well as student and faculty housing. She is an immediate point of contact for anyone requesting assistance or inquiring further information on programs and resources that SCA has to offer for undergraduate students.
Contact Genesis for any questions regarding undergraduate programs or stop by the front desk to say Hi.
