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| Mike Wallace, Chair of Advisory Board
Mike Wallace, co-author of the Pulitzer-Prize winning Gotham:
A History of New York City to 1898, is Distinguished Professor of History
at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (City University of New York). His most
recent book - A New Deal for
New York - examines the future of post September 11 Gotham in the light
of its past.
Wallace was born and raised in New York City and its environs.
He got his undergraduate and graduate degrees at Columbia University, studying
with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Richard Hofstadter, with whom he collaborated
on a history of American Violence published by Knopf in 1970. Wallace
has taught history to police officers and others at John Jay since 1971. His courses
include the History of New York City, and the History of Crime in New York City.
He has published a series of essays that explore the ways history is used
and abused in American popular culture, including pieces on Disney World, Colonial
Williamsburg, the Enola Gay controversy at the Smithsonian, and historic preservation;
these have been collected in Mickey
Mouse History and Other Essays on American Memory (1997). He helped found
and for thirty years helped publish and edit the Radical History Review (now affiliated
with Duke University Press). Wallace has worked with museums, video and
filmmakers, radio producers, and novelists to make the best new scholarship accessible
to non specialists. He served as a senior historical consultant and "talking head"
for Ric Burns' PBS Special, New York: A Documentary Film, and has advised
many local museums, notably the New York Historical Society and the Museum of
the City of new York. He has lectured on historical issues in many parts of the
country and around the world. Wallace is now working on the second volume
of Gotham: A History of New York City. The forthcoming book, which he is
writing on his own, will cover the history of New York City from 1898 through
the Second World War. He is married to Carmen
Boullosa, one of Mexico's most acclaimed novelists, poets and playwrights,
and currently Distinguished Lecturer at City College, CUNY.
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Suzanne Wasserman, Director
Suzanne Wasserman is an historian and award-winning filmmaker. She has a Ph.D. in American History from New York University. Wasserman lectures, writes and consults about New York City history, especially the history of the Lower East Side. She has published widely on topics such as the Great Depression, Jewish nostalgia, housing, restaurant culture, tourism, pushcart peddling, the Jewish silent screen actress Theda Bara, 19th century saloons, and 21st century street fairs. She was an historical consultant on Ron Howard’s, Cinderella Man. She is the co-author of Life on the Lower East Side, 1937-1950: the Photographs of Rebecca Lepkoff (Princeton Architectural Press).
Her 2003 award-winning film, Thunder in Guyana, is about her cousin, Janet Jagan, who became President of Guyana in South America. The film aired nationally on PBS as part of the Independent Lens series in February, 2005. The film won Best Documentary at the Boston Jewish Film Festival and a Cine Golden Eagle in 2004. She has received grants from the director John Sayles, New York State Council on the Arts, NY Women in Film and Television, and others. The film is distributed by Women Make Movies. Her second film, a short documentary, titled Brooklyn among the Ruins premiered at the Coney Island Film Festival in 2005 and was broadcast on PBS/WNET’s series REEL New York in 2006. | |
| Julie Maurer, Education
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David J. Gary, Graduate Assistant
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Phil Acosta and Jonathan Hooper, Web Developers
Phil and Jonathan are Tinyboxer productions, the firm that's responsible for the design, functionality, databases, and discussion boards on this site. Tinyboxer specializes in building internet-based solutions for non-profit organizations. |
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