Faculty

Chris Verene Guggenheim Fellow in Photography 2021-2022 Chris Verene earned his M.F.A. in Photography from Georgia State University in 1996.  Prior to coming to CSI, Verene directed the photography progr Read more..

Thomas Volscho Thomas Volscho came to CSI after completing his Ph.D. at the University of Connecticut in 2009. His scholarship focuses on elite deviance, class inequality, and racism. In 2012 along with political sc Read more..

Jennifer Wagner Dr. Wagner’s research uses eye-tracking and neural measures to examine early infant and child development across several areas, including social and emotional processing, learning and memory, and nume Read more..

Mark D. White In 2013, Professor White became the founding chair of the Department of Philosophy after it split from the Department of Political Science, Economics, and Philosophy (of which he had been a member sin Read more..

Maurya Wickstrom Dr. Wickstrom (MFA, Ph.D.) is Professor in the Theater and Performance Program at the Graduate Center/CUNY as well as at the College of Staten Island, where she is the Coordinator of the Drama Program Read more..

Siona Wilson Professor Siona Wilson is the coordinator of the art history program at the College of Staten Island. She is also on the faculty at the Graduate Center, CUNY. A background in studio art has always inf Read more..

John Wing Dr. Wing specializes in environmental history and the history of early modern Spain (circa 1500-1800). He teaches courses on Spain and its empire, Early Modern Europe, the Atlantic World, and Environm Read more..

Cindy Hing-Yuk Wong Cindy Wong has worked on domestic and global issues within an interdisciplinary framework that draws on communications, media studies, anthropology, cultural studies, and documentary production.  Read more..

Ming Xia Ming Xia is a Professor of Political Science at the Department of Political Science and Global Affairs, the College of Staten Island, the City University of New York and a doctoral faculty member Read more..

Bilge Yesil Bilge Yesil is a Professor of Media Culture at the College of Staten Island and an affiliate faculty member in Middle Eastern Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center. She received her PhD from New York Un Read more..