Center News

Janet Gornick, the director of the Stone Center, was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an honorary society and independent research center that seeks to advance the common good.

Tina Law and Manuel Schechtl are starting new tenure-track positions this summer after completing their two-year terms at the Graduate Center.

Janet Gornick, Sarah K. Bruch of the University of Delaware, and Graduate Center Sociology Ph.D. student Joseph van der Naald, have begun work on a sponsored project funded by Social Security Administration (SSA) through a newly created national research center.

Zhexun Mo and Severin Rapp will join the Stone Center for two-year appointments as postdoctoral scholars in September 2024.

Gonçalo Pessa Costa, a doctoral candidate in economics, will continue and expand upon his research on ways to improve the enforcement of labor laws.

Meredith Slopen, a Stone Center postdoctoral scholar, recently testified in Albany about why New York State should expand its paid family leave policy. Her research focuses on ways that workplace polices can reduce inequality throughout the life course.

The Stone Center has selected seven Ph.D. students as Junior Scholars for the 2023–2024 academic year. Each student will receive $5,000 in funding to help support their research on topics related to socio-economic inequality.

The Stone Center's third cohort of postdoctoral scholars started new positions this fall: Ignacio Flores as the new data architecture expert at The GC Wealth Project, and Rafia Zafar as an assistant professor of economics in the Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at City College, CUNY.

Janet Gornick, the director of the Stone Center and a professor of Political Science and Sociology at the Graduate Center, CUNY, was awarded an honorary doctoral degree by Stockholm University in Sweden in recognition for her research on socio-economy inequality.

Class of 2023 alumni who worked closely with Stone Center Senior Scholars are starting postdoctoral fellowships and tenure-track positions where they will continue their work on socio-economic inequality.