Meet NYU Steinhardt's Newest Faculty Members
We are delighted to welcome 25 new faculty members to Steinhardt. Their scholarship is interdisciplinary, creative, and central to our mission to prepare leaders whose work is at the intersection of learning, development, creativity, and well-being. NYU and Steinhardt are committed to building a culturally diverse educational environment and to creating a campus climate that enhances and supports scholarship and practice for work with people of all backgrounds.
New Faculty for the 2011/2012 Academic Year
Howard Berliner - Visiting Professor of Public Health
Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health
Wayne Bowman - Visiting Professor of Music Education
Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions
danah boyd - Research Assistant Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication
Department of Media, Culture, and Communication
Saskias Casanova - Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow of Developmental Psychology
Department of Applied Psychology
Lily Hope Chumley - Assistant Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication
Department of Media, Culture, and Communication
Nancy Deihl - Master Teacher of Costume Studies
Department of Art and Art Professions
Myrrh Domingo - Visiting Assistant Professor of English Education and Literacy Education
Department of Teaching and Learning
Michael Dumas - Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership
Department of Administration Leadership and Technology
Paul Geluso - Master Teacher of Music Technology
Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions
Eduardus Halim - Sascha Gorodnitzki Professor in Piano Studies
Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions
Robin Harvey - Master Teacher of Multilingual/Multicultural Studies
Department of Teaching and Learning
Maria Hodermarska - Master Teacher of Drama Therapy
Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions
Matthew Hoffman - Visiting Assistant Professor of Food Studies
Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health
Bethamie Horowitz – Research Assistant Professor of Education and Jewish Studies
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Shabnam Javdani - Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology
Department of Applied Psychology
Okhee Lee - Professor of Childhood Education
Department of Teaching and Learning
Joel Middleton - Visiting Assistant Professor of Applied Statistics
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Danielle Ompad - Research Associate Professor of Public Health
Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health
Mary Platek - Assistant Professor of Clinical Nutrition
Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health
Laura Portwood-Stacer - Visiting Assistant Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication
Department of Media, Culture, and Communication
Lindsey Sasaki - Visiting Instructor of International Education
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
John Simpkins - Master Teacher of Music Theatre
Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions
Winston C. Thompson - Visiting Assitant Professor of Philosophy of Education
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Meryle Weinstein - Research Assistant Professor of Education Policy
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Kathleen Woolf - Assistant Professor of Clinical Nutrition
Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health



















