Alumni Profiles
Lakshman Kalasapudi:  South Asian Studies / Urban Planning
Lakshman Kalasapudi: South Asian Studies / Urban Planning

“CUNY BA makes interdisciplinarity, a raging trend in the upper echelons of academia, easily accessible to undergraduates.”

Cheryl Mazzeo:  Molecular Biology
Cheryl Mazzeo: Molecular Biology

Cheryl Mazzeo hopes to study the relationship between signal transduction, tumor growth and other cellular processes when she enters Einstein as a Ph.D. student in the Biomedical Sciences program in fall 2012, where she has been awarded a substantial scholarship package.

Anastasiya Panas:  Eastern European Studies / International Studies
Anastasiya Panas: Eastern European Studies / International Studies

“I plan to use the knowledge I gain in the classroom to understand the complex situation that has formed in Eastern Europe since the collapse of the Soviet Union, and to help search for solutions.”

Robert Riggs:  Urban Anthropology and Mass Incarceration
Robert Riggs: Urban Anthropology and Mass Incarceration

Robert Riggs and his mentor, Prof. Curtis, Anthropology, John Jay have co-authored several journal articles and technical reports. Riggs has been accepted as a McCracken Fellow at NYU for the Ph.D. in Sociology.

John Sullivan:  Real Estate and Public Policy
John Sullivan: Real Estate and Public Policy

“It is my obligation to understand the sociological issues that impact and are affected by housing, namely, poverty, racism and segregation, classism and capitalism, chronic physical and mental illness, and ex-offender re-integration.”

Ray Tebout:  Transitional Counseling Psychology / Economic Empowerment
Ray Tebout: Transitional Counseling Psychology / Economic Empowerment

Ray Tebout has achieved his academic goals and has landed just the right job — Director of Counseling and Mentoring at the College Initiative.

Álvaro de Prat:  Ethics and Politics of a Plural World / Latin American History and Studies
Álvaro de Prat: Ethics and Politics of a Plural World / Latin American History and Studies

Prof. Irina Carlota Silver, Anthropology, CCNY, says, “In my years of experience, few students have matched Álvaro’s intellectual grounding, curiosity and scholarly potential.”

Ella Viola:  Zoology
Ella Viola: Zoology

“When Robert Frost talked about ‘two roads’ diverging in a yellow wood, he wasn’t kidding when he said the one less taken was ‘grassy and wanted wear.’ CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies has been a neon sign on my path, and I am too wise to ignore its glow.”

Alejandra Gonzalez Jimenez:  Latin American History and Cultural Anthropology
Alejandra Gonzalez Jimenez: Latin American History and Cultural Anthropology

As a returning adult to college, Alejandra deeply appreciated the way CUNY BA is structured as it allows students a large degree of independence while at the same time enabling them to work closely with faculty mentors.

Lendell Sims:  Studies in Society and Social Behavior
Lendell Sims: Studies in Society and Social Behavior

Lendell Sims has pursued a degree in Studies in Society and Social Behavior, with courses from Queens and York Colleges. He works full-time as the Operations Manager for TransCare-TCP, Inc., a company that provides paratransit services.