Drew returns to New York after spending the last three years as the Director of Student Life at Princeton University's Rockefeller College. His career as a student affairs professional includes positions at the University of Pennsylvania, Friends Seminary, and Fordham University's Lincoln Center campus where he also earned his MSEd in counseling.

When Drew is not at work you can find him on a tennis court, a soccer field, writing or performing (he came to NYC from Philly with his Actors Equity card in hand in 1996).

James Airozo currently serves as the CUNY Director of Student Academic Awards and Honors. In that position he works closely with the CUNY colleges and programs to enhance and expand nationally competitive scholarship outreach and support activities. An employee of the Office of Academic Affairs, he is currently resident at Macaulay Honors College where he works closely with Macaulay staff, particularly fellowship advisor, Mike Lamb in support of national scholarship candidates. He also engages in special projects, such as an upcoming CUNY wide Honors Conference, under the supervision of University Dean Ann Kirschner and various projects for the Office of Academic Affairs.

Prior to assuming the CUNY Director position, he was The Director of the Honors College at Polytechnic University after having worked, for thirteen years, as Associate Director of the Honors Program at the University of Maryland, College Park. As Associate Director, he was closely involved in national scholarship efforts serving as the campus representative for the Rhodes Scholarship and the Mellon Fellowship. He was a member of the campus Goldwater selection committee and the campus wide National Scholarships Advisory committee. At Poly he assisted candidates for the Goldwater Scholarship and the Jack Kent Cook Graduate Fellowship. He has had extensive experience in assisting students with their applications in a wide range of national scholarships and has participated in numerous mock interviews.

Dr. Airozo holds a Ph.D. in Spanish literature from the University of Michigan and has many years of experience teaching Spanish language and literature courses and serving as a Study Abroad Resident Director.

Chris earned his B.S. in Telecommunications at Saint John's University in 2003. His professional career has led him to obtain positions at Baruch, The Graduate Center, and Computing and Information Services at CUNY's University Offices. His proficiency in technology includes: computer repair, server support, and network administration. He holds certificates in Fundamentals of Supervision, Performance Management, Managerial Leadership, and ITIL Foundations, Operation Support and Analysis.

Currently, Chris is a student in the Executive Masters in Public Administration Program at Baruch College.

Olga Barskaya is Macaulay's Coordinator of Special Events. She is an alumna of Macaulay Honors College and holds a B.A. in Finance and Investments from Baruch College. Her studies and community service have taken her from Zhitomer, Ukraine, her birthplace, to communities in South Africa, Argentina, Israel, China, Brooklyn and New Orleans. In 2010 she received the Financial Women's Association's Student Achievement Award and the Chancellor's Award for Leadership and Community Service in 2009.

In her spare time, Olga coordinates the Sunday School Program for the Kings Bay Y in Brooklyn, leads youth groups on trips to Israel and is a member of Limmud FSU, an educational organization for Russian-speaking Jews, and Limmud International.

Brianne comes to Macaulay Honors College, most recently, from the Alumni Relations and Development team at Hunter College. Before that, she worked in Donor Relations in the advancement office at Georgetown Law in Washington, DC.

Brianne is currently pursuing an MSEd in Higher Education Administration at Baruch College. She earned her BA in Media Studies at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC.

Graceann Dorse is a native of Scranton, PA, where she grew up dancing and riding horses. And yes, she loves "The Office." After graduating from New York University, she stayed in the city where she now enjoys choreographing, designing costumes, playing with improv comedy, and producing film and video projects for Christopher Webb Films.

She is a cheese aficionado; and is fascinated by robots, both old-timey and contemporary.

Prior to joining the Macaulay team, Veronica Feliciano served in various student service areas at Brooklyn College, including Financial Aid, and as Academic Advisor in the Dean of Undergraduate Studies Office and the Center for Academic Advisement and Student Success. As the Associate Director of Scholarships and Grants at Macaulay, she oversees all aspects of the University Scholarship, including tuition and the Opportunities Fund. She also assists students with the financial aid process and manages internal scholarships.

Veronica is most inspired at Macaulay by the ambition of the students. She enjoys working to assist students in realizing their dreams of studying or volunteering abroad.

A true animal lover, Veronica lives in Brooklyn with her lovable pit-bull and leopard Gecko.

Carolyn comes to Macaulay Honors College with almost 20 years of higher education experience in human resources and finance and administration. She received her BA in Economics from SUNY Binghamton, an MBA from Pace University, and completed the MDP program at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education. She is also a certified bungee jumper.

Luke Heywood, Admissions Counselor for Macaulay Honors College, hails from Guyana (South America/Caribbean) and came to the U.S in January 2004 to pursue his undergraduate studies. He received his BA in Psychology from Brooklyn College, graduating from the Scholars Program in 2007 with honors. Prior to joining the Macaulay team, Luke served for three years within CUNY as a college assistant in the admissions office of Brooklyn College, where he gained valuable experience in the area of admissions services and enrollment.

Luke has an interest in International Law, takes pride in being a young entrepreneur in internet-based business, is a musician at his church, collects interesting and motivating quotations, and loves playing volleyball competitively. One of Luke's favorite quotes is by Orison Swett Marden, American author and founder of Success Magazine, who stated that "success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds."

Ann Kirschner is the University Dean of Macaulay Honors College of The City University of New York. She began her career as a lecturer in Victorian literature at Princeton University, where she earned a PhD in English. Her career as an entrepreneur in media and technology included the creation of satellite and internet businesses for the National Football League and Columbia University's online education company, Fathom. A frequent contributor to conferences and publications, Ann Kirschner was named one of New York Magazine's "Millennium New Yorkers" and honored as a distinguished graduate of Princeton University and the State University of New York at Buffalo. She serves on the Board of Directors of Apollo, Public Agenda, the Jefferson Scholars Foundation Advisory Council at University of Virginia, the Princeton University Graduate School Leadership Council, and the Princeton University English Department Advisory Council.

Ann Kirschner is the author of Sala's Gift (Simon and Schuster/Free Press, 2006), the story of her mother's wartime rescue of letters from Nazi labor camps, published also in German, Polish, Italian, French, and Chinese editions. The original letters are in the permanent collection of the New York Public Library, and are the subject of a traveling exhibit in the United States and Europe, a theatrical play by Arlene Hutton, and a documentary film by Murray Nossel. Her next book Tombstone to Hollywood: The Adventures of Mrs. Wyatt Earp, will be published by Harper Collins.

She lives in New York City with her husband, Dr. Harold Weinberg, and is the mother of Elisabeth, Caroline, and Peter.

Dr. Mike Lamb works closely with Kenan Leadership Scholars, Horace W. Goldsmith Scholars and Lisa Goldberg/Revson Scholars.  He develops programming to encourage critical thinking, intellectual camaraderie and the development of cultural capital--ideally in festive settings.

Dr. Lamb has presented his research on the fabricated landscape to audiences ranging from geographers to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police--in such far-flung locales as Rome, Izmir, and Columbia, South Carolina. He has published articles in Cartographica, Urban Affairs Review, Arcade, Nonprofit Quarterly, and other journals.

In Fall 2010 Mike taught  "Delirious Space: Geography, Literature and Becoming," a look at Anglo-American literature through the eyes of French philosopher Gilles Deleuze.  

In Fall 2011 he taught "Thoreau's WALDEN: Nature and Disobedience," which included an overnight to Concord, Massachusetts.

Mike lives in Manhattan with his lovely wife Lulu, their little boy Oscar Abraham, and five rescued cats.

Jose Moreno joined Macaulay Honors College at CUNY as Support Technician in February 2008. Jose is from Mexico City, Mexico where he obtained his B.S in Electronics Engineering at National Polytechnic Institute (Instituto Politécnico Nacional, IPN). Prior to CUNY, he worked for five years as Systems Administrator of ETON School where he acquired broad experience managing and implementing networks.

Jose holds Microsoft and CompTia certifications. Jose has a profound interest securing networks. He believes that everything is possible as long as you never give up. He also thinks that family is most important, and he enjoys spending time with them.

Lee Quinby is a Distinguished Lecturer at the Macaulay Honors College of the City University of New York City. She specializes in the study of apocalyptic and millennial belief in American society.

Personal Statement

I love teaching topics that intrigue us, captivate our imagination, and challenge our assumptions about what we know and how we know it. My courses on "Imagining the End of the World" and "Sexuality and American Culture" strive to engage students to think about these issues from an historical perspective, analyze it through psychological and sociological studies, and reflect on how popular culture shapes our views about them.

My yearlong Honors Thesis Colloquium provides students with an opportunity for in-depth research and analysis of a topic that stirs their curiosity and motivates a desire to share what they have learned about it with others. As a class, we meet to brainstorm about topics, focus and refine ideas, and offer advice on research, revision, and reorganization.

I have always found that my teaching and scholarship go hand in hand. Class discussions inevitably sharpen my own understanding of these complex and ever-changing subjects of study. Teaching also expands my own interests. Over the past year, thanks to the Macaulay Student Research Program, I was able to embark on a whole new area of attention and creativity by making a documentary film.

Selected Publications

Author: Millennial Seduction (1999), Anti-Apocalypse (1994), and Freedom, Foucault, and the Subject of America (1991).

Editor/Co-editor: Reel Revelations: Apocalypse and Film (2010), Gender and Apocalyptic Desire (2006), Genealogy and Literature (1995), Feminism and Foucault (1988), and Women's Studies Quarterly special issue on "Women Confronting the New Technologies" (2001).

Film: “Facing the Waves,” Directed by Lee Quinby, Edited by Daniel Cowen, Hunter at Macaulay, ’10. Screened at Mountainfilm Festival in Telluride, CO, 2010.

Joseph Ugoretz, Associate Dean of Teaching, Learning, and Technology, earned his masters degree in the Teaching of English at Columbia University Teachers College, and his doctorate at the City University of New York Graduate Center. In addition to his work with Macaulay Honors College, he currently serves as a member of the Consortial Faculty for the CUNY Online Baccalaureate, and teaches in CUNY's graduate program in Interactive Technology and Pedagogy. Dr. Ugoretz blogs on the CUNY Academic Commons at Prestidigitation.

As a professor of English, Dr. Ugoretz has over a decade of experience incorporating educational technology into his literature and composition classes. He has also been responsible for mentoring fellow faculty members across disciplines. He was a campus coordinator for the Visible Knowledge Project, a five-year project aimed at improving the quality of college and university teaching through a focus on both student learning and faculty development in technology-enhanced environments. Some of his collaborative work from that project is documented in the online gallery "Looking at Learning, Looking Together."

Aside from educational technology, Dr. Ugoretz' research interests include Urban Legends and Internet Lore, Science Fiction, and Oral Performance Art (the subject of his fieldwork with pitchmen at county fairs and carnivals, and of his essay, "Quacks, Yokels, and Light-Fingered Folk: Oral Performance Art at the Fair" in the 2006 collection Americana: Readings in American Popular Culture).