# Gallatin School of Individualized Study

**Source**: https://bulletins.nyu.edu/graduate/individualized-study/
**Parent**: https://bulletins.nyu.edu/

[Gallatin School website](https://gallatin.nyu.edu/)

On This Page

- [A History](#text)
- [Mission](#text)

## A History

The School is named after one of the founders of NYU, Albert Gallatin, who served as secretary of the treasury under Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Gallatin held the iconoclastic view that a university should not be an elitist institution to train ministers and the sons of the aristocracy, as was the common purpose of colleges of the day. He believed New York City needed a college that would serve a varied urban population and the children of immigrants and artisans. It was to be a school that would “elevate the standard of learning and . . . render knowledge more accessible to the community at large.” In 1831, Gallatin’s dream was realized, and New York University was founded.

Just as in the 19th century, the late 20th century called for new innovations in higher education. Many people felt that traditional undergraduate programs were creating students who were passive consumers of knowledge. In 1972, NYU responded by founding an experimental program called the University Without Walls (UWW). The UWW experiment—renamed the Gallatin Division in 1976—encouraged students to create their own individualized studies, work closely with faculty, initiate unique projects and experiment with different areas of knowledge across the disciplines and professions.

Over the next three decades, this experiment developed into a finely tuned educational approach that has acquired a national reputation for its unique combination of flexibility and high standards. The Gallatin School of Individualized Study gained official school status at NYU in 1995 and has graduated more than 9,800 students with bachelor’s and master’s degrees. The Gallatin School boasts an excellent core faculty of committed teacher-advisers, as well as a distinguished group of faculty advisers from all over NYU and artists and scholars from around New York City.

## Mission

The Gallatin School of Individualized Study provides a distinctive liberal arts education for a diverse student body. Our faculty foster passionate intellectual commitments from learners and prepare them for a world in which managing knowledge is key to success. Guided by the philosophy that self-directed learning is the key goal, the faculty seek to cultivate an environment conducive to intellectual exploration across traditional academic disciplines, and they insist on active student engagement in developing the direction of their own education. Our highly specialized and deeply engaged advisers guide students in their intellectual explorations toward an interdisciplinary approach to problem solving.

## **Programs**

- [Individualized Study (MA)](https://bulletins.nyu.edu/graduate/individualized-study/programs/individualized-study-ma/)

## Faculty

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## A

**Ashley Ngozi Agbasoga**\
 *Assistant Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

**Peder J Anker**\
 *Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Academic)

**Sinan Antoon**\
 *Associate Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Academic)

## B

**Minju Bae**\
 *Assistant Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

**Gianpaolo Baiocchi**\
 *Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Academic)

**David Ian Brooks**\
 *Clinical Assistant Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)

**Ernest A Bryant**\
 *Clinical Assistant Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)

## C

**Dilara Caliskan**\
 *Assistant Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

**Shira Sue Carmi**\
 *Visiting Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\

**Paula U Chakravartty**\
 *Associate Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Academic)

**Ngina Chiteji**\
 *Associate Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Academic)

**Kwami Coleman**\
 *Associate Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Academic)

**Sybil Cooksey**\
 *Clinical Assistant Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Academic)

**Marie Cruz Soto**\
 *Clinical Associate Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Academic)

## D

**Kimberly A Dacosta**\
 *Associate Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Academic)

**Subah Dayal**\
 *Assistant Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

**Nicholas Sheridan Devlin**\
 *Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.)

**Anne Dewitt**\
 *Clinical Associate Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Academic)

**Stephen R Duncombe**\
 *Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Academic)

## E

**Gregory T Erickson**\
 *Clinical Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Academic)

## F

**Emil Henrik Flato**\
 *Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Master of Arts (M.A.)

**Valerie Forman**\
 *Associate Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Academic)

**Hallie M Franks**\
 *Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Academic)

**Rosalind C Fredericks**\
 *Associate Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Academic)

## G

**Andrea L Gadberry**\
 *Associate Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Academic)

**Romina Garcia**\
 *Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

**Hannah R Gurman**\
 *Clinical Associate Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Academic)

## H

**Ethan R Harkness**\
 *Associate Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Academic)

**Louise Harpman**\
 *Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Master of Architecture (M.Arch.)

**Karen G Holmberg**\
 *Clinical Assistant Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

**Karen A Hornick**\
 *Clinical Associate Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

**Kristin D. Horton**\
 *Clinical Associate Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)

**Meghan Howard Masang**\
 *Assistant Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

## J

**May Jeong**\
 *Visiting Assistant Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\

**Mitchell W Joachim**\
 *Clinical Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Academic)

**Shatima Jones**\
 *Clinical Assistant Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

## K

**Nina Katchadourian**\
 *Clinical Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)

**Rosanne T Kennedy**\
 *Clinical Assistant Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Academic)

**Patricia Eunji Kim**\
 *Assistant Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

**Eugenia Carol Kisin**\
 *Associate Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Academic)

## L

**Jonathan Lambert**\
 *Visiting Assistant Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

**Ritty Lukose**\
 *Associate Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Academic)

**Ferris Anthony Lupino**\
 *Assistant Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

## M

**Julie M Malnig**\
 *Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Academic)

**Patrick Gerard McCreery**\
 *Clinical Assistant Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Academic)

**Eve Meltzer**\
 *Associate Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Academic)

**Ali Mirsepassi**\
 *Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Academic)

**Sara E Murphy**\
 *Clinical Associate Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

## N

**Vasuki Nesiah**\
 *Clinical Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Professional)

## P

**Millery Polyne**\
 *Associate Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Academic)

**Todd Porterfield**\
 *Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Academic)

**Myisha T Priest**\
 *Associate Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Academic)

## R

**Ben Ratliff**\
 *Clinical Associate Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

**Jacob Aaron Carliner Remes**\
 *Clinical Associate Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

**Andrew J Romig**\
 *Associate Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Academic)

**Sophia Roosth**\
 *Associate Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

**Victoria Rosner**\
 *Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

## S

**Rohan Niraj Shah**\
 *Assistant Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

**Laura Slatkin**\
 *Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Academic)

**David Benjamin Spielman**\
 *Assistant Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

**Matthew G Stanley**\
 *Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Academic)

## T

**Olga Tchepikova-Treon**\
 *Visiting Assistant Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

**Renny Thomas**\
 *Global Visiting Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

**Lucy Thurber**\
 *Clinical Assistant Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

## V

**Delio Vasquez**\
 *Assistant Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

**Alejandro Velasco**\
 *Associate Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

**Eugene Vydrin**\
 *Clinical Assistant Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Academic)

## W

**Jerome Whitington**\
 *Clinical Assistant Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

**Susanne Wofford**\
 *Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctorate (Academic)

## Y

**Duncan McEachern Yoon**\
 *Associate Professor*\
 Gallatin School of Individualized Study\
 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)