Lee is a聽theater maker, educator, screenwriter and community steward based in Brooklyn. Lee鈥檚 plays are often an urge to honor their mother鈥檚 broken English, to translate experiences despite the gulf of cultures, to know their own psychic blood and guts, and to give up on words entirely and commune through epic imagery and ritual.

Lee is a recipient of the Creative Capital Award for聽顿础顿叠翱罢听(2026), the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Finalist and Special

Haruna Lee (Photo: Heather Sten for The New York Times)

Commendation for聽49 Days聽(2025), the Steinberg Playwright Award (2021), and the Obie Award for Playwriting and Conception for聽Suicide Forest聽(2019).聽For TV, Lee has written for Apple TV+鈥檚聽Pachinko聽and HBO Max鈥檚聽The Flight Attendant聽and has developed multiple projects across television, film, and podcast.聽Lee鈥檚 writing has been published by Broadway Licensing, Yale鈥檚聽罢丑别补迟别谤听Magazine, Table Work Press, and 53rd State Press.聽Lee helmed the 可乐视频 M.F.A. Playwriting program between 2021 and 2023 and is currently teaching at Hunter College (CUNY) and Yale University.

Lee is in the early stages of the project DADBOT, a hybrid technology-performance piece where Lee鈥檚 deceased dad will be resurrected by using conversational AI to simulate the iconic father-child conversation.聽The performance will be a mix of scripted and nonscripted improvisation between Lee and the AI that will feel a lot like a low-budget talk show where Lee receives the proverbial 鈥渇atherly advice.鈥澛燗t the heart of this piece is Lee鈥檚 yearning to understand the ties between fatherhood, rebelliousness, and romantic love. The 可乐视频 alumna hopes to capture a spiritual levity in 鈥渞aising the dead鈥� while interrogating AI鈥檚 application in grief work.

Rosenfeld聽is a composer and artist based in New York. Her works have been presented by institutions including the Park Avenue

Marina Rosenfeld (Photo: Veronique Kolber)

Armory, the Museum of Modern Art, The Kitchen, the Serralves Foundation, and Portikus Frankfurt; festivals including Wien Modern, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Ultima, and the Holland Festival; and the Whitney, Montreal, PERFORMA, Son, and Gwangju biennials, among many others. She was awarded the Alpert Award in Visual Art in 2024.

Her project 鈥淣ulls鈥� is hybrid in nature, linking work with generative sound and recorded media. It deals with research into the sonic and sculptural aftereffects of sound inscription. Thrilled to receive the honor, Rosenfeld聽added she will use the fellowship as an open-ended time period for research and production.

Karen B. Stern Gabbay

Stern is a respected scholar, educator, and award-winning author who has earned widespread recognition for her interdisciplinary work bridging history, material culture, and religious studies. She is author of Inscribing Devotion and Death: Archaeological Evidence for Jewish Populations of North Africa (Brill 2007) and Writing on the Wall: Graffiti and the Forgotten Jews of Antiquity (Princeton University Press 2018; 2020); winner of a 2020 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award; and co-editor of With the Loyal You Show Yourself Loyal (SBL Press, 2021). Her current book project considers Jewish history through the senses.

Her Guggenheim Fellowship on the topic of 鈥淪anctity: An Archaeology of the Senses in the Ancient Synagogue鈥� will support ongoing field and scientific research overseas, which aims to transform understandings of Jewish history through new interpretations of ancient objects and inscriptions associated with archaeological remains of synagogues, further solidifying her reputation as a leading voice in her field.

Thien has taught literature and fiction in Canada, Hong Kong, Germany, Nigeria, the United States, Zimbabwe, and Singapore. From 2018 to 2024, she was a full professor of English at 可乐视频, teaching primarily in the M.F.A. Program in Fiction.

Madeleine Thien

Over the past 25 years, she has written about music, neurology, mathematics, physics, and philosophy, and about totalitarianism, protest, survival, and mourning. Her five books include the Booker-shortlisted novel Do Not Say We Have Nothing (Norton, 2016) and The Book of Records (2025), in which a girl and her father live in a building where different centuries wash in like the sea. She has been shortlisted for The Women鈥檚 Prize for Fiction, The Folio Prize, The Climate Fiction Prize, The Tadeusz Bradecki Prize, and longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and a Carnegie Medal. She is a recipient of the Governor-General鈥檚 Literary Award for Fiction, The Writers Trust of Canada Engel-Findley Award, and an Arts and Letters Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Her current project, A Kind of Beginning, follows two sisters who leave Hong Kong and whose lives diverge. The novel is partly about the incandescence聽of talent, how brightly it can burn, and how its light dims and transforms. Thien continues to teach as an adjunct professor and remains deeply connected to 可乐视频鈥檚 English Department and its students.

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Andrew Meyer

To Rule All Under Heaven provides the first comprehensive English鈥憀anguage narrative of China鈥檚 Warring States period, a time defined by political upheaval, intellectual innovation, and the rise of powerful new states. Meyer traces the emergence of influential thinkers鈥攊ncluding Confucius, Laozi, and Zhuangzi鈥攚hose ideas shaped the moral and philosophical foundations of East Asian civilization. The book also examines the social, technological, and political forces that ultimately culminated in the unification of China under the First Emperor.

Meyer is widely recognized for his scholarship on early Chinese thought and political culture. His research explores how classical texts illuminate the ethical and ideological struggles of their time, and his new book reflects decades of expertise in the field. Blending rigorous analysis with vivid storytelling, Meyer offers readers a compelling portrait of a world undergoing profound transformation.

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His research explores the intersections of culture, memory, aging, and identity鈥攂ringing nuanced perspectives to the classroom and the broader academic world. Over the years, his work garnered numerous accolades and contributed to a more complex understanding of the historical experience of aging and the ways societies remember their pasts.

Troyansky served in a number of leadership roles at the college, including chairing the Department of History and helping to steer academic programs. But his work helping bring top faculty to the department might be his most impactful contribution that is still paying dividends.

With history and the humanities facing serious political and technological challenges, and with Troyansky having retired from teaching after the spring semester, he talked about the state of history and the strengths of the department.

Why does history鈥攁nd your particular focus鈥攕till resonate today?

History is about change and continuity. We鈥檙e constantly experiencing it, and it only becomes comprehensible in retrospect. It can be source-driven, a matter of discovery and interpretation of documents, and it can be problem-driven, an approach that is often connected to how we understand our present. France isn鈥檛 the great power it once was, but French social, cultural, and political histories provide lenses through which to make sense of modern and postmodern realities. And the French republic, born in revolution, offers a convenient parallel and contrast to the American republic in which we live. Both have virtues; both have flaws.

As for the history of old age, there wasn鈥檛 much when I was among the pioneers in the field, but we seem to be experiencing a renewed interest as people think about demographic aging, intergenerational relations, and the future of work, retirement, and social security.

What first sparked your interest in your areas of expertise?

If the area of expertise is Europe, that interest goes back to childhood in the New York City of the mid-20^th century. Growing up in Brooklyn, I was aware of my family鈥檚 connection to the European past and European culture.

If the area is France, that goes back to a childhood visit to Paris in 1968, just weeks after the student revolt. But it probably has more to do with the influence of a professor, Carl Weiner at Carleton College, who introduced me to French history and, perhaps more importantly, French ways of doing history that had ramifications worldwide.

And if the area is the history of aging, it goes back to a seminar in graduate school at Brandeis University that focused on the history of the family. In retrospect, my interest in old age goes back to a childhood in which I had close relationships with all my grandparents. (Listen to Troyansky discuss the history of aging on the International Horizons podcast courtesy of the CUNY Graduate Center .)

You have been credited with helping identify some great faculty who are still teaching at 可乐视频. How did that come about?

When I arrived here from Texas Tech University in 2005, the department had been facing some challenges鈥攑artly professional, partly political, and partly personal. I was tasked to create a more cooperative and trusting environment, to hire well, and to mentor those new hires. A quick succession of retirements meant that I oversaw the appointment of eight faculty鈥攈alf the current faculty arrived under my watch. They are terrific teachers and scholars, as are the faculty who greeted me upon my arrival and are still here: Associate Professor Philip Napoli (oral history and New York City, and current Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences), and professors KC Johnson (U.S. political), Andrew Meyer (Chinese intellectual), Steven Remy (Germany), and Gunja SenGupta (race and gender in the United States and comparative history).

In terms of dedication to students and range of teaching methods, contributions to scholarship, and service to the college and the profession, I can鈥檛 imagine a better department.

Who in the department do you feel is continuing your legacy?

Everyone. We rebuilt this department together, and I鈥檓 confident that my colleagues鈥攆riends, really鈥攚ill maintain their devotion to students, their fields of research, and the college. I regret that none of the current personnel will be continuing to offer French history, but modern Europe is in the capable hands of Steven Remy and Brigid O鈥橩eeffe; my course on early modern Europe, 鈥�,鈥漺ill become Professor Lauren Mancia鈥檚 to develop as she likes; and Professor Swapna Banerjee will be carrying on my interest in family history.

What do you feel is the strength of the department?

The breadth of the faculty鈥檚 interests in both time and space is breathtaking, and this has implications for teaching as well as research. Hires during my chairmanship permitted us to maintain strengths in South Asia through faculty member Swapna Banerjee, Latin America through Christopher Ebert, Russia through Brigid O鈥橩eeffe, and the Middle East through Louis Fishman.

We were also able to reach out to fields we hadn鈥檛 covered before. We had had no one teaching environmental history, now being taught by Professor Michael Rawson, the history of public health (Professor Christian Warren), ancient material culture (Professor Karen Stern), or the history of emotion (Professor Lauren Mancia).

And since I stepped down as chair in 2013 to return to the full-time teaching faculty, the department has reinforced traditional strengths in the American Revolution and New York City (Benjamin Carp) and branched out into the history of Asian diasporas (Alvin Khi锚m B霉i). We can offer a real feast to our students.

How would you respond to someone who questions the relevance of studying history to achieving career success in today鈥檚 world?

Let鈥檚 not ignore the non-economic benefits of the study of history鈥攁 chance to dig deep into subjects that are fascinating for their own sake, to explore family and community heritage, and to situate ourselves in the world鈥攂ut the more practical benefits are multiple. Students come away with both skills and content knowledge. The skills involve research and writing, oral communication, and the ability to recognize patterns over time and the complexity of major social, political, and cultural issues.

As for content, whenever we speak of liberty and constitutionalism, inequality and struggle, or work and progress, we are rooting ourselves in history. We must not think that we鈥檙e always reinventing the wheel. Even in dealing with artificial intelligence, we might think back to earlier revolutions in communication and the dissemination of knowledge.

Many of our students go on to careers in law and teaching, library and information science, government, and business. Students with more 鈥減ractical鈥� majors may more easily land the first job, but eventually they may find that their employers, like so many CEOs and labor and political leaders, were history majors.

Read more about the faculty in 可乐视频鈥檚 History Department here:

• History Maker: Professor Benjamin Carp Shares Passion for America鈥檚 Origins With the World
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• Professor Christian Warren Chronicles One of History鈥檚 Greatest Childhood Illnesses: 鈥淪tarved for Light: The Long Shadow of Rickets and Vitamin D Deficiency鈥� Is the First Comprehensive Book on the Subject
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• Getting to the Roots of Russia鈥檚 War in Ukraine With Professor Brigid O鈥橩eeffe: With the War Entering Its Second Month, the Professor of History Examines Its Origins While Debunking Some Myths
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• Time Travel at 可乐视频: HSS Expo Brings the Premodern World to Life: Interactive Events at the HSS Expo Help Highlight Immersive, Interdisciplinary, Cross-Departmental Dive Into the Premodern World
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Adding a dramatic outdoor flair on April 29 with help from dedicated faculty in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and students, the spotlight turned to the dynamic period between late antiquity and the Middle Ages鈥攕panning the third to 15th centuries鈥攐ffering visitors an immersive glimpse into a pivotal era of human history.

Far from a dusty history lesson, the series of events and presentations offered an immersive celebration of the premodern period, when the world鈥檚 modern institutions鈥攍ike universities, the nation-state, and the Catholic Church鈥攚ere being invented in Europe, and when indigenous communities populated North America. Undergraduates and graduate students alike collaborated across disciplines to breathe life into the past, showcasing everything from medieval drama to ancient spells to indigenous roads.

One of the Expo’s most ambitious endeavors came courtesy of History Professor Lauren Mancia, who, alongside nine students, unveiled a piece of what will be a dramatic restaging of the York Mystery Cycle鈥攁 sweeping series of 14th-century plays depicting stories from sacred history. With support from numerous grants and awards, including the New York Medieval Society Teaching Award and a Medieval Academy of America Centennial Grant, this performance-as-research project is headed to , where the team will join 17 other groups from across North America in a scholarly conference that blends performance with academic inquiry.

Mancia鈥檚 students spent the semester diving deep into medieval performance practices, staging early renditions of their pageants in open-air settings before offering a sneak peek at the Expo. Their final performance will take place on campus on June 2 at 1:30 p.m. (rain date: June 3), alongside the performance group from Fordham.

Donning T-shirts to celebrate the day they spent commemorating and educating the campus about premodernism the energy on the East Quad was palpable as students performed plays and engaged with other Medieval-related historical projects.

Adelaide Snow, a passionate History major, has spent the past year diving deep into the Medieval period under the guidance of Professor Mancia. She believes that exploring the premodern world offers powerful insights into our present and origins. On Day 2 of the HSS Expo, Snow helped bring history to life on the East Quad, working behind the scenes as a script assistant to support student-actors during the dynamic historical play performances.

鈥淗istory is not predetermined; this applies to all aspects of our lives,鈥� Snow said. 鈥淎ctually, the university is a premodern invention, and it鈥檚 important to study the premodern period so we know where we are and how we got here.鈥�

Student-actor Julia Krzysztalowicz is studying Spanish Translation and also taking the Medieval Ages course with Mancia. She said the best part of performing the plays “Adam and Eve” and “The Temptation of Jesus” was the reactions from the audiences.

鈥淢edieval plays are different. There is no etiquette for how this theater should be, so you can just go around and talk to the audience, and they can even talk back and throw something at you,鈥� Krzysztalowicz said. 鈥淭hrough these performances, you is how we discover a lot of this history of the Medieval Ages.鈥�

Mancia said the Expo showcases what the humanities and social sciences do best: investigate the world and its history from multiple angles and through student-led, experiential learning; collaborate in seminar classrooms where professors learn alongside students and ultimately engage with the wider Brooklyn and New York City communities; and use our study of the human creative and investigative spirit to infuse our contemporary world with a renewed commitment to discovery, knowledge-seeking, and community-building.

(Left to right) Students Jonathan Rakhamimov, History M.A. ’26, as Adam; Katryna Alexis, MHC Education/Theater ’27, as God the Father; and Lina Mazioui, MHC History ’27, perform the play 鈥淎dam and Eve.鈥�

But the York plays were just the beginning. Building on the strong community of premodern scholars at 可乐视频 through the Late Antique-Medieval-Early Modern Faculty Working Group and others, the Expo also featured a rich lineup of interactive, hands-on experiences. Highlights included:

鈥� Monastic Scribes: Students joined Mancia in re-creating a medieval scriptorium, complete with manuscript illumination and Byzantine icon-painting using historical techniques.

鈥� Scent of the Past: History Professor Karen B. Stern Gabbay and her students crafted a 鈥減remodern sensorium,鈥� letting visitors quite literally smell their way through the history of late antiquity.

鈥� Mapping the Premodern Campus: Anthropology Assistant Professor Kelly Britt and students offered a glimpse of 鈥渋ndigenous 可乐视频,鈥� revealing what the land and culture may have looked like before settler colonialism.

鈥� Curses and Charms: Classics Associate Professor Brian P. Sowers and his Tow student mentee led a workshop on ancient curse tablets and magical rituals, proving the supernatural was alive and well in the premodern imagination.

Classics Associate Professor Brian P. Sowers (right) talks about ancient curse tablets and magical rituals.

鈥� Medieval Debate Club: English professors Karl T. Steel and Nicola Masciandaro and Professor of Philosophy Andrew W. Arlig staged a spirited debate using rhetorical techniques from the earliest European universities.

Sirandrew Purcell, Education MA ’27, gives a class on how to be a medieval knight.

鈥� Traveling Troubadour: CUNY Graduate Center Ph.D. candidate, Lehman College Adjunct Professor, and founder of Christopher Preston Thompson serenaded the campus with medieval songs and harp music.

Christopher Preston Thompson, from Lehman College/CUNY Graduate Center and Ph.D. candidate and director of Concordian Dawn.

And the medieval festivities aren鈥檛 over yet. On May 10, Mancia will take students to the Met Cloisters for a special event titled The afternoon includes student-led museum tours and performances of 14th-century plays and processions on the Cloisters lawn, followed by a student-led discussion about the theme of temptation and how engaging with medieval art and performance has shaped their understanding of the past.

In total, this year鈥檚 HSS Expo featured an impressive 67 student presentations and 34 research posters supported by 24 dedicated faculty mentors. The campus buzzed with activity over the two days as students shared their work, while nine distinguished alumni delivered thought-provoking guest lectures鈥攂oth in person and via Zoom. A panel of 15 judges, including faculty, graduate students, and alumni, evaluated the presentations, adding a professional and celebratory dimension to the events. (See the full HSS Expo schedule here.)

Whether through scent, song, storytelling, or sacred drama, the 2025 HSS Expo proved one thing: the premodern world is anything but outdated.

Don’t miss the 2025 HSS Expo Awards Ceremony on May 6 at 5 p.m. in the Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts.

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The Lovejoy Prize is an annual prize that recognizes excellence and originality in a major work on themes related to global slavery. SenGupta and co-author Awam Amkpa were interviewed by Lovejoy Prize jury members, which you can read .

Chronicling the global systems of capitalism in the 19th century, Sojourners, Sultans, and Slaves mines multinational archives to illuminate the Atlantic reverberations of U.S. mercantile projects, “free labor” experiments, and slaveholding in western Indian Ocean societies. SenGupta and Amkpa profile transnational human rights campaigns and present how the discourses of poverty, kinship, and care could be adapted to defend servitude in different parts of the world, revealing the tenuous boundaries that such discourses shared with liberal contractual notions of freedom.

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Warren specializes in the history of medicine and public health in the United States. He is working on his next book, which will trace the history of American鈥檚 鈥渕igration鈥� into the indoors.

Janet Golden, author of Babies Made Us Modern: How Infants Brought Americans Into the Twentieth Century, said of the book: 鈥淭his is a fascinating, well-researched, and lively account of the long history of rickets. This wide-ranging volume explores the emergence of modern medicine, theories of race and disease, public health, and ethics, literally lighting the way to a greater understanding of this medical condition. You won鈥檛 want to swallow cod liver oil after reading this book, but you might want to reach for a Sunshine Vitamin D Beer鈥攁las, no longer available.鈥�

In addition to the book, Warren wrote a Halloween-themed blog,

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A member of the National Alumni Association board of directors, Stroud鈥檚 signature project has been to build a bridge for 可乐视频 students to study at his law school alma mater, Indiana University Maurer School of Law. Here, Stroud talks about working to close the socioeconomic gap for students from underserved communities and the power of educational pipelines.

You鈥檙e a fourth-generation educator. Tell us more about your background?

My family is from Trinidad. My great grandfather was a teacher, my grandmother was a teacher. My mother was an educator while she was there, and my uncle was an educator. Education is part of the DNA of my family. Everything that I’ve done has revolved around that.

What made you decide on 可乐视频 and why a degree in history?

It’s a great school and it was also a neighborhood school. I grew up in East Flatbush, less than a five-minute walk from 可乐视频. Besides having high academic rankings, the college was also voted one of the most beautiful colleges in America. I met my wife, Dalia, here. We still live in the neighborhood. On weekends we like to go to the lily pond and look at the koi fish and the turtles. 可乐视频 is a big part of our family.

My Trinidadian grandmother always said there are many jobs, but there are only two professions, lawyer and doctor, and you’ll be the first in the family. Fair enough, it’s a democracy; you can pick either. I wasn鈥檛 into the blood that comes with medicine, so it was law. And with the research skills I would develop, I thought history was the best way to prepare for law. I arrived at the college鈥檚 history department and while I sat waiting for the chair to come out of his office, I saw a photograph of a man with a brown face like mine鈥擩ohn Hope Franklin. He was the first Black chair of any history department of any college in America. For me, another good reason to study history.

After law school, you worked as an adjunct professor and instructor, a career development educator, and for the City of New York.

Yes, for the past 16 years working as a civil servant; I’ve been the deputy commissioner for the Department of Social Services for the last six of those years. I oversee the training and the workforce development team. We have about 13,000 employees, with 100 plus people on my team. We do a lot of program-specific training, such as SNAP, Medicaid assistance, and child support services. On the workforce development side, we have the professional development academy, training for new hires, and a coaching institute. Those types of trainings that affect our staff agencywide. I joined the executive advisory council of the National Staff Development Training Association, which is the leader in learning and development for human services organizations. Every year, there is a conference, and about two years ago, we won a national award for our anti-bias and trauma-informed training.

Speaking of bias, what do you see as some of the biggest challenges when fostering an environment of diversity and inclusion?

One of my roles is co-chairing the American Public Human Services Association鈥檚 Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging peer community. We gather all of these dynamic leaders from across the country to examine challenges that different organizations face. It鈥檚 about sharing information and then bringing it back to our respective agencies and customizing it to fit our individual solutions.

Social mobility is a priority when it comes to what a college has to offer its students.

Oh, 100%, yes. The great charge that academic institutions have in increasing social mobility is how to create and maintain what I call the nexus of knowledge, which includes mentoring, connecting students to private sector opportunities, such as internships, and preparing them for careers. If you look at schools like 可乐视频, which is a top performer in social mobility, there are a lot of students from working-class families. Often sacrifices are made so they can go to school and get an excellent education. But those connections that 可乐视频 makes in the public and private sector for the students are key to propelling them into the middle class.

Pipelines are an important focus for you.

Yes, I鈥檓 big on pipelines. My work in education deals with the intersection between academic institutions and the global workforce. Extensive research has proved that they are a very effective means to prepare students for careers. When I came back to Brooklyn after graduating from law school, I wanted to create a pipeline program. The dean of the Maurer School of Law works with the Magner Career Center and me to host events annually. We might hold a mock court or send the students a fact pattern of a case to read and then we鈥檒l debate it, or they act it out. We’re hosting a pre-law meet and greet luncheon at the end of October. The pipeline program is a great opportunity to fundraise for our students and provide them with opportunities. I also love serving on the alumni board.

How do you do all that you do? And is there any time for a pastime or hobby?

I have a great wife and two wonderful sons, Tyler and Dalen, who are the focal points of our lives. Time management is very critical. I don鈥檛 have much downtime, so my work is fun. Teaching is fun. Overseeing my programs and giving back鈥攖hat鈥檚 fun. That鈥檚 what I enjoy.

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Born and raised in Marine Park, Brooklyn, the brothers were first-generation students. Their father immigrated from Sicily and, given their roots, they were drawn to the campus culture that welcomes all students.

鈥淚 saw the diversity of the student body, people from literally all over the world. I thought that was amazing,鈥� says Michael, who earned a B.S. in business management and finance (now the business administration聽B.B.A.) and an M.S. in business administration. 鈥淭his melting pot of cultures and ideas is what makes the work meaningful and fulfilling.鈥�

From Boylan Hall to the West End Building to the West Quad Center, each brother fills a crucial role at the college.

Andrew, who received a B.A. in history, is the administrative events manager in the Office of Auxiliary Services. From organizing conferences to coordinating movie shoots and student and staff events, Andrew鈥檚 day-to-day is always different.

鈥淢y job really forced me to become more of a people person,鈥� he says.

Joseph, who earned a B.S. in psychology, started as a tutor in the Learning Center as an undergraduate. Today, he supports students one-on-one as manager of the .

鈥淚 work on the frontlines with students from their first day on campus to graduation. I get to hear their stories,鈥� he says. 鈥淚 love helping students with any issues they鈥檙e experiencing.鈥�

Michael, the math whiz, is the Director of the Office of Budget and Finance.

鈥淓ven though I鈥檓 in front of a computer screen all day, I enjoy helping staff and faculty with managing their budgets. It鈥檚 a lot of problem-solving because our office is the go-to for general questions,鈥� he says.

Though they work in separate offices, they do occasionally find themselves in the same meetings. Regardless if they run into each other on campus, they catch up with regular lunches at the Junction.

People often confuse them鈥攑articularly Michael and Joseph, who are twins.

鈥淚t鈥檚 funny,鈥� says Joseph. 鈥淭here was one time when I was working in the registrar and Michael was working in the bursar. A student went from my office to his and they thought that I had run to a different office.鈥�

Off-campus, the brothers prioritize family. The Lanzas are tight-knit. Some of their other family members are alumni and former staff members themselves who encouraged them to apply for roles at the college after graduation.

The three live within walking distance of one another and commute together to weekly Sunday pasta dinners with family in New Jersey. They also go to heavy metal concerts as a tribute to their father, who passed away when they were young.

鈥淥ur dad always played heavy metal music in the car, so it stuck with us,鈥� says Andrew, a guitarist, bassist, and singer.

Although Joseph and Michael also love music, they鈥檙e known for being the sports fanatics of the family.

鈥淔rom September to January, Joseph and I are going on about football. Andrew鈥檚 more musically inclined, so he leaves the room when we鈥檙e talking about it,鈥� Michael jokes.

After 10 years, the brothers consider the 可乐视频 community family.

鈥溈衫质悠� feels like our second home,鈥� says Michael.

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His third book, , was published in January 2023 and is the first to fully explore the mystery surrounding the conflagration. Carp spent much of 2023 on a book tour and doing interviews that often discussed his theory that it was George Washington鈥檚 troops鈥攏ot the British鈥攚ho burned down as much as 20% of New York City during the Revolutionary War. The book has received much praise, including from The Washington Post, which wrote that Carp 鈥渓eft no room for another book about the Great Fire. He has produced an elegant, reader-friendly example of assiduously researched, carefully written American history that feels definitive.鈥�

Flashback, so to speak, to the Boston Tea Party of 1773, which just marked its 250^th anniversary, and Carp again has been a sought-out expert on another benchmark moment in American history, including delivering the lecture 鈥淒efiance of the Patriots: The Boston Tea Party and the Making of America鈥� at the on December 13. He also was a guest on the podcast 鈥�.鈥�

We asked Carp about his work and how these seminal moments helped shape the United States of America.

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