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"I have acquired a more nuanced perspective for how U.S. cities have evolved over time and how this history informs and affects our current situation. With a better framework of understanding, I can now refocus my energies on working to improve housing conditions and health outcomes with a clearer vision and sense of purpose."

Ray Lopez (2008 - 2009)
Environmental Program Manager
Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service Inc.

Administration

Directorship and Staff

  • Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh, Director

    William B. Ransford Professor of Sociology, Columbia University
    Director, Center for Urban Research and Policy, Columbia University

  • Emily Hawe, Associate Director

  • Karen Vrotsos, Consultant Advisor

Advisors to the Fellowship

  • Peter Bearman

    Professor, Sociology, Columbia University
    Director, Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy

  • Sayu Bhojwani

    Philanthropy Consultant
    Revson Fellow 2001-2002

  • Lee Bollinger

    President, Columbia University

  • Alan Brinkley

    Provost, Columbia University

  • Miguel Garcia

    Program Officer, Community and Resource Development, Ford Foundation

  • Farah Griffin

    Professor, English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University

  • Nicholas Lemann

    Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism
    Henry R. Luce Professor of Journalism, Columbia University

  • Nicole Marwell

    Associate Professor, Sociology, Columbia University

  • Samuel Roberts

    Assistant Professor of History, Columbia University
    & Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health

  • Gene Russianoff

    Senior Attorney, New York Public Interest Research Group
    Revson Fellow 1983-1984

  • Robert Shapiro

    Professor, Political Science, Columbia University
    Director, ISERP, Columbia University

  • Esmeralda Simmons

    Executive Director, Center for Law and Social Justice, Medgar Evers College
    Revson Fellow 1996-1997

  • Barbara Taveras

    Director of Community Engagement, New Visions for Public Schools
    Revson Fellow 2005-2006

  • Daniel Wolfe

    Deputy Director, International Harm Reduction Development Program, Open Society Institute
    Revson Fellow 2001-2002