Stella and Charles Guttman Community College is CUNY’s first new community college in over four decades. The College officially opened its doors in midtown Manhattan on August 20, 2012 with a vertical campus overlooking Bryant Park. Guttman Community College works alongside our students in advancing our mission to enact inclusive and equitable practices to advance social and racial justice inside and outside our classrooms; engage students in supportive communities and guided paths that lead to academic excellence and timely degree completion; and empower students to make informed choices about their educational and professional journeys. Created to deliver a community college education with a focus on student achievement and timely completion, Guttman’s unique model features group admissions meetings, a bridge program to build community and prepare and support students, a commitment to experiential learning, first-year learning communities, a modified quarter system to improve retention and speed credit accumulation, and structured progress in guided pathways to speed completion. Guttman’s vision to be an educational institution that is responsive to its students, adaptive to the economy, relevant to a modern society, and accessible to all.
Humanities Alliance Faculty Coordinator
Ria Banerjee (she/her). 2021-2022; 2023-2025. Associate Professor, English; HA Campus and Project Coordinator
Liaised between Guttman and GC HA teams; worked closely with all graduate fellows assigned to Guttman; and coordinated fellows and faculty/staff mentors, and all campus projects
Other Staff and Faculty
Laura Clarke – Assistant Professor of English
Thomas Philipose – Lecturer in English
Niesha Ziehmke – Associate Dean of Faculty
HA Fellows
Gisely Colon Lopez
Sharanya Dutta
Gregory Hartmann
Sukyoung Kim
Melisa Martinez Ascanio
Rosalia Reyes Simon
Yoseph Joned Suryatmoko Ndaruhadi
Sokunthary Svay
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