{"id":79,"date":"2021-02-28T13:54:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T13:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bhsec.bard.edu\/manhattan\/?page_id=79"},"modified":"2026-09-22T05:42:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T05:42:19","slug":"division-of-social-sciences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bhsec.bard.edu\/manhattan\/academics\/division-of-social-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"Division of Social Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Daniel Freund<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Social Studies Faculty<\/em><br>B.A., Reed College; Ph.D., Columbia University. Instructor and Writing Center Fellow at Columbia University, 2001-2007. Academic and research interests include urban, public health; and environmental history.\u00a0<br>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:dfreund@bhsec.bard.edu\">dfreund@bhsec.bard.edu<\/a><br>Phone: 212-995-8479 x4082<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Steven V. Mazie<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Social Studies Faculty<\/em><br>A.B. (<em>magna cum laude<\/em>), Harvard College (Government); Ph.D., University of Michigan (Political Science); postgraduate work, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Teaching at Bard College (2005, 2011); New York University (2002); and the University of Michigan (1997-99). Honors include American Political Science Association Best Paper Award in Religion and Politics (2003); Charlotte C. Newcombe Fellowship (2000-2001); National Science Foundation research grant (2000); Raoul Wallenberg Scholarship (1993-94); and three awards for teaching excellence. Author of <em>American Justice 2015: The Dramatic Tenth Term of the Roberts Court<\/em> (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015) and <em>Israel\u2019s Higher Law: Religion and Liberal Democracy in the Jewish State<\/em> (Rowman &amp; Littlefield\/Lexington Books, 2006). Academic articles published in <em>Polity, Perspectives on Politics, Field Methods<\/em>, <em>Theory and Research in Education, Review of Faith and International Affairs <\/em>and the <em>Law Journal for Social Justice.<\/em> Supreme Court correspondent for <em>The Economist <\/em>(2013-present)<em>. <\/em>Op-eds in the <em>New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, SCOTUSblog <\/em>and <em>Slate; <\/em>frequent appearances on radio and podcasts including \u201cThe Intelligence\u201d, <em>The Economist<\/em>\u2019s daily podcast and &#8220;Checks and Balance&#8221;, <em>The Economist&#8217;s<\/em> podcast on American politics. Areas of specialization: political theory and public law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:smazie@bhsec.bard.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">smazie@bhsec.bard.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Phone: 212-995-8479 x4082<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Petra Riviere<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Social Studies Faculty<\/em><br>B.A., Haverford College. M.A., New York University. Education Program Associate, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, 2001-2006. Member (2003 \u2013 2006) &amp; workshop co-presenter (2006), New York City Museum Educator\u2019s Roundtable. Published articles in The Bronx Museum\u2019s permanent collection catalog, Collection Remixed (2005). Board member, Riverview Lighthouse Charter School (2005 \u2013 2006). NEH Summer Institute participant, 2008 &amp; 2010. Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Teacher Seminar participant, 2009. Taught at Urban Assembly Academy of History &amp; Citizenship for Young Men, an all-boys public high school (2006 \u2013 2011).<br>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:priviere@bhsec.bard.edu\">priviere@bhsec.bard.edu<\/a><br>Phone: 212-995-8479 x4082<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Melissa S. Turoff<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Social Studies Faculty<\/em><br>B.A. Vassar College; M.A. University of California, Berkeley; finishing her Ph.D. in History at the University of California, Berkeley.&nbsp; Has been part-time faculty at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study (NYU), at Rutgers University, has taught at LaGuardia Community College and was the Outreach Associate and Guest Lecturer at Columbia University\u2019s South Asia Institute. Her teaching and research interests focus on the history of British Empire, modern South Asia, comparative imperialism in South Asia and the Middle East, and postcolonial theory.<br>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:mturoff@bhsec.bard.edu\">mturoff@bhsec.bard.edu<\/a><br>Phone: 212-995-8479 x4082<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ver\u00f3nica Vallejo<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Social Studies Faculty&nbsp;<\/em><br>B.A., University of Scranton; M.A. Georgetown University; Doctoral Candidate, Georgetown University. Instructor at Georgetown University, 2007-2010. Research interests include the history of Latin America, New Spain in the eighteenth century and the social history of medicine. Member of the American Historical Association, Latin American Studies Association and the Canadian Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies.&nbsp;<br>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:vvallejo@bhsec.bard.edu\">vvallejo@bhsec.bard.edu<\/a><br>Phone: 212-995-8479 x4081<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel Freund Social Studies FacultyB.A., Reed College; Ph.D., Columbia University. Instructor and Writing Center Fellow at Columbia University, 2001-2007. Academic and research interests include urban, public health; and environmental history.\u00a0E-mail: dfreund@bhsec.bard.eduPhone: 212-995-8479 x4082 Steven V. Mazie Social Studies FacultyA.B. 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