Sanford Schram is on the
faculty of the Political Science
Department at Hunter College, CUNY and in Political
Science and Sociology
at the CUNY
Graduate Center. He is also active as a Faculty Associate at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute
(which is part of Hunter College).
Schram has written six books, co-authored three others, edited or
co-edited of seven more, for a total of 16. Two of his books, the solely
authored Words of Welfare (Minnesota, 1995) and Disciplining the Poor
(Chicago, 2011)--co-authored with Joe Soss and Richard Fording--both
received the Michael Harrington Award from the American Political Science
Association for books dedicated to promoting social change. Disciplining the
Poor has also received multiple other awards including in 2012 the Oliver
Cromwell Cox Award from the American Sociological Association for the best book
for combating racism. In 2012, Schram received the Charles McCoy Career
Achievement Award from the Caucus for a New Political Science. His work has
appeared in the American Political Science Review, the American
Journal of Political Science, the American Sociological Review, the American
Journal of Sociology, and other academic journals, as well as The
Washington Post and other mass media publications. His most recent book, co-authored with Richard Fording, is
entitled Hard White: The Mainstreaming of Racism in American Politics (Oxford,
2020).
Courses
(Spring 2022):
POLSC 110
American Government: A Historical Introduction (MTh 11:30 am-12:45 pm, 3
credits)
PSC 72000 American Politics: Theories and Core Concepts (M 2-4 pm, 3 credits, Graduate Center)
Office:
1721 Hunter West (68th St and Lexington
Ave.), 5412 GC (5th Ave and 34th St)
Hours: Th 1:00-2:00 pm (HW1721), M 4-5 pm (5410 GC) and by appointment
Email: ss1745@hunter.cuny.edu
Phone: 610-772-5108 (mobile)