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  • Faculty

  • Robert von Mahs

    Associate Professor of Urban Studies; Lang Faculty Sophomore Advisor

    Email
    freiherr@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    A - Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall - 66 West 12th Street

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    Robert von Mahs

    Profile

    Dr. von Mahs joined the New School in 2005. He received a Ph.D. in Sociology and Social Policy from the University of Southampton, United Kingdom. His research and teaching interests include poverty and homelessness, comparative social policy analyses, globalization processes, social control and the criminalization of the poor, social movements, and ethnography. Dr. von Mahs has been awarded grants from the German Marshall Fund, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, and the Fulbright Commission. Prior to coming to the New School he taught at Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

    Future Courses

    Ind Senior Project
    UURB 4990, Spring 2022

    Independent Senior Project
    LHIS 4990, Spring 2022

    Independent Study
    UURB 3950, Spring 2022

    Internship
    UURB 3901, Spring 2022

    Senior Seminar Spring
    UURB 4901, Spring 2022

    Past Courses

    Drugs, Race, and Policy
    NSOC 3261, Fall 2021

    Ind Senior Project
    UURB 4990, Spring 2021

    Independent Senior Project
    LHIS 4990, Spring 2021

    Independent Study
    UURB 3950, Spring 2021

    Internship
    UURB 3901, Spring 2021

    Pathways to Learning Int.
    NHUM 1112, Spring 2021

    Senior Seminar Fall
    UURB 4900, Fall 2021

    Senior Seminar Spring
    UURB 4901, Spring 2021

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