Robert von Mahs
Associate Professor of Urban Studies; Lang Faculty Sophomore Advisor
Email
freiherr@newschool.edu
Office Location
A - 66 West 12th Street
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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
Directed Research
UENV 4211, Spring 2023
Directed Research
UENV 4210, Fall 2022
Ind Senior Project
UURB 4990, Spring 2023
Independent Study
UURB 3950, Spring 2023
Internship
UURB 3901, Spring 2023
Political Economy of The City
NURP 5008, Fall 2022
Political Economy of The City
UURB 4521, Fall 2022
Senior Seminar Fall
UURB 4900, Fall 2022
Senior Seminar Spring
UURB 4901, Spring 2023
Past 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