• Faculty

  • Robert von Mahs

    Urban Studies Associate Professor; Urban Studies and Environmental Studies Chair (Spring 2024); Lang Faculty Sophomore Advisor

    Email
    freiherr@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    A - 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.

    Current Courses

    Pathways to Learning Int.
    NHUM 1112, Fall 2023

    Past Courses

    Ind Senior Project
    UURB 4990, Spring 2023

    Independent Study
    UURB 3950, Spring 2023

    Internship
    UURB 3901, Spring 2023

    Political Economy of The City
    UURB 4521, Fall 2022

    Political Economy of The City
    NURP 5008, Fall 2022

    Senior Seminar Fall
    UURB 4900, Fall 2022

    Senior Thesis Fall
    UENV 4210, Fall 2022

    Senior Thesis Spring
    UENV 4211, Spring 2023

    Senior Thesis Spring
    UURB 4901, Spring 2023

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