Gerald Markowitz (born July 12, 1944) is an American historian, currently a Distinguished Professor at
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
The John Jay College of Criminal Justice (John Jay) is a public college focused on criminal justice and located in New York City. It is a senior college of the City University of New York (CUNY). John Jay was founded as the only liberal arts ...
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City University of New York (CUNY) and also a published author.
After graduating in 1965 with a B.A. from
Earlham College
Earlham College is a private liberal arts college in Richmond, Indiana. The college was established in 1847 by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and has a strong focus on Quaker values such as integrity, a commitment to peace and social ...
, Markowitz matriculated as a graduate student at the
University of Wisconsin–Madison
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. There he graduated in 1967 with an M.A. and in 1971 with a Ph.D. At CUNY's John Jay College of Criminal Justice, he has been a professor of history from 1970 to the present
and since 2004 a distinguished professor of history. He chaired John Jay College's Interdepartment of Thematic Studies in 1985–1987, 1989-1992, and 1995-1999. At Columbia University's
Mailman School of Public Health
The Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health is the public health graduate school of Columbia University. Located on the Columbia University Medical Center campus in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, the school i ...
, he has held an adjunct professorship in sociomedical science from 2002 to the present.
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1944 births
Living people
21st-century American historians
21st-century American male writers
Earlham College alumni
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
City University of New York faculty
American male non-fiction writers
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