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Héctor R. Cordero-Guzmán

Dr. Héctor R. Cordero-Guzmán is Professor of Black and Hispanic Studies at Baruch College of the City University of New York and a member of the faculty in the Ph.D. Programs in Sociology and Urban Education at the CUNY Graduate Center. Dr. Cordero-Guzmán is also a research associate at the Community Development Research Center and a senior consultant to the Fundacion Chana Goldstein and Samuel Levis. He also collaborates with FLACSO (Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales) in the Dominican Republic and the Non-Profit Management Program at Sacred Hearth University in Puerto Rico.

Throughout his career, Dr. Cordero-Guzmán has taught graduate courses in statistics and social science research methods; urban demographic, economic, and fiscal change; non-profit management; race and ethnicity; and migration policy. Some of his articles have been published in Racial and Ethnic Studies, International Migration, Social Forces, Diaspora, The Review of Black Political Economy, and Migration World. Dr. Cordero-Guzmán has recently completed a book entitled, Migration, Transnationalization and Race in a Changing New York (with Dr. Ramon Grosfoguel and Dr. Robert Smith) published by Temple University Press in 2001, an article on “Interorganizational Networks among Community Based Organizations” and a report for The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans on community based services and programs that focus on Latino youth entitled What Works for Latino Youth. Currently, Dr. Cordero-Guzmán is completing a manuscript analyzing the role of community based organizations (CBOs) in the socio-politico-economic adaptation and incorporation of immigrants. The book also looks at the impacts of changes in immigration and welfare laws on immigrant families and children and on community based social service providers. He is also working on collaborative projects examining the changing socio-economic characteristics of the population in New York City; the dynamics of the lower segments of the labor market in New York and Chicago; and a long-term research project that examines the role of individual, family, school, labor market, and community level factors on differences in educational attainment, labor force participation, and the wages of young adults.

Dr. Cordero-Guzmán is on the Board of Directors of ACCION-New York, The Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone (UMEZ), and El Barrio Popular Education Program. He has also collaborated with many government, research, and community based organizations including: the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (ASPE and OCS), U.S. Department of Labor (ETA), The U.S. Department of Education, The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans, The College Board’s National Task Force on Minority High Achievement, The New York State Attorney General’s Office (Civil Rights Division), New York City’s Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD), The Ford Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, The Aspen Institute Roundtable on Comprehensive Community Initiatives, The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, The Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago, The Economic Development Assistance Consortium (EDAC), The Urban Institute, The Hispanic Federation, The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), The South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation (SOBRO), St. Ann’s Corner of Harm Reduction (SACHR), Sunnyside Community Services, The Coalition for Asian-American Children and Families, and The Committee for Hispanic Children and Families.

Dr. Cordero-Guzmán grew up in Spain and Puerto Rico. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Sociology from The University of Chicago. He has also worked as the Research Director for Political Economy at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College of the City University of New York and as an adjunct instructor at Rutgers University in New Jersey. Prior to joining Baruch, Dr. Cordero-Guzmán spent six years as an Assistant Professor at the Robert J. Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy at the New School University. Dr. Cordero-Guzmán lives in East Harlem, New York City with his wife and their two young children.

Department of Black and Hispanic Studies
Baruch College - CUNY, Box B4-280
One Bernard Baruch Way
New York, NY 10010

Phone: (646) 312-4440 (Ms. Ana Calero-Administrative Assistant)
Fax: (646) 312-4441
E-mail: Hector_Cordero@baruch.cuny.edu