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David S. Surrey, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Sociology/Urban Studies Department
Hilsdorf Building (51 Glenwood), Room 402
Office (201) 761-6252
Fax (201) 761-6251
Education
Ph.D. in Urban Anthropology, New School for Social Research
M.A. in Anthropology, New School for Social Research
B.A. in Sociology/Anthropology, Ohio Wesleyan University
Professional Interests
My formal training in Anthropology and Sociology has allowed me to investigate a variety of related topics. These topics include globalization, desegregation, ethnicity, immigration, housing, urban history, education, and the Vietnam Era. While these issues may appear to be diverse, to me the unifying theme is stratification of societies. Each topic, and I have a hard time separating them, is connected by social forces at a local, national and international level.
I have been fortunate enough to do research with educators in Alaska and New Zealand tenant organizers in New York City, educators and housing advocates in New Jersey and New York, as well as Vietnam Veterans and Resisters. I have also been able to travel extensively throughout Europe, Palestine/Israel, China. Central and South America as well as the United States. Reflections from these experiences are an integral part of my teaching, research and writing.
Experience at Saint Peter’s
For the last 25 years, I have had the pleasure of serving Saint Peter's, and by natural extension, urban Northern New Jersey in a variety of capacities: Director of the adult oriented Public Policy Program; Coordinator of the Hudson County 4 College Consortium; Acting Assistant Academic Dean; President of the Faculty Senate; President of the A.A.U.P., and Director of the Institute for the Advancement of Urban Education. I have also successfully written and administrated over 20 grants. Balancing these activities has always been my day job and true passion – teaching in the Sociology/Urban Studies Department where I am a full-professor and chair.
My consistent goal in all these positions is to connect to our urban, multicultural, environment for the twin purposes of setting the stage for a lifetime of learning and instilling in our students the ability to make the world a better place. Northern New Jersey is quite a change from my origins in Missouri but I would not trade my years at Saint Peter’s for anything – well maybe playing right field for the Atlanta Braves (if they moved back to Milwaukee) but nothing else. Well okay, world peace, but nothing else. Or getting someone else to coach by youngest son's soccer team but that is really it.
There are many things that I love about Saint Peter’s but when it comes right down to it, it has always been
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