Cooper Union

Julian Paul Keenan

Adjunct Professor

Julian Paul Keenan, Ph.D. is a neuroscientist and experimental psychologist. Dr. Keenan received his doctorate from The University at Albany and post-doctoral training at Havard Medical School. His research focuses on self-awareness and deception, attempting to discover which brain networks are critical for these abilities. Dr. Keenan uses a number of techniques including Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. A native New Yorker, Julian Keenan enjoys painting and playing guitar.

Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.
“My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”
From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.
Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.