People

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Athena Abadilla

Director of Residential Life and Community Development
212.353.4130 | athena.abadilla@cooper.edu

Loujaina Abdelwahed

Assistant Professor of Economics
212.353.4275, Rm. 314 - 41CS | Loujaina.Abdelwahed@cooper.edu

Shifra Abittan

Adjunct Professor
Electrical Engineering
shifra.abittan@cooper.edu

Dennis Adams

Professor
212.353.4027 | dennis.adams@cooper.edu

Wayne Adams

Senior Director of Academic Computing & Support
212.353.4194 | wayne.adams@cooper.edu

Om Agrawal

Professor of Mathematics
212.353.4311 | om.agrawal@cooper.edu

Diana Agrest

The Irwin S. Chanin Distinguished Professor

Jeong Eun Ahn

Assistant Professor
Civil Engineering
jeong.ahn@cooper.edu

Nora Akawi

Assistant Professor
212.353.4220 | nora.akawi@cooper.edu

Zinoviy Akkerman

Adjunct Professor
Physics
zinoviy.akkerman@cooper.edu

Hala Alkasm

Director of International Students & Scholars Office (ISSO)
212.353.4120 | hala.alkasm@cooper.edu

Leo Allanach

Administrative Assistant
leo.allanach@cooper.edu

Stan Allen

Professor Adjunct

Victoria Alonso

Graduate Assistant for Student Activities
212.353.4130 | victoria.alonso@cooper.edu

Candida Alvarez

Alex Katz Chair in Painting (Fall 2024)

Daisy Ames

Assistant Professor Adjunct
daisy.ames@cooper.edu

Marina Ancona

Adjunct Instructor
212.353.4200 | marina.ancona@cooper.edu

Samuel Anderson

Professor Adjunct
samuel.anderson@cooper.edu

Kelli Anderson

Adjunct Instructor

Albert Appleton

Senior Fellow with the Institute for Sustainble Design

Benjamin Aranda

Assistant Professor
212.353.4220 | benjamin.aranda@cooper.edu

Leo Argiris

Adjunct Professor
Civil Engineering

Joaquin Arias

Facilities Associate
212.353.4160 | joaquin.arias@cooper.edu

Doug Ashford

Professor
Academic Advisor
212.353.4019 | doug.ashford@cooper.edu

Dore Ashton

Professor Emeritus of Art History
212.353.4273

Hicham Awad

Adjunct Instructor
Writing Associate
hicham.awad@cooper.edu

Nada Ayad

Acting Dean
212.353.4302, Rm. 327C - 41CS | Nada.Ayad@cooper.edu

Zulaikha Ayub

Assistant Professor Adjunct
zulaikha.ayub@cooper.edu

  • 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.