Credentials

Jonathan Soffer is Associate Professor of History at NYU Polytechnic Institute in Brooklyn, New York.

Humanities and Social Sciences Department, NYU Polytechnic Institute
Department Executive Committee, 2006-2008, 2010.

Director, Sustainable Urban Environments major, NYU Polytechnic Institute, 2010-11.

Curriculum Revision Committee, 2008.

Chair, Liberal Studies Degree Revision Committee, 2006 (This committee created new degree programs in Science and Technology Studies and Sustainable Urban Environments.

Member, Digital Media Studies Search, 2006-7, Director of Writing Search 2006-7

Chair, Global History Search 2005.

Coordinator for History, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Polytechnic University. 2002-present.

Liberal Studies Program and Core Curriculum Revision committees, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Polytechnic University, 1998-2000.

Honors College Advisory Board, 2007-2008.

Urban Systems task force, 2006-7.

Dibner Chair in History and Philosophy of Science Search Committee, 2006.

Pre-law advisor, Polytechnic University 1998-2005.

Member, Polytechnic University Human Research Institutional Review Board, 2001-2004.

Member, Educational Policy Committee, Polytechnic University. 2000-01.

Search Committees, Polytechnic University Department of Humanities and Social Sciences: 2007: Digital Media Studies, Writing Director searches, 2006: Chair, History of Globalization search; 2000: Psychology, Technical Communications; 1998-99: Modern European History, Early Modern Literature; 1997-98: History of Science.

Engineering and the Law Lectures to Freshman Engineering classes (EG101), Polytechnic University, February 1998, 1999.

Othmer Interdisciplinary Graduate Institute Committee, 1998-99.

Founded a citywide writing group of specialists in twentieth century U.S. history, including scholars from Polytechnic, Columbia, NYU, LIU, CUNY, Drew and other institutions in the metropolitan area.

Chair, Columbia University Seminar on Twentieth Century Politics and Society, 2000-01.