Dr. Gilbert Marzan is an associate professor of sociology at Bronx Community College (BCC), City University of New York. He began teaching at BCC in 2003. Dr. Marzan’s teaching philosophy focuses on student centered pedagogical approaches for the development of critical thinking skills.  He received his Ph.D. in sociology at the State University of New York, Albany. His research interest includes LatinX sociology, race and ethnicity, urban sociology and demography. Dr. Marzan has been researching gentrification in the South Bronx, and the migration patterns of Puerto Rican New Yorkers for the past ten years. His latest projects include is the socioeconomic incorporation of Salvadoran immigrants in the United States, and neighborhood transition among Puerto Ricans and Dominicans in New York City.   

Dr. Marzan was born in Brooklyn NYC. He currently resides in White Plains NY with his wife Karen, a sociology professor, and two children Mateo and Leila.

Education

Ph.D., SUNY Albany NY
M.A., SUNY Albany NY
B.S., CUNY College of Staten Island NY

Courses Taught

SOC 11: Introduction to Sociology
SOC 36: Race Relations
SOC 37:  Social Inequality

Selected Publications

Torres, Andres and Gilbert Marzan. (2017). “Where Have all the Puerto Ricans Gone?” in Sherrie Beaver, Angelo Falcon and Gabriel Haslip-Viera (eds.). Latinos in New York, Notre Dame Press, pp. 111-144.

Marzan, Gilbert. “Still Looking for that Elsewhere: Puerto Rian Poverty and Migration in the Northeast,” Centro Journal 21 (2009): 100–117

Marzan, Gilbert, Andres Torres, and Andrew Luecke. “Puerto Rican Outmigration from New York City: 1995-2000.” Policy report, vol.2, no.2. New York: Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos, Hunter College, 2008.