We are excited to share this month’s issue of the RICC, celebrating Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day. In last year’s March issue, we highlighted women faculty at City College and also featured insights on the career journeys of some of our distinguished women professors. This March we focus on some of the women who are leading here at CCNY:
- Dee Dee Mozeleski, Senior Vice President of the Office of Institutional Advancement,Communications and External Relations
- Marta Gutman, Dean of The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture
- Renata Miller, Dean of Division of Humanities & the Arts
The interviews are uniformly inspiring and reveal their deep commitment to the principles and mission of CCNY. From these interviews, it is evident that each one of them makes a significant impact on this campus. In the past, we have highlighted other women leaders on campus, such as Dr. Doris Cintron-Nabi, Dr. Ruth Stark, and Dr. Ramona Hernandez.
Of course, it’s not all smooth sailing for women in academia. In this issue we also spoke to some of the women PIs who led an NSF Advance program here at CCNY. This program seeks to increase the promotion, retention, and mentoring of women and BIPOC STEM faculty. In the CCNY Advance Adaptation award led by then CCNY Associate Provost Rosemarie Wesson (now CUNY Associate Vice Chancellor for Research) and Christine Li (Professor of Biology) they had a focus on improving mentoring, workload equity and fostering an inclusive environment. Unfortunately, the grant was terminated in 2025 by the sponsor, the National Science Foundation. CUNY and CCNY were able to provide some bridge funding for the work to continue, and the PIs all agree that their job is not finished nor is it finished around the country. Women make up more than half of the population and their median earnings are 80.9% of men’s median earnings for full time workers according to the 2024 Census.
To gain a sense of the CCNY landscape, we share the percentage of full-time women faculty over the past six years across the campus. The data speaks for itself and highlights the need to continue to expand opportunities for women to advance in faculty and leadership positions across CCNY and beyond. Plenty of work remains to be done.
This month, let us celebrate the advances we’ve made and our formidable women who are leading and guiding CCNY.
Happy Reading!