Pace Now

Faculty Focus: Professor Todd Ommen
Professor of Designated Services, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University; Managing Attorney, Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic, Inc.; Executive Director, John Jay Legal Services, Inc.

From the moment she could speak, Catherine Cioffi ’12 knew that she wanted to be a journalist. “I always loved to write and engage with people. At my core I was, and still am, a storyteller,” said Catherine. While at Fordham University, Catherine majored in Communications and Journalism and minored in Political Science.

Professor of Film and Screen Studies Catherine Zimmer, PhD, authored an article in Avidly (a channel of the LA Review of Books) titled “A Feminomenology of Chappell Roan,” in which she discussed the “phenomenon” of the singer-songwriter, which includes, among other things, “an earnest and passionate longing for the analog,” something Zimmer feels the artist herself embodies.

Growing up in Vermont, Professor Jessica Miles’s family struggled financially. “From a young age, I was always very concerned with issues related to poverty and income inequality. It spurred my interest in government and politics. By the time I was a teenager, I was actively working on political campaigns.”

The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University and Yale University’s School of the Environment have enhanced their already existing partnership to offer students several new joint degree options.