1999-2001 and 2003-present
Mick Maurer at NYU
NYU History:
One hundred and seventy five years ago, Albert Gallatin, the distinguished statesman who served as secretary of the treasury
under President Thomas Jefferson, declared his intention to establish “in this immense and fast-growing city … a system of
rational and practical education fitting for all and graciously open to all.”

At that time, 1831, most students in American colleges and universities were members of the privileged classes. Albert Gallatin
and the University’s founding fathers planned NYU as a center of higher learning that would be open to all, regardless of
national origin, religious beliefs, or social background.

While the University’s commitment to these ideals remains unchanged, in many ways Albert Gallatin would scarcely recognize
NYU today. From a student body of 158, enrollment has grown to nearly 40,000 students attending 14 schools and colleges at
six different locations in Manhattan and in over 20 study-abroad countries around the world. Students come from many foreign
countries. The faculty, which initially consisted of 14 professors and lecturers (among them artist and inventor Samuel F. B.
Morse), now totals over 3,100 full-time members.
Schools, Colleges, and Institutes
Washington Square Center
* College of Arts and Science/CAS (1832)
* School of Law/LAW (1835)
* Graduate School of Arts and Science/GSAS (1886)
* Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development/ED (1890)
* Leonard N. Stern School of Business/STERN (1900)
* Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences/CIMS (1934)
* School of Continuing and Professional Studies/SCPS (1934)
* Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service/WAGNER (1938)
* School of Social Work/ESSW (1960)
* Tisch School of the Arts/TSOA (1965)
* Gallatin School of Individualized Study/GAL (1972)
*College of Nursing/NYUCN (2005)
New York University Medical Center     
* School of Medicine/MED (1841) Post-Graduate Medical School/P-GM (1948), 550 First Avenue
David B. Kriser Dental Center     
* College of Dentistry/DENT (1865), 324 East 24th Street
Institute of Fine Arts     
* Institute of Fine Arts/IFA (1938), 1 East 78th Street
New York University Midtown Center     
* School of Continuing and Professional Studies/SCPS (1934), 11 West 42nd Street
The center of NYU is its Washington Square
campus in the heart of Greenwich Village. One
of the city's most creative and energetic
communities, the Village is a historic
neighborhood that has attracted generations of
writers, musicians, artists, and intellectuals.
Beyond the Village, New York City becomes an
extension of the University's campus.  The
Village has been home to, Eugene O'Neill, Jack
Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs,
and Dylan Thomas.
The University Building, NYU's first home on
Washington Square.
Atrium of NYU Bobst Library
Garibaldi
preprofessional and professional programs and advanced graduate study in education, health, communications, and the
arts professions. Undergraduate programs lead to the Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Music degree, while graduate
students may enroll in master's, advanced certificate, and doctoral programs in a wide variety of disciplines.  In March 2007
a new name more boldly embracing the mission to advance knowledge, creativity, and innovation at the crossroads of
human learning, culture, development, and well-being was adopted. It was also of prime importance to many members of
the Steinhardt community that the name be more inclusive of the diverse academic programs in applied psychology, art,
communication, education, health, and music.

Founded in 1890 as the School of Pedagogy, NYU Steinhardt was the first school of its kind in the United States. For the
first time, theory and practice, research and teaching, were joined within a school of education. Teachers and
administrators could pursue advancement in their fields, learning and researching practices that would ultimately reshape
education. Initially offering both a master’s and a doctoral degree in pedagogy to its inaugural class of 214 students,
Steinhardt today offers more than 100 undergraduate and graduate programs to nearly 7,000 students. Throughout its
remarkable evolution, Steinhardt has maintained a singular focus: to research and serve the pressing needs of children,
families, schools, and communities in an increasingly complex and interconnected world.

From the outset, NYU Steinhardt recognized the importance of diversity and innovation. Among its first doctoral candidates
were 16 women, and, throughout the first half of the 20th century, prominent African Americans joined the School’s faculty.
When the country needed workers at the turn of the 20th century, the School responded with vocational and business
education. When the nation worried about the health of its youth, Steinhardt prepared health professionals in the emerging
fields of physical and health education.

Recognizing the transformative power of the arts, Steinhardt wove the arts into its curricula, inviting world-class artists,
musicians, actors, and dancers to teach and perform at the School—and education benefited. The media arose as
powerful educative forces in the latter part of the 20th century, and the study of communication and new technologies
became part of the School. Today, NYU Steinhardt continues to innovate, bringing the expertise of its faculty, the knowledge
of its alumni, and the energy of its students to bear on society’s most critical needs.
Study in the Department of Applied Psychology is embedded in three significant contexts: the history of graduate training in
psychology and counseling, their urban location, and the ideals of the School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. Their
programs are concerned with the multi-ethnic and multi-cultural issues that characterize New York City and other urban
environments. They are actively involved with research and community service, with particular emphasis on activities aimed at
improving the educational and psychological functioning of individuals and families throughout the life span.

In addition to a unique undergraduate program in Applied Psychology, the Department houses doctoral, masters, and certificate
programs in Counseling and Guidance, Counseling and Guidance in Colleges and Agencies, Counseling Psychology, Educational
Psychology, Psychological Development, and School Psychology.

Departmental faculty have research projects in several areas, and students have the opportunity to participate in laboratory- and
field-based studies on infant development, adolescents and their developmental contexts, prevention of educational and mental
health problems, affective impact of disease and loss. Because of the interests and activities of other members of the department
faculty, students also can observe and collect data in settlement houses, hospitals and other community agencies, as well as in the
family and school settings that have been traditional for the department.

The Counseling Psychology Ph.D. and the School Psychology Ph.D. and the Psy.D. degrees are fully accredited by the American
Psychological Association, which accredits clinical programs.
semester in business and marketing; entertainment, technology, and digital arts; international studies; real estate
and construction; hospitality; and more. SCPS also offers credit-bearing programs, including associate’s and
bachelor’s degrees geared toward adults returning to college, and 13 Master of Science degree programs.

New York University has long maintained a unique mission - to link education with life experience. To this end, the
Paul McGhee Division within the School of Continuing and Professional Studies was created especially for adult
students who want to go back to college and earn their degrees.

ASSOCIATE IN ARTS (A.A)
* Liberal Arts

ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE (A.A.S)
* Business
* Diagnostic Medical Sonography
* Health Administration
* Information Systems Management

BACHELOR OF ARTS (B.A.)
* Social Sciences
* Humanities
* Public Administration
* Technical Writing

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B.S.)
* Digital Communications and Media
* Healthcare Management
* Information Systems Management
* Leadership and Management Studies
* Real Estate

Currently under review a Bachelor of Science in Critical Infrastructure Protection (I submitted on 28 December
2006, my most recent curriculum development project.  Once approved this will become the second degree
program I have developed.)
* Business Continuity
* Emergency Management
* Homeland Security
* Strategic Intelligence
Stern School of Business and Bobst Library
Steinhardt School in Pless Building
College of Arts and Sciences with NYU  flag on the right of Wash Square
The university is widely considered to be among the most
prestigious major research universities in the United States,
and was named by Kaplan as one of the New Ivies,
so-called because of said schools' prestige, educational
quality and desirability which are supposedly roughly
equivalent to those of the traditional Ivy League.
NYU counts 23 Nobel Prize laureates, 9 National Medal of
Science recipients, 12 Pulitzer Prize winners, 19 Academy
Award winners (more than any other American university),
several Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winners and many
MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowship holders among its
past and present graduates and faculty.
Albert Gallatin
founder of NYU 1831
Culture, Education, and Human Development (formerly the Steinhardt School of
Education) October 1999-to present

Adjunct Assistant Professor,

Graduate Courses-
a. Human Growth & Development, June 4-21, 2001
b. Educational Psychology, May 17-June 4, 2004; May 16-June 3, 2005; May 15-June
2, 2006; Fall 2006; May 14-June 1, 2007
c. Social Psychology, June 5-July 31, 2004; Fall 2004; June 4-July 30, 2005; Spring
2007
d. Adolescent Development: Theory and Research, Fall 2004; Fall 2005 (section 1 &     
3); Spring 2006; July 11-August  3, 2006; July 9-August 3, 2007
e. Survey of  Developmental Psychology: Advanced, Fall 2006 (section 1 & 2)
f. Program Development and Evaluation in Counseling, Spring 2007   

Masters Thesis advisor: Ethnic Identity Development in Response to the Stereotyping of
Asian Americans in High School, Fall 2006

Undergraduate Courses-
a. Abnormal Psychology, Spring 2004: Spring 2005
b. Personality Development, Spring 2004: Spring 2007
c. Adolescent Development, Spring 2005; Spring 2006; Spring 2007
d. Human Development II: Applications for Educators of Early Adolescence, Spring
2005e. Human Development II: Applications for Educators of Late Adolescence, Spring
2005

Instructor,
Business Continuity & Homeland Security certificate program.

* Introduction to Homeland Security (April 26-27-28, 2006;M 7:00 -8:00
06/26/06 to 08/14/06) As Independent Study for 3 students.
* Exercising & Maintaining a Continuity Plan (April 2005; August 2005)

Dr. Maurer is currently developing, for the Professional Studies Programs of the
Paul McGhee Division of New York University’s School for Continuing & Professional
Studies, a Bachelor of Science in Critical Infrastructure Protection  degree program
with concentrations in Homeland Security, Emergency Management, Strategic
Intelligence, or Business Continuity.  This degree will be taught entirely with distance
technology with an optional three-month summer residency at the University.  The
degree is part of the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and
Security University and Agency Partnership Initiative.  The Paul McGhee Division
within the School of Continuing and Professional Studies was created especially for
adult students who want to go back to college and earn their degrees.
Department of Applied Psychology, Steinhardt School of Education and the Center for
HIV/AIDS Education Studies & Training (CHEST); NYC, NY   
Project Director for Project Tina, October 1999-September 2001, the American
Psychological Foundation (APF) W. F. Placek Research Grant, $30,000 study,
Understanding the Contexts of Methamphetamine Use among Gay and Bisexual Men in
New York City, Perry Halkitis, MS, PhD, Principal Investigator.

Site Supervisor for undergraduate research students, New York University, Department
of Applied Psychology, Steinhardt School of Education, January-May 2000, September
2000-August 2001

Supervisor Counseling/Research Practicum for M.A. Fieldwork students, New York
University, Department of Applied Psychology, Steinhardt School of Education, June
2000-May 2001, September 2000-May 2001.

Co-Investigator, Project BUMPS, at the Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and
Training, New York University, October 2000-September 2004, for the National
Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) 4 year, $2.1 million study, “Recreational drug use of
“club drugs” and Sexual Risk Taking of Gay and Bisexual Men”, (DA13798), Perry
Halkitis, MS, PhD, Principal Investigator

Project Director/Project Specialist, for Project PILLS, at the Center for HIV AIDS
Educational Studies and Training (CHEST), New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ
January 2000-December 2003, for the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) 4 year,
$1.3 million study, Adherence to Protease Inhibitors Among Drug Users (1R01DA12816-
01), Perry Halkitis, MS, PhD, Principal Investigator

Volunteer Consultant on Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) $1.9 million
study Project SUMIT, Seropositive Urban Men’s Intervention Trail July 1999,

Clinical Supervisor, Expert Panelist, Back-up Peer Group Facilitator for Project SUMIT
May 2000-July 2001 (UR3/CCU2164171), Jeffrey Parsons, PhD, Principal Investigator

Volunteer Consultant on New Jersey City University funded The Classifieds Project:
Sexual and Drug Use Activities of Male Sex Workers October 1999-September 2001