Stephen G. Gross
Bio
I grew up in State College, PA where I ran track and field and also became interested in architecture and history. I did my undergraduate work at the University of Virginia, beginning as an architecture student before switching tracks to history and economics. While at UVA I competed on the track and field team and All-ACC honors in the 1500m. After graduation, I worked at the Bureau of Economic Analysis (Dept. of Commerce) in Washington DC where I helped create a new account that studied the effects of September 11th on America’s travel and tourism industries.
In 2004 I began graduate school at the University of California, Berkeley to study with Gerald D. Feldman and John Connelly. Along the way I raced with the Cal Cycling team, competed in a few triathlons, and swam from Alcatraz and in a relay race across lake Tahoe. In 2008–2009 I completed the fieldwork for my dissertation in Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden, and Essen funded by the US Fulbright Program and the Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies at the Freie Universität, Berlin. After graduating from UC Berkeley 2010, I lectured for the International and Area Studies Academic Program at Berkeley, teaching courses on theories of political economy, the 19th century world economy, nationalism and ethnic cleansing in 20th century Europe, and an advanced undergraduate research colloquium. Since coming to NYU in 2012 I have taught a variety of courses on European political economy and economic history, the intellectual history of economic ideas, current European Union affairs, as well as a global history of the Second World War.
In my teaching I like to draw on the historical experiences of economies around the world to understand current issues of international political economy, like the Euro-crisis or challenges related to energy and growth. When I'm not teaching I'm either exploring New York City, running or cycling, or getting out into nature to camp and hike.
In 2004 I began graduate school at the University of California, Berkeley to study with Gerald D. Feldman and John Connelly. Along the way I raced with the Cal Cycling team, competed in a few triathlons, and swam from Alcatraz and in a relay race across lake Tahoe. In 2008–2009 I completed the fieldwork for my dissertation in Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden, and Essen funded by the US Fulbright Program and the Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies at the Freie Universität, Berlin. After graduating from UC Berkeley 2010, I lectured for the International and Area Studies Academic Program at Berkeley, teaching courses on theories of political economy, the 19th century world economy, nationalism and ethnic cleansing in 20th century Europe, and an advanced undergraduate research colloquium. Since coming to NYU in 2012 I have taught a variety of courses on European political economy and economic history, the intellectual history of economic ideas, current European Union affairs, as well as a global history of the Second World War.
In my teaching I like to draw on the historical experiences of economies around the world to understand current issues of international political economy, like the Euro-crisis or challenges related to energy and growth. When I'm not teaching I'm either exploring New York City, running or cycling, or getting out into nature to camp and hike.
