Gerardo del Cerro Santamaria Editor

Gerardo del Cerro Santamaria, born in Spain and a long-time observer of urban and Basque affairs, teaches at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City. Educated in Madrid and New York, and trained in urbanism and political economy by Manuel Castells, Janet Abu-Lughod and Diane Davis, Professor del Cerro holds Ph.D.s from the New School for Social Research in New York and the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Masters Degrese from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid and the New School for Social Research, and Program Certificates from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After receiving a High School Diploma in Science cum laude, he completed undergraduate degrees in logic and philosophy of science and music theory, and graduate degrees in classical piano and social science, specializing in urban sociology and urban political economy. He has taught and published on urban issues in Spain and the United States and is author or co-author of publications on urban environmental engineering, science and technology studies, program evaluation, engineering design & social science, and ancient Hindu culture & philosophy. Between 1997 and 2002, he served as Project Area Leader for the Gateway Engineering Program of the U.S. National Science Foundation and advised organizations in the USA, Spain, Russia, Japan and South Korea on social science methods for program and organizational planning and evaluation. Professor del Cerro is a member of the New York Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Political and Social Science, and the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, he currently serves as Director of Institutional Research and Assessment at The Cooper Union in New York, where he has lived since 1992.