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Dr. '''Roosevelt Montás''' [[1995|'95]][[Columbia College|CC]], '96, '04[[GSAS]] has been the Associate Dean for the [[Core Curriculum]] or "Director of the Core" since [[2008]]. Montás also teaches in the [[English Department]], from which he earned his [[PhD]], as well as the [[American Studies Program]].  He also teaches [[Literature Humanities]] each year and serves on several academic committees, such as the [[Committee on Instruction]] and the [[Committee on the Core Curriculum]].  Although Montás is no longer an active [[University Senate|university senator]], he still serves as a non-Senator member of the Senate's Education Committee.

He grew up in the Dominican Republic and [[Queens]], and describes himself as "one of those people who's never left".

When [[Major Cultures]] was introduced to the Core, he told the ''[[New York Sun]]'', ""[T]he idea that a core curriculum ought to be representative based on the way that, say, Congress is representative, that it should be demographically representative, that's just apples and oranges," he said. "The core curriculum represents and embodies the most important ideas that have shaped the institutions and values of our culture. And it ought to represent those ideas."

In [[2011]], he chaired the [[University Senate]] Task Force on the [[ROTC]]<ref>http://bwog.com/2011/02/06/rotc-hearings-to-begin-tomorrow/</ref>.

==External Links==
* [http://www.nysun.com/new-york/columbia-professor-takes-on-overhaul-of-core/74659/ Montás talks to the New York Sun about the Core]
* [https://twitter.com/rooseveltmontas Montás's Twitter feed]
* [http://bwog.com/2010/11/11/professor-playlist-am-studs-stud-roosevelt-montas/ Montás's Professor Playlist, on Bwog]
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/amstudies/faculty/faculty.html His American Studies faculty page]

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