cindy lobel, a former student of mine. i just want to get the nepotism straight. [laughter] cindy lobel isen an assistant professor of history at lehman college, the city university of new york. she's also on the faculties of the mccauley honors college and the program at the graduate center. cindy earned a ba from tufts university and a ph.d. where she wrote a brilliant dissertation in u.s. history from the graduate center kuny. her first book, urban appetites: food and culture in 19th century new york, was released in april 2014 by the university of chicago press. the manuscript for "urban appetites," not surprisingly, won the dixon ryan fox prize for the best manuscript that year on new york history. lobel has published in the winchester portfolio, in common place and in history now. her current research includes this biography of catherine beecher to be published soon by westview press and the american, lives of american women series. and her next book will be a biography of 19th century new york african-american oyster man thomas downing. i have questions for

cindy lobel, a former student of mine, i want to get the message straight, is an assistant professor of history asked lehman college, at the city university of new york also on the faculty of honors college and the graduate center. cindy and a be a from tufts university and a ph.d. where she wrote a brilliant dissertation on u.s. history from the graduate center. her first book urban appetites:food and culture in nineteenth century new york was released in april of 2014 by the university of chicago press. the manuscript for urban apatite, not surprisingly won the dixon ryan prize for the best manuscript that year on new york history. she has published in the winchester portfolio in commonplace and in history now. her current research includes this biography of catherine beecher to be published soon by westview press in the lives of american women series. and her next book will be a biography of nineteenth century new york african-american oystersman thomas downing. i have questions for all of them to start things off and i will make sure they keep their answers brief enough that you