Andy Urban

Andy Urban is an Associate Professor of American Studies and History at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. His research focuses on labor, migration, and public memory.

• Key Projects:
  • Processing History: Labor, Capitalism, and Memory at Seabrook Farms (forthcoming 2027)
  • Brokering Servitude: Migration and the Politics of Domestic Labor (NYU Press, 2018)
  • Monuments to Migration and Labor: New Jersey Im/migrant Laborers’ Monument Project (2024 grant recipient)
  • New Brunswick/North Brunswick High Schools Public Memory Project (since 2021)

Grants and Collaborations: Recipient of a three-year Mellon Foundation grant and involvement in NEH Summer Institute. Collaborates with coLAB Arts and community stakeholders.

Teaching: Courses include Introduction to American Studies and Internships in American Studies.

Awards:

• Mellon Foundation Monuments Project grant (2024)
• Fulbright Fellowship (2019)