Dr. Amy Bass, Associate Professor of History and Director of the Honors Program in The College of New Rochelle’s School of Arts and Sciences, is a member of the NBC television research team for this summer's Olympic Games to be held in Athens, Greece. Dr. Bass has done “on site” research for NBC at three previous games: Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, and Salt Lake 2002. This summer, Dr. Bass will be sending CNR her impressions of the Games for publcation on a special "CNR at the Olympics" section of the CNR Website at www.cnr.edu.

Her book, Not the Triumph but the Struggle: the 1968 Olympic Games and the Making of the Black Athlete, focuses on the Mexico City Olympics, when track-and-field medalists Tommie Smith and John Carlos defied the system by raising black-gloved fists at the flag as the “Star-Spangled Banner” was being played. Dr. Bass examines that protest, spotlighting the history of black athletes and media coverage of athletic events.

Dr. Bass received a Ph.D. with distinction from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1999, with a specialization in U.S. History and a comparative field in Cultural Studies; an M.A. with distinction from Stony Brook in U.S. History in 1994; and a B.A. in History from Bates College in 1992.  She is an alumna of the Williams College/Mystic Seaport American Maritime Studies Program.