The CUNY Humanities Alliance, with generous support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is dedicated to training Ph.D. students in the most successful methods for teaching humanities courses in some of the country’s most diverse undergraduate classrooms. The Graduate Center will partner with LaGuardia Community College to broaden and strengthen access to and engagement in the humanities for their students.
Directors
Prof Cathy N. Davidson
Director of the Futures Initiative at the Graduate Center
Dr. Bret Eynon
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at LaGuardia Community College
Prof David Olan
Interim Associate Provost and Dean for Academic Affairs at the Graduate Center
Staff Involved
Elizabeth Alsop
Humanities Scholar for the Humanities Alliance in the Teaching and Learning Center at the Graduate Center
Pivots the humanities pedagogical trainings in the program for broader training of graduate students at the Graduate Center
Kitana Ananda
Post-Doctoral Fellow for the Humanities Alliance in the Futures Initiative
Conducts research and analysis on impact of humanities alliance on the higher education landscape
Jade Davis
Associate Director for Digital Learning Projects at LaGuardia Community College
Lead on the use of digital tools in the LaGuardia Community College environment
Eric Hofmann
Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs and Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at LaGuardia Community College
Coordinates LAGCC pedagogy seminars
Kaysi Holman
Director of Programs and Administration of the CUNY Humanities Alliance
Administers the program, including project management, annual reports, budget and financial aspects of the program
Professor Demetri Kapetanakos
Associate Professor of English at LaGuardia Community College
Acts as a liaison with departments and faculty at LaGuardia Community College
Michele Piso
Associate Director for Scholarship and Publications at LaGuardia Community College Center for Teaching & Learning
Coordinates LaGuardia workshops
Katina Rogers
Director of Programs and Administration for the Futures Initiative
Connects the Humanities Alliance with the Futures Initiative
Professor Stefanie Sertich
Program Director and Associate Professor of Theater in the Humanities Department at LaGuardia Community College
Plan and facilitate the LaGuardia Mellon Humanities Scholars program
Luke Waltzer
Director of the Graduate Center Teaching & Learning Center
Connects the Humanities Alliance with the Graduate Center Teaching & Learning Center
Howard Wach
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at LaGuardia Community College
Previously coordinated the LaGuardia workshops
Faculty Mentors
Professor Ana Maria Hernandez
Professor, Education and Language Acquisition Department
Professor Demetri Kapetanakos
Associate Professor of English at LaGuardia Community College
Professor Karen Miller
Professor of History at LaGuardia Community College and the CUNY Graduate Center
Professor Emmanuel Nartey
Associate Professor of Philosophy at LaGuardia Community College
Professor Eduardo Vianna
Assistant Professor of Psychology at LaGuardia Community College
Graduate Fellows
Emily Brooks
PhD candidate in the History at the Graduate Center
Deshonay Dozier
PhD candidate in the Environmental Psychology at the Graduate Center
Luis Henao Uribe
PhD candidate in the Hispanic and Lus-Brazilian Literatures and Languages at the Graduate Center
Anton Kociolek
PhD candidate in the Cultural Anthropology at the Graduate Center
Makeba Lavan
PhD candidate in the English at the Graduate Center
José Alfredo Menjivar
PhD candidate in the Urban Education at the Graduate Center
Jennifer Polish
PhD candidate in the English at the Graduate Center
Rojo Robles Mejías
PhD candidate in the Hispanic and Lus-Brazilian Literatures and Languages at the Graduate Center
