Call for Applications: CUNY Humanities Alliance Graduate Fellowship at LaGuardia Community College

Deadline: Monday August 8 at 10 AM.

The CUNY Humanities Alliance seeks applications from Graduate Center doctoral students in any field for one 2022-2023 fellowship. This fellow will be placed at LaGuardia Community College, supporting their ePortfolio project.

About the Humanities Alliance

The CUNY Humanities Alliance, generously supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, exposes graduate students to the best ways to support humanities education in the community college context, while simultaneously expanding access to the humanities for undergraduates from the BIPOC and immigration communities served by the City University of New York. The HA places graduate students in educational support roles at one of four CUNY community colleges, and also brings them together in a cohort at the Graduate Center for reflection, community, and professional development.

Campus Partners

We are delighted to work with four CUNY colleges as Humanities Alliance partner institutions: Borough of Manhattan Community College, Guttman Community College, Hostos Community College, and LaGuardia Community College.

On partner campuses, Humanities Alliance fellows will work with staff and faculty mentors on one or more projects intended to support humanities education within and beyond the classroom. Projects are subject to change year-to-year, based on the needs and interests of the parties involved. This fellow will be placed at LaGuardia Community College.

LaGuardia ePortfolio

Fellows work closely with faculty leaders to help design faculty and student ePortfolio showcases, workshops, and co-curricular activities, and help facilitate the use of ePortfolio in career and transfer fairs for students majoring in programs in Humanities and Liberal Arts. Fellows may also help conduct student and faculty focus groups to help inform a full view of LaGuardia’s wide-ranging ePortfolio practice. Fellows will be introduced to a variety of educational High Impact Practices by developing a network of faculty and staff partners across the college, including the Center for Teaching & Learning’s (CTL) instructional design and digital learning specialists, advisement services staff, peer mentoring program leaders, and multidisciplinary faculty.

Fellowship Structure and Compensation

​CUNY Humanities Alliance Fellowships offer annual compensation of approximately $28,000 (or more, depending on prior service or appointment history with the Graduate Center). The GAB title provides eligibility to purchase the low-cost NYSHIP health insurance as well as in-state tuition remission for fellows who are within their first 10 registered semesters of doctoral study. Fellows who are past their 10 registered semesters of doctoral study will be eligible to receive in-state tuition remission at the Level 3 rate as per the new PSC- CUNY contract (this benefit provides for this tuition remission for a maximum of 4 semesters past the student’s 10 registered semester).​ The fellowship is a commitment of 15 hours per week during the Fall and Spring semesters. These are one-year positions, and may possibly be renewed for one additional year.​ Given the lateness of this appointment, there may be a delay in payments.

Fellowship Eligibility

All applicants must be a full time Graduate Center doctoral student, in good academic standing, and entering years 3-6 of study in Fall 2022.

Humanities Alliance Fellows

This fellowship requires reflection, flexibility, collegiality, and willingness to engage in educational support activities that lay crucial foundations for community college students’ learning, thriving, and success. It offers an ideal opportunity for Graduate Center students committed to public higher education, social justice, and supporting CUNY undergraduates. Fellows can expect to strengthen their skills in pedagogy, programmatic support, project management, leadership, events planning, and digital community building that will serve them in a wide range of career pathways. Graduate fellows will be assigned to work with one of four campus partners. Fellows will also have opportunities to connect and collaborate with the Graduate Center’s Teaching and Learning Center, The Futures Initiative, and other partners throughout the CUNY system.

Expectations of All CUNY Humanities Alliance Graduate Fellows

  • Be a valued member of a supportive team that prizes mentorship, growth, and leadership with a core mission of innovation founded on equity and a commitment to meaningful social and institutional change
  • Fulfill the fellowship commitment throughout the fall and spring semesters, both at the Graduate Center (5 hours per week) and at one of the community colleges (10 hours per week). Fellows will be expected to be present in-person during the 2022-2023 academic year, in accordance with campus policies.
  • Learn how humanities programs are developed, scoped, promoted, integrated, supported, and evaluated on community college campuses;
  • Participate in surveys, focus groups, and interviews to support ongoing research about the efficacy of the program;
  • Write public reflections about their experiences on the CUNY Humanities Alliance website;
  • Participate in public events at the Graduate Center to share their experiences with the community.

To apply, please submit: your CV, contact information for three references, and a short statement (200 to 400 words) describing how your experience and interests fit with the Humanities Alliance’s goals and the ePortfolio project at LaGuardia. Submit to humanitiesalliance@gc.cuny.edu by Monday August 8 at 10 AM.

For more information, visit: https://cunyhumanitiesalliance.org 

For any questions, feel free to contact Luis Henao Uribe: lhenao_uribe@gc.cuny.edu