CUNY Humanities Alliance

Bridging Teaching and Learning through the Humanities

Author: Miranda Fedock

Miranda Fedock (she/her/hers)

  • Panel: Poetics, Poesis, and Professors: Artists Teaching at Public Two-Year Colleges

    Monday April 24, 2023, at 6pm-8pm The Graduate Center (365 Fifth Avenue), Room 9207 Panelists: Allia Abdullah-Matta, Poet & Associate Professor @ LaGuardia CC Richard Jeffrey Newman, Poet/Essayist/Translator & Professor @ Nassau CC Tau Battice, Photographer & Lecturer @ Guttman CC Moderator: Sokunthary Svay, Writer & Humanities Alliance Fellow (GC) These panelists have three things…

  • Call for Application: CUNY Humanities Alliance Graduate Fellowship

    Deadline: April 4, 2023 Application Form The CUNY Humanities Alliance seeks applications from Graduate Center doctoral students in any field for its 2023-2024 fellowship. There are eight new openings. About the Humanities Alliance The CUNY Humanities Alliance, generously supported by the Mellon Foundation, exposes graduate students to the best ways to support humanities education in…

  • Revitalizing Enrollment: Supporting Equity and Educational Justice in Community College

    by Sujung Kim During the pandemic, community colleges have experienced a sizable decrease in student enrollment. Vulnerable student populations, including low-income, African American, Latinx, Asian Americans, and Indigenous students, as well as other groups of minority students, have been most seriously affected by the difficult conditions of living and entering or continuing their postsecondary education.…

  • Deep Listening: Contemporary Composers of the New York Scene

    Tuesdays September 20, 2022 & October 25, 2022 @ 2:30-4:00 PM Room 303, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) 455 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016 212-340-0863 Register today at https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2022/09/20/clone-deep-listening-contemporary-composers-new-york-scene   What’s that sound? Music possesses a unique ability to stir our emotions, call forth memories, or even transport us to another realm of being.…

  • 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…

  • Impact of Covid-19 on California Community College Enrollment and Students’ Outcomes

    by Dr. Sujung Kim **This essay is a reflection on the paper entitled, The Impact of Covid-19 on Community College Enrollment and Student Success: Evidence From California Administrative Data authored by George Bulman and Rober W. Fairlie, which was published by the National Bureau of Economic Research in March, 2022.** Most recent reports and articles…

  • Enhancing Diversity, Equity, and the Public Good: Transfer Pathways from Community Colleges to Independent Colleges

    by Dr. Sujung Kim **This essay is a reflection on the “Playbook for Transfer Pathways to the Liberal Arts: How to Design and Implement Statewide Pathways from Community Colleges to Independent Colleges” authored by Julia Karon, Daniel Rossman, Elanine Vilorio, and Rayane Alamuddin, which was published on March 17, 2022 by ITHAKA S-R .**  …

  • Panel: Teaching & Learning in Community College Contexts

    April 25th @ 2 PM – 3:30 PM Community Colleges serve almost half of the undergraduate students in the United States. They provide many students’ first contact with higher education, especially for historically underserved populations. The work of community college faculty is complex, teaching a heavy load of classes, helping students navigate their disciplines and…

  • Call for Applications: CUNY Humanities Alliance Graduate Fellowship

    Application: Apply Here Application Deadline Extended! New Deadline: April 1, 2022 The CUNY Humanities Alliance seeks applications from Graduate Center doctoral students in any field for its 2022-2023 fellowship. There are seven new openings. About the Humanities Alliance The CUNY Humanities Alliance, generously supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, exposes graduate students to the…