Dr. Ananda's Research Posts… Humanities Alliance Roundup: April/May edition 17 May 201720 Jan 2021 A prefatory note: This update was included in the "Humanities Alliance Corner," our new section of the Futures Initiative's monthly newsletter, which is edited by Futures Initiative Graduate Fellow, Allison Guess. We're sharing…
Dr. Ananda's Research Posts… Recap: Humanities Alliance Professional Development, May 5 workshop 12 May 201720 Jan 2021 On Friday, May 5, the Humanities Alliance’s staff, faculty mentors, and Graduate Teaching Fellows met for our monthly professional development workshop. This month’s workshop encouraged the program’s graduate fellows to…
Dr. Ananda's Research Posts… Recap: April 7, Humanities Alliance Professional Development workshop 7 Apr 201720 Jan 2021 On Friday, April 7, the Humanities Alliance’s staff, faculty mentors, and Graduate Teaching Fellows met for our monthly professional development workshop. The theme of this month's workshop? Commenting on Student-Learners’ Writing. Our…
Dr. Ananda's Research Posts… Student-Led Events in March & April 2017 30 Mar 201720 Jan 2021 In a recent post, I highlighted some resources for supporting our students at CUNY and across the country in the current political climate. It's also important to note that CUNY students--whether doctoral…
Dr. Ananda's Research Posts… Supporting Our Students In Difficult Times 29 Mar 201720 Jan 2021 Classes have started again this month at LaGuardia Community College, and the Humanities Alliance’s Graduate Teaching Fellows are already in their third and fourth weeks of teaching this semester! Throughout…
Dr. Ananda's Research Posts… Student-Centered Pedagogy: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Key Texts 31 Oct 201627 Jan 2021 The CUNY Humanities Alliance team is often asked to share our favorite resources on student-centered pedagogy. After discussing what we consider foundational texts—and crowdsourcing the question, too—we compiled the following…
Dr. Ananda's Research Posts… “Racism, Xenophobia, and Populism: The Miseducation of the Public” – An Event Recap 28 Sep 201620 Jan 2021 On Tuesday, September 20, 2016, the Futures Initiative kicked off the second year of our University Worth Fighting For series with the event, “Racism, Xenophobia, and Populism: The Miseducation of…
Dr. Ananda's Research Posts… Announcing 2016-2017 Humanities Alliance Team 17 Jun 201627 Jan 2021 The Graduate Center and LaGuardia Community College are thrilled to announce the team of graduate teaching fellows, visiting faculty, and staff members for the inaugural year of the Humanities Alliance.…