CUNY Humanities Alliance

Bridging Teaching and Learning through the Humanities

Category: Phase 1: 2016-2020

In its first phase, the CUNY Humanities Alliance offered a unique fellowship opportunity for 27 doctoral students at the Graduate Center to work with LaGuardia Community College master faculty and implement their newly-acquired skills to teach their own humanities classes at the community college. Specifically focusing on the humanities and humanistic social sciences, the program supported Graduate Fellows in translating their specialized doctoral research into innovative teaching methodologies that benefits all learners and, especially, students who are traditionally underrepresented in higher education. After receiving expert teaching preparation from community college faculty mentors and the LaGuardia Center for Teaching and Learning, the fellows taught nearly 2,000 community college students over the course of the program. A national conference in 2018 brought together nearly 300 students, faculty, and staff members from across the United States to share best practices for humanities education in community colleges.

  • Past Graduate Teaching Fellows (2016-2020)

    Part of a two-year fellowship program, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the CUNY Humanities Alliance Graduate Teaching Fellows represented a wide range of disciplines, backgrounds, and experiences. Working closely with faculty mentors, program staff, continuing Graduate Teaching Fellows, and students at LaGuardia Community College, Fellows learned pedagogical practices adapted for teaching in community…

    Jesse Rice-Evans (she/they)

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  • Past LaGuardia Faculty Mentors (2016-2020)

    LaGuardia Faculty Mentors welcomed Graduate Fellows to observe one of their their courses in the Fall semester, and worked with the fellows during pedagogical seminars, workshops, and individual meetings to help fellows design their own versions of the course, which they taught the following Spring semester and the following year. Professor Jessica Boehman, Faculty Mentor…

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  • Past Courses Taught (2016-2020)

    Courses All the courses below were taught at LaGuardia Community College during the first phase of the CUNY Humanities Alliance. The graduate fellows, most of whom were experienced teachers already, worked with LaGuardia faculty and their peers to develop their syllabi for the following Humanities courses. General course descriptions listed are from the LaGuardia course…

    Jesse Rice-Evans (she/they)

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  • LaGuardia Mellon Humanities Scholars

    The LaGuardia Mellon Humanities Scholars program was active from 2016 to 2020, during the first phase of the CUNY Humanities Alliance, and included more than 75 LaGuardia Community College Students. The LaGuardia Mellon Humanities Scholars program enriched LaGuardia students’ understanding of the Humanities, and helped them build academic and career pathways in the Humanities. Through biweekly meetings…

    Jesse Rice-Evans (she/they)

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