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An Interview with Melisa Martinez Ascanio, Humanities Alliance Fellow
Can you introduce yourself and tell us about your background? I’m Melisa Martinez, a PhD candidate in the LILAC program at the Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY). I originally began my doctoral studies at Temple University in Philadelphia but later transferred to the Graduate Center. I am from Colombia and prior to…
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An Interview with Jennifer (Jenna) Queenan, Former Humanities Alliance Fellow
Can you give us an introduction of yourself, your work, your background? I’m a white queer educator and organizer. I was a high school teacher for a long time before I started a PhD in Urban Education at Graduate Center, CUNY. I think I came to that work in large part through activism and organizing…
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An Interview with Dr. Luis J. Henao Uribe, the Humanities Director of the Humanities Alliance
You can read one of Luis’s short stories that has been translated into English through the following link: In Translation: Epidemic // Epidemia – Cagibi Please give us an introduction to yourself, your work, and your background. Dr. Luis J. Henao Uribe: I am currently the Humanities Director for the Humanities Alliance. In this role, I…
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An Interview with Dr. Kristopher Bryan Burrell, Faculty Coordinator of Humanities Alliance at Hostos College
Dr. Kristopher Bryan Burrell: Thank you for having me! I’m Kristopher Bryan Burrell, an Associate Professor of History at Hostos Community College, where I’ve been teaching for over 14 years. My academic focus is on the African American Black freedom struggle, primarily in New York City, as well as the broader history of Black civil rights. I was…
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An Interview with Rosalía Reyes Simon, Former Humanities Alliance Fellow
I am a doctoral candidate in the Latin American, Iberian and Latino Cultures Program at the CUNY Graduate Center, where I was a Humanities Alliance Fellow from 2021 to August 2023. I´m a Mexican journalist. In 2012, I moved to New York City. I hold two master’s degrees, one in Humanities (University of Monterrey) and…
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An Interview with Kelsey Milian Lopez, the CUNY Peer Leaders Facilitator.
My name is Kelsey Milian Lopez, and I was raised in Miami, Florida. But I am Mexican, Japanese, and Guatemalan, with Indigenous ancestry connected to Aztec, Zapotec, and K’iche Maya. Currently, I am a PhD student at CUNY, getting my degree in Ethnomusicology, which is the study of music and culture. Being a multiethnic, multicultural…
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