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A Recap of the CUNY Peer Leaders Showcase
This recap blog post is from contributing author Inma Zanoguera, who is a CUNY Humanities Alliance Fellow and PhD Candidate in English. The Spring 2024 CPL Showcase was a well-rounded event, with presentations that ranged from politically informative to poetic, moving, and empowering performances from our Peer Leaders. It took place in a hybrid mode,…
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3 Ways You Can Use Your HA Fellowship Experience in Academic Job Applications
By Francisco A. Medina Last semester I applied for a teaching position at a community college and was able to leverage my experience as a Humanities Alliance Fellow in application materials and interviews. In this blog post, I share 3 ways you can use your fellowship experience in academic job applications. CV Perhaps the most…
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To Serve With Love: Hip Hop At CUNY
Authored by Janelle Poe What do we owe to the things we love? To the people who made us? 2023 gave me a lot to reflect on as it was not only the 50th anniversary of Hip Hop, but also of my parents’ wedding, exactly a week apart. Now in their mid-70s, my parents have…
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“Graduate School, Career and Professional Development” Feb 16, 2024 CPL Meetup with Rod Hurley
Please find the recap of the CUNY Peer Leaders meetup with Rod Hurley through the link below: By Christina Katopodis (she/her/hers)
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Performance: Between Thinking and Doing
Authored by Joned Suryatmoko I always like hanging out in public spaces, parks, or other places where I can see people’s activities. Later as I started studying theater and performance, I learned that the body, along with time and space, are pivotal in producing and transmitting knowledge. Dwight Conquergood notes that “The ongoing challenge of…
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“Average is Better than Luxury: A Financial Literacy and Personal Budgeting Presentation” with FI Budget Manager Celi Lebron
Please find the recap of the CUNY Peer Leaders meetup with Celi Lebron through the link below: By Christina Katopodis (she/her/hers)
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The Humanities in Times of Robot-Generated Everything: Reflections
Authored by Inma Naima Zanoguera What will remain of the essence of the human as the unfolding (the inevitably, exponentially, vertiginously unfolding) world of Artificial Intelligence (henceforth referred to as AI, in case you’d been living in a bubble, kind of like the bubble I wish still existed for me, and find yourself unfamiliar with…
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December 2023 CUNY Peer Leaders Meetup with Dr. Jody Vaisman
Originally posted on the CPL website. Gathering in the Graduate Center’s Skylight Room for the last CPL meetup of the year on December 15, 2023, the CUNY Peer Leaders welcomed a guest speaker: Dr. Jody Clark-Vaisman. Dr. Clark-Vaisman serves as Academic Director of the CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies Program (the “CUNY BA”),…
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Redrawing CUNY’s Diversity Pyramid
By Jayson Castillo When I work with undergraduate students, I am sure to let them know at some point or another that I did not enjoy school, that I was “not a good student,” which they almost always seem surprised to hear. The assumption goes that, because I am enrolled in a Ph.D. program or…
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Grading as Punishment
Graphic designed by Roger Peet Grading As Punishment Authored by Jennifer (Jenna) Queenan I began my teaching career in 2013 as a high school English as a New Language (ENL) teacher at Sunset Park High School (SPHS) in Brooklyn. During the new teacher orientation, I remember reading an article titled “The Case Against Zero,” where…
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CUNY Peer Leaders Share Their NYC Soundscapes in November Meetup
This recap was originally posted on the CUNY Peer Leaders website. On November 3, 2023, the CUNY Peer Leaders gathered in person at the Graduate Center and presented their recorded soundscapes, reflections on the exercise, and album art. This gathering was a follow-up to the October 6 meetup, when the leaders learned about soundscapes from…
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