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Student-Led Events in March & April 2017
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 students at The Graduate Center, or undergraduates at LaGuardia Community College–are also thinking through and responding to inequity and injustice. They’re doing so, in part,…
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Supporting Our Students In Difficult Times
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 the 2016-2017 year, the Fellows have been learning about and sharing strategies for student-centered pedagogy, alongside other critical pedagogical approaches, and have been discussing how…
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Information Session: Humanities Alliance Graduate Teaching Fellowship
Information Session Friday, January 27 1:00 – 3:00 pm GC Room 3317 Mellon Humanities Alliance Fellowship for Doctoral Students Interested in Community College Teaching The Humanities Alliance is soliciting applications for a unique fellowship opportunity enabling nine doctoral students at the Graduate Center to explore community college pedagogy and possible teaching careers. In addition to actual…
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Mellon Humanities Alliance Fellowship for Doctoral Students Interested in Community College Teaching
Deadline: January 31, 2017 Contact: [email protected] The Humanities Alliance is soliciting applications for a unique fellowship opportunity enabling nine (9) doctoral students at the Graduate Center to explore community college pedagogy and possible teaching careers. In addition to actual teaching experience at a community college, Fellows will participate in dedicated teaching and learning workshops designed…
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Call for WordPress Developer (on Contract)
The new CUNY Humanities Alliance has started a publishing and communication platform, CUNYHumanitiesAlliance.org, built on WordPress and Commons In A Box. The purpose of the website is to facilitate connections between faculty, mentors, staff, graduate students, and undergraduates that distance and commuting make difficult, and to capture the work of the Humanities Alliance for public…
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Student-Centered Pedagogy: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Key Texts
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 selection. We plan to continue to develop this list, and hope readers will share their own favorites in the comments section below. Stay tuned to…
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“Racism, Xenophobia, and Populism: The Miseducation of the Public” – An Event Recap
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 the Public.” We were delighted to welcome a panel of exceptional speakers, a full audience, and an engaged group of online participants for this crucial…
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Announcing 2016-2017 Humanities Alliance Team
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. Kaysi Holman, Deputy Director Kaysi Holman brings over 15 years of experience working with nonprofits and educational organizations dedicated to equity and social justice,…
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Announcing Kaysi Holman as Deputy Director, Humanities Alliance
The Graduate Center and LaGuardia Community College are delighted to welcome Kaysi Holman as Deputy Director of the new CUNY Humanities Alliance. Holman brings over 15 years of experience working with nonprofits and educational organizations dedicated to equity and social justice, both within higher education and achieved through access to higher education. Holman served as…
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Three Job Opportunities at the Graduate Center, CUNY with the Humanities Alliance
We are delighted to announce three job opportunities at the Graduate Center, CUNY. These positions are part of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Alliance, a new, Mellon-funded collaboration between the GC and LaGuardia Community College. Please share this announcement widely. With generous support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Graduate Center and LaGuardia Community College of…
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