Humanities Alliance Fellows

At the program’s core lies the Humanities Alliance Fellows: Doctoral students of The Graduate Center serving a two-year fellowship, assigned to different CUNY community colleges. Fellows worked with faculty and staff in developing and supporting spaces and initiatives that foster undergraduate students’ critical engagement in the humanities. At the same time, they developed a reflexive practice about their role as scholars and professionals. In phase 1, fellows taught courses related to their academic interests at LaGuardia Community College. In phase 2, fellows explored additional spaces outside the classroom, contributing to various educational mentor roles in four different community colleges. Mentorship was a fundamental component of the fellowship, exploring how intentional social and professional relationships shape one’s understanding of institutions and processes.


Diana Higuera Cortes

Diana Higuera Cortes. Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures. 2022-2025.

Chris standing in a street

Chris Colon. Urban Education. 2023-2025.

Sasha Isaac

Sasha Isaac. Earth and Environmental Sciences. 2023-2025.

Sukie Kim headshot

Sukie Kim. English. 2023-2025.

Melisa Martinez Ascanio

Melisa Martinez Ascanio. Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures. 2023-2025.

Cary wearing glasses and a green cap

Cary Fitzgerald. English. 2023-2025.

Michelle smiling wearing a greenish sweater

Michelle Rendon Ochoa. Urban Education. 2023-2025.

Natalia wearing a green dress and glasses

Natalia Villarroel Torres. Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures. 2023-2025.

Nantasha in a navy coat wearing round red glasses and smiling

Nantasha Williams. Social Welfare. 2023-2024.

Giseley smiling outside

Gisely Colon Lopez. Urban Education. 2023.

Sharyana Dutta headshot standing outside on a balcony wearing a jacket

Sharanya Dutta. English. 2022-2024.

Luis Frias headshot outside wearing glasses and carrying a tote bag, standing in front of some trees

Luis Enrique Escamilla-Frias. Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures. 2022-2024.

Elliott Jun. English. 2022-2024.

Francisco Medina headshot standing outside wearing a button down and glasses

Francisco Medina. Urban Education. 2022-2024.

Janelle Poe headshot smiling in front of bookcase

Janelle Poe. English. 2022-2024.

Jenna Queenan headshot with white background, smiling wearing a blue shirt

Jennifer (Jenna) Queenan. Urban Education. 2022-2024.

Joned headshot in a blue button down shirt wearing glasses

Joned Suryatmoko Ndaruhadi. Theatre and Performance. 2022-2024.

Natasha B&W

Natasha Tiniacos. Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures. 2022-2024.

Inma Zanoguera Garcia

Inma Zanoguera Garcias. English. 2022-2024.

white man sitting cross legged in chair while leaning on arm

Travis Bartley English. 2022-2023.

Angela Dunne

Angela Dunne. Urban Education. 2021-2023.

Greg Hartman

Greg Hartmann. Music. 2021-2023.

Ariel Leutheusser

Ariel Leutheusser. Comparative Literature. 2021-2023.

Marianne Madoré

Marianne Madore. Sociology. 2021-2023.

Oriana Mejias Martinez

Oriana Mejias Martínez. Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures. 2021-2023.

Mehrnaz Moghaddam smiling wearing a round glasses

Mehrnaz Moghaddam. Anthropology. 2021-2023.

Rosalia Reyes Simon

Rosalia Reyes Simon. Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures. 2021-2023.

Sokunthary Svay

Sokunthary Svay. English. 2021-2023.

Jayson Castillo

Jayson Castillo. Urban Education. 2021-2022.

Profile photo of Meagan Hammerbacher standing on a green lawn in front of a house

Meagan Hammerbacher. Urban Education. 2021-2022.

Jesse Rice-Evans. English. 2021-2022.

Andrea Stella. English. 2021-2022.

In Phase I, fellows taught courses related to their academic interests at LaGuardia Community College. Learn more about Phase I Fellows here.

Tanzeem Ajmiri
Francine Almash
Arita Balaram
Davide Colasanto
Jadele McPherson
Hansol Oh
Mike Rifino
Jacob Sachs-Mishalanie
Oliver Sage
Lynne Turner
Mara Valderrama
Jonathan Kwan
Kahdeidra Monét Martin
Chaya Nove
MIkey Rumore
Patryk Tomaszewski
Inés Vañó García
Alison Walls
Emily Brooks
Deshonay Dozier
Cory Greene
Luis Henao Uribe
Anton Kociolek
Makeba Lavan
José Alfredo Menjívar
Alex Polish
Rojo Robles Mejías