Karen Miller is Professor of History in the Social Science Department at LaGuardia Community College, CUNY, Acting Deputy Executive Officer of the M.A. Program in Liberal Studies (MALS) at the Graduate Center, and a 2016-2017 CUNY Humanities Alliance Faculty Mentor. Prof. Miller spoke to me on two separate occasions about her path to teaching at […]
The Humanities Alliance held our final institute of the 2016-2017 academic year on June 2. (Read a recap of the workshop here; for more context, also see our past institute recaps from April and May.) This year’s fellows and faculty mentors met the incoming cohort of fellows and mentors, and shared their experiences over lunch. Events The LaGuardia Mellon Humanities Scholars […]
“You can see that it is a joy for me to talk about this!” Ana María Hernández is Professor and Director of Latin American Studies and Spanish Translation at LaGuardia Community College, CUNY, and a 2016-2017 CUNY Humanities Alliance Faculty Mentor. I sat down with Prof. Hernández on May 24, 2017, to talk about her path […]
A prefatory note: This update was included in the “Humanities Alliance Corner,” our new section of the Futures Initiative’s monthly newsletter, which is edited by Futures Initiative Graduate Fellow, Allison Guess. We’re sharing it here as a roundup of our most recent events and blogs. We’ve had a busy Spring here at the Humanities Alliance, but the semester’s […]
Wednesday, May 24, 6:30pm – 8:00pm LaGuardia Community College, Black Box Theater, Room M-122 Join the LaGuardia Mellon Humanities Scholars as they take you through a curated exhibition of their student-designed projects around this year’s theme of “Risk.” The showcase hopes to convey the importance of learning and seeking knowledge, as well as meaningfully connecting […]
Mike Rifino, a Futures Initiative Graduate Fellow, put together a Storify of #fight4edu tweets from our April 24th event, “Teaching the Humanities at Community Colleges: Perspectives and Practices.” The event was co-sponsored with the Teaching and Learning Center and the Futures Initiative. Check out the slideshow or scroll down for the full story. [View the story “Teaching the Humanities at Community […]
By Elizabeth Alsop Last Fall, I attended a talk by Kingsborough Community College professor Lourdes Follins, who presented her research on the experience of historically underrepresented faculty at CUNY’s community colleges. Her findings were illuminating, and often alarming. But one of the most memorable takeaways emerged from the Q&A, when an audience member asked Dr. […]
Wednesday, April 26, 2:30 pm LaGuardia Black Box Theater, Room M-122 Join the LaGuardia Mellon Humanities Scholars program for a panel of LaGuardia alumni going to four-year colleges and graduate school. Find out more about their stories, paths through education, and ask questions! There will be food. All are welcome.
April 24th, 6:30-8:30pm The Graduate Center, Room 9204 The Teaching and Learning Center, Futures Initiative, CUNY Humanities Alliance are co-sponsoring an event on teaching the humanities in community colleges today. Join us for a panel discussion with five faculty members—several of them Graduate Center alumnae—who will share their experiences teaching the humanities at CUNY’s community colleges. Panelists […]
