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A Walk Into The History Of My Neighborhood
As I took a break from social media and my phone, it suddenly struck me that I had errands that I needed to run so I got my dog & I ready and headed out. I realized that after moving to a new place, I had no idea about the history of where I […]
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The History of West New York, New Jersey
When coming into the town of West New York, New Jersey, mainly the street of Bergenline Avenue, you can instantly tell many of the people in this town are from South or Central America. While I was walking around, I noticed I usually was never alone. There is always someone walking, running, or driving […]
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A walk through the history of Aclimação
For our English Composition class, each of us went on a walk, without technology to distract us. The goal was to get to know the history and populations (human and non-human) of our neighborhoods. I was born and raised in the neighborhood of Acimação, in São Paulo, Brazil. Its history is quite interesting: back […]
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Putting the Humanities PhD to Work: Book Launch Video and Q&A
Click to watch the full conversation I had the great pleasure of speaking with Dr. Teresa Mangum at the University of Iowa to celebrate the launch of Putting the Humanities PhD to Work. Following a generous introduction by Dr. Cathy Davidson, Teresa and I had an invigorating conversation about the nature of graduate education, the […]
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Scholar Spotlight: Jesse Rice-Evans
Why did you apply to HASTAC? In composition/rhetoric and writing studies, digital pedagogy is a crucial element of developing effective and equitable pedagogy! Building community around digital equity is an important component of centering access in future intellectual projects 🙂 What has been your favorite course so far as an instructor or student? Why? My […]
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The suffer of COVID-19
My name is Fadi Sobhy, and I am a freshman at New Jersey City University taking an ordinary English class. I am majoring in biomedical engineering. I am so nervous about college and how independent I am expected to be. In addition to being responsible for my own academic career for the next 4 to […]
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A Year In Review: The Futures Initiative Undergraduate Leadership Program (2019-2020 Cohort)
By Lauren Melendez and Kashema Hutchinson (cross-posted on futuresinitiative.org) Leadership Fellows during our monthly meet-up, CUNY Graduate Center The Futures Initiative’s Undergraduate Leadership Program (ULP) supports CUNY undergraduate students who are learning to be leaders within their colleges and within their communities. The program, directed by Lauren Melendez, MSEd Director of the Undergraduate Leadership Program […]
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New book presents mapping as a tool for developing information literacy
Facet Publishing announces the publication of Mapping Information Landscapes: New Methods for Exploring the Development and Teaching of Information Literacy by Andrew Whitworth. Written by a leading researcher in the field, this book investigates how teachers and learners can use mapping in developing their ability to make informed judgements about information, in specific places and […]
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The Pandemic and Children’s Mental Health
On the news again are the arguments for reopening schools. I heard some of the arguments from pediatricians regarding mental health and the need for students to be in school. I am not sure if many pediatricians realize that special education teachers set up mental health services for our students. For example, at the beginning of […]
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Teachers & Profs Talk About It Meet Up?
Hi Fellow Teachers and Profs, With all that is going on are we really hearing from educators themselves? Today I was watching DeVos again. She said that she couldn’t give an opinion on something because she is not a doctor or medical professional, but has she ever been a teacher? I see that she has […]