Futures Initiative
The Futures Initiative aims to advance greater equity and innovation in higher education. Housed at the Graduate Center and reaching throughout the CUNY community, the Futures Initiative empowers the next generation of intellectual leaders with bold, public, and engaged teaching and learning. The Futures Initiative fosters greater understanding of the complexities of the higher education landscape by spearheading qualitative and quantitative research in areas such as academic labor practices and reward systems, open-access multimedia publishing, data visualization and interpretation, and institutional change. Through HASTAC@CUNY (a hub of the online network Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory), the Futures Initiative extends its collaborative peer-to-peer practices across institutions, disciplines, national boundaries, and economic and social disparities, promoting reinvestment in higher education as a public good.
Recent group activity
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Alaina Claire Feldman (she/her/hers) joined the group
Futures Initiative 1 week ago
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Katina Rogers started the topic Register now for CUNY Games Network’s 2021 free conference! Jan 22-23 in the forum
Futures Initiative 1 week, 1 day ago
Registration is now open for the CUNY Games Network’s 2021 free conference!
CUNY Games Conference 7.0
Friday, Jan. 22, 9:30 AM-6 PM EST via Zoom
with a separate gameplay day on Saturday, Jan. 23
The conference will consist of idea exchange sessions held in breakout rooms and organizer-led workshops. The sessions will discuss interactive l…[Read more]
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Carolyn Stallard joined the group
Futures Initiative 1 week, 1 day ago
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Blog: Futures Initiative Map from The Futures Initiative in the group
Futures Initiative 3 weeks ago
I am proud to officially announce that an interactive Futures Initiative map illustrating our impact across the CUNY system is now available… Continue Reading […]
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Jillian Baez (she/her/hers) joined the group
Futures Initiative 1 month, 1 week ago
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Blog: Living, Learning, and Working during COVID-19: Profiles of the FI Team from The Futures Initiative in the group
Futures Initiative 1 month, 1 week ago
For me, one of the strangest effects of the drastic changes to home and work life during the COVID-19 has been the… Continue Reading Living, Learning, and Working […]
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Blog: Call for Proposals: Spring 2022 Team-Taught Courses, Faculty Fellowship from The Futures Initiative in the group
Futures Initiative 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Apply by January 22, 2021 (extended from Jan 15) to teach a team-taught course at the Graduate Center and serve as a… Continue Reading Call for Proposals: Spring […]
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Blog: Congratulations, Dr. Katopodis; and Welcome, Tatiana Ades! from The Futures Initiative in the group
Futures Initiative 1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Futures Initiative is pleased to share some good news! We offer our warmest congratulations to Dr. Christina Katopodis, who successfully defended… Continue […]
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Luke Waltzer started the topic Opposition to CUNY’s Contract Renewal with Turnitin in the forum
Futures Initiative 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Dear Colleagues,
We recently learned that at the December 14th meeting, the Board of Trustees will be voting to approve a $2m contract with Turnitin.
Lisa Rhody, Roxanne Shirazi, and I have prepared testimony opposition this contract, which must be submitted to the BOT by December 7.
You can read the statement here:…[Read more]
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Blog: Greetings! from The Futures Initiative in the group
Futures Initiative 2 months ago
I’m Tati (short for Tatiana) Ades and am so excited to join the Futures Initiative fellows for the remainder of the 2020-2021… Continue Reading Greetings!
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Blog: This is also a Futures Initiative team meeting from The Futures Initiative in the group
Futures Initiative 2 months ago
A few days ago, our weekly team meeting was conducted by Lauren Melendez, who is the Peer Leaders Program Director. I am… Continue Reading This is also a Futures […]
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Blog: The FI Team Structures Equity into Collaboration, A Model for In-Class Group Work from The Futures Initiative in the group
Futures Initiative 2 months, 1 week ago
In the photo above, former FI fellow Dr. Siqi Tu smiles as we sing her “Happy Birthday” before she blows out candles… Continue Reading The FI Team Structures […]
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Blog: Leadership Through A Hip Hop Lens from The Futures Initiative in the group
Futures Initiative 2 months, 1 week ago
What does the CUNY Peer Leaders Program have in common with Hip Hop culture? A few things, actually. As co-directors, Kaysi Holman,… Continue Reading Leadership […]
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Blog: Oct 1 Event Recap: Adjuncts Reimagining Digital Pedagogy without Burnout from The Futures Initiative in the group
Futures Initiative 3 months ago
Post co-authored by Adashima Oyo and Christina Katopodis. On October 1, at 2 PM, Futures Initiative Fellows Adashima Oyo and Christina Katopodis… Continue Reading […]
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Blog: Food for Thought from The Futures Initiative in the group
Futures Initiative 3 months ago
When you have food for thought, the objective is to chew slowly and eat well. It was no different with the event… Continue Reading Food for Thought
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Blog: October 7 Event Recap: Graduate Education for the Public Good at UVa Scholars’ Lab from The Futures Initiative in the group
Futures Initiative 3 months ago
On Wednesday, October 7th, Katina Rogers and I gave a virtual talk at the University of Virginia, organized by Scholars’ Lab and… Continue Reading October 7 E […]
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Blog: COVID-19, Social Justice Crisis, Care, and Community from The Futures Initiative in the group
Futures Initiative 3 months ago
Dear Friends, So many things have changed in so little time. Since March, we have had to completely adapt our day-to-day lives,… Continue Reading COVID-19, Social […]
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Blog: A situated introduction from a new FI Fellow from The Futures Initiative in the group
Futures Initiative 3 months ago
I took time to write this post for different reasons. The first one is that time has shredded in a weird way… Continue Reading A situated introduction from a new […]
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Qiyao Pan joined the group
Futures Initiative 4 months ago
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