Loss and Grief in the Classroom – Dealing with a Student's Death —Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit (Virgil’s The Aeneid) And perhaps it will be a joy to remember tRead More

Heritage Students’ Visits to Galleries and Museums by Oriana Mejías Martínez Learning experiences can come from different kinds of practices that nRead More

Equity-Oriented Teaching at CUNY by Manju Adikesavan CUNY strives to facilitate the upward mobility of underprivileged, first-generation, and low-income students. MoreRead More

Episode 3: Returning to Relationships by Kristine Riley This is part three of a four-part series on abolitionist pedagogy, Star Wars’ Andor, and aspirations for teaching anRead More

Resocializing Reading by Jeff Voss Last year, during my WAC Fellowship at Kingsborough Community College led by the inimitable Cheryl Hogue Smith and Elizabeth Dill, Hogue Smith would repeat aRead More

Episode 2: Awakening Abolitionist Forces by Kristine Riley This is part two of a four-part series on abolitionist pedagogy, StarRead More

Voices from the Archive by Oriana Mejías Martínez In the last four years, I have been digging out archival materials for my research. From my perspective, it would not have been possible to hone tRead More

Caring for Teaching, Teaching with Care: A Positive and Supporting Salute to Student-Parents by Pedro Cabello del Moral HavingRead More

Episode One: An Old Struggle with New Hope by Kristine Riley This is part one of a four-part series on abolitionist pedagogy, StarRead More

Teaching Amidst Turmoil by Luke Waltzer Many faculty, staff, and students at CUNY have been traumatized by the ongoing violence inRead More

Fostering Community for Open Education at the GC  By Laurie Hurson In Spring 2023, the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) launchedRead More

The Case for Critical Media Literacies by Pedro Cabello del Moral I am sure that anybody reading this post has at some pointRead More

What do we love when we say we love teaching? by Ana Flavia Badue When I was in college, every semester I had a crush on a different professor. I loved how they thought, how theyRead More

The Dining Commons and the Importance of Informal Learning Spaces for Collective Care and Activism by Lucia Dikaczova Dining halls benefit members of college communities in a multitude of ways. Healthy, affordable, and sustainableRead More

Politics of Friendship in the Classroom: Community Building and Collective Grading by Pedro Cabello del Moral In our preschoolRead More

By Shima Houshyar

A few years ago, I was lecturing in front of a medium-sized classroom in an anthropology course at Hunter College. I was flitting across the room, furiously talking and writing on the white […]

By Ana Flavia Badue

Participation and community building

I learned over the years not to feel uncomfortable with silence in the classroom. But I also learned that silences have different roles, some of which […]

By Şule Aksoy

In the summer of 2022, the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) launched the STEM Pedagogy Institute (SPI) with support from the NYC Economic Development Fund and Workforce Development C […]

The TLC's STEM Pedagogy Institute: A Guide for Exploring Inclusive and Employment-Focused Teaching Practices By Şule Aksoy In June,Read More

By Katie Uva

I’ve been teaching at various CUNY campuses since 2011, and one of the highlights of my teaching experience has been that I’ve gotten to teach several decade-specific electives. To date, I’ve taugh […]