CUNY Academic Commons | Shawna M. Brandle | Group Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/brandle/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Shawna M. Brandle is a member. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 b89ae042ccf97d25e821ca0cff872733 Keith A. Markus replied to the topic BMCC/CUNY GenAI Education Paper Cited in MDPI Smart Cities Article in the forum Critical AI Literacy Interest Group via email https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=205253 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 11:34:38 -0400 Vasiliy,
I don’t think that we should try to reach consensus in this forum but I have a rather different view. Perhaps it would he helpful to explain a little further. We were speaking loosely, so to be clear when I referred to AI, I meant generative AI. Perhaps you were speaking more broadly.

As philosopher David Lewis once wrote, calling…[Read more]

]]> 13c9764e3fe10cf90e758165a495e94f Vasiliy Znamenskiy replied to the topic BMCC/CUNY GenAI Education Paper Cited in MDPI Smart Cities Article in the forum Critical AI Literacy Interest Group via email https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=205249 Thu, 09 Jul 2026 18:13:04 -0400 Testing how a task was completed, judging whether it was completed correctly, and actually performing the task are not the same thing.

Artificial intelligence will do some things on its own. Without that, it would not really be intelligence. How we should interact with it, what we can trust it with and what we cannot, will be shown by practice…[Read more]

]]> 1052e04fc3b3f56b1378e530a0d1764c Keith A. Markus replied to the topic BMCC/CUNY GenAI Education Paper Cited in MDPI Smart Cities Article in the forum Critical AI Literacy Interest Group via email https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=205247 Thu, 09 Jul 2026 17:47:42 -0400 Vasiliy,
I did an informal poll of my students asking what they wanted their program of study to provide them regarding AI, and the ability to critically evaluate AI output was one of the top things that they reported wanting. This fining could probably be replicated more formally.

My main focus in my courses is on the idea that if students want…[Read more]

]]> acfa8fa6af8746f52673a32a89c3ea44 Vasiliy Znamenskiy started the topic BMCC/CUNY GenAI Education Paper Cited in MDPI Smart Cities Article in the forum Critical AI Literacy Interest Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/critical-ai-literacy-reading-group/forum/topic/bmcc-cuny-genai-education-paper-cited-in-mdpi-smart-cities-article-2/ Tue, 07 Jul 2026 15:05:00 -0400 Dear colleagues,

I wanted to share a small but meaningful update related to generative AI in education.

Our paper, “Integrating Universal Generative AI Platforms in Educational Labs to Foster Critical Thinking and Digital Literacy,” has been cited in a new MDPI Smart Cities article on multimodal generative AI for construction-site management and…[Read more]

]]> 2a60347f07c8b04afd2ad7b62ae52b3b Holly Davenport replied to the topic Graduate Center AI Guidelines in the forum Critical AI Literacy Interest Group via email https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=205131 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:36:25 -0400 Thanks, Gina!

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Holly Davenport

Interim Director, Office of Digital Learning

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY

hdavenport@jjay.cuny.edu<mailto:hdavenport@jjay.cuny.edu>

From: Gina Rae Foster (Critical AI Literacy Interest Group) <cuny-academic-commons@gc.cuny.edu>
Date: Monday, June 29, 2026 at 12:56 PM
To: Holly Davenport &…[Read more]

]]> cfe0b24fe8dadcac6126929765c45760 sheng joined the group GC Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1179769/ Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:22:44 -0400 8d13b3e8030e45f3087d14ec80fe6d51 Nicole (she/her) joined the group Open at CUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1179727/ Mon, 29 Jun 2026 21:50:16 -0400 37f6d763a3406a95a46163657af08c9c Nicholas Freudenberg joined the group Open at CUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1179705/ Mon, 29 Jun 2026 17:32:06 -0400 c068b5ecff40b89b805bf169025e4534 Gina Rae Foster replied to the topic Graduate Center AI Guidelines in the forum Critical AI Literacy Interest Group via email https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=205115 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:55:48 -0400 Thanks, Luke! Great to see and very helpful.

[cid:adfd74d6-73d1-4781-9f5f-33dbc2588bb2](https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/ed3fccc997e14577b329870b0d26d30e@jjay.cuny.edu?anonymous&ep=bwmEmailSignature)
Book time to meet with…[Read more]

]]> 03b29ddf7f2d55e9e8a7f8ea15b68e4b Reem Jaafar (She/her) joined the group Critical AI Literacy Interest Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1179681/ Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:54:27 -0400 2f2fef31c16eb7b44a84e7d62d801d61 Luke Waltzer started the topic Graduate Center AI Guidelines in the forum GC Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/gcdi/forum/topic/graduate-center-ai-guidelines-6/ Thu, 25 Jun 2026 19:54:27 -0400 Hi All,

I’m pleased to share AI Guidelines for the Graduate Center, published this week. I think you’ll see that they reflect the work of the Critical AI Literacy Institute, and critical conversations about GenAI that are happening in many spaces across…[Read more]

]]> 6358c4b285b1117837de673680387f30 Nicole Sarette (She/her) joined the group Open at CUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1179037/ Tue, 23 Jun 2026 21:10:45 -0400 180e8c4640962935f56f63adc5365702 Nicole Sarette (She/her) joined the group Digital Humanities Initiative https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1179031/ Tue, 23 Jun 2026 21:07:08 -0400 ba02fff736c4f8c089075c25720bd713 Vasiliy Znamenskiy started the topic Teaching AI-Ready Computational Science with NAIRR Resource in the forum Critical AI Literacy Interest Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/critical-ai-literacy-reading-group/forum/topic/teaching-ai-ready-computational-science-with-nairr-resource-2/ Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:52:25 -0400 Znamenskiy, Vasiliy. “Teaching AI-Ready Computational Science with NAIRR Resources: A ‘Computer Methods in Science’ Course”. Presented at the 2026 NAIRR Annual Meeting (NAIRR2026), Arlington, VA, USA, March 11, 2026. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19193456.

]]> 0488af53829e09d11e96170ac1fac636 Catherine McCulloch (she/her) joined the group Critical AI Literacy Interest Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1177703/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:10:30 -0400 d1986223bf10752f9502491c6bedd723 Evangelia Antonakos joined the group CUNY Learning Mindset Modules Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1177695/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:47:41 -0400 c77358ac13697935408cb9e722737496 Casandra Silva Sibilin started the topic Call for Chapter Proposals: Diverse Perspectives on AI in Education in the forum Critical AI Literacy Interest Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/critical-ai-literacy-reading-group/forum/topic/call-for-chapter-proposals-diverse-perspectives-on-ai-in-education-2/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:40:53 -0400 Sharing this invitation for CUNY community members from Brittany Collins and Marleen Brunch.
They are inviting chapter proposals for their next book, The Both/And: Diverse and Diverging Perspectives on AI in Education. The anthology is under consideration with Routledge and is focused on the middle and high school level; however, within that, they…[Read more]

]]> fc1761c838272535545dd789132b8929 Sarah Gafur joined the group Open at CUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1176159/ Thu, 28 May 2026 17:38:24 -0400 e5e6613645a16e9f3c2a593e8f9e54b4 Philomena Elom (She/her/hers) joined the group Open at CUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1173093/ Wed, 20 May 2026 13:46:54 -0400 98d63b32b5d6a3da4a0e8ab587eee95b Truly Johnson started the topic Feminism, Horror Games, and Data Visualization: A Pretty Terrifying Project! in the forum GC Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/gcdi/forum/topic/feminism-horror-games-and-data-visualization-a-pretty-terrifying-project-4/ Sat, 16 May 2026 23:56:55 -0400 The birds are singing, the flowers are blooming, the semester is coming to a close. It’s spring, the perfect time for…

Horror!

To anyone who attended the GC Digital Showcase yesterday, you may have already gotten a little bit spooked by A Pretty Terrifying Project: Examining Feminist Theme Co-Occurrences

Across Horror Video Games. This pro…[Read more]

]]> 9f417e8618ea5a52e36fb64ba200137a Truly Johnson (they/them) joined the group Digital Humanities Initiative https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1171845/ Sat, 16 May 2026 23:35:22 -0400 72b2725cfd8bd7328ece32dc7305b18d Truly Johnson (they/them) joined the group GC Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1171843/ Sat, 16 May 2026 23:34:58 -0400 7c78661e34a5a5d6bbd3e89020099d70 Lilla Toke joined the group CUNY Learning Mindset Modules Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1171529/ Fri, 15 May 2026 15:57:55 -0400 fc6b533512132b6156c0e27653239f4e Jason Nielsen started the topic Tonight, May 13, 6:30 PM: Agentic AI Final Showcase in Room 9206 in the forum GC Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/gcdi/forum/topic/tonight-may-13-630-pm-agentic-ai-final-showcase-in-room-9206-6/ Wed, 13 May 2026 15:45:57 -0400 Hi all,

Please come by TONIGHT, if you can, for the first of a few MA/MS Program events this week. This event is only in-person:

Agentic AI Final Showcase
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
6:30 pm — 8:30 pm, Room 9206
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/events/agentic-ai-final-showcase

From Professor McSweeney:
Please join us tonight to explore the applications a…[Read more]

]]> c72a20dc3a2fddaa58561a19ee44aaa7 Ismerlyn Gonzalez (she/her) joined the group GC Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1169813/ Tue, 12 May 2026 15:48:02 -0400 676571a760bec4f84e535751bae2bad7 Blog: Let’s Archive It! Event Recap from Digital Initiatives at the Grad Center in the group GC Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1171169/ Fri, 08 May 2026 15:59:37 -0400 In April, the Digital Fellows were delighted to host the event “Let’s Archive It,” which brought together three archivists from across the CUNY system to discu […]

]]> 736cbae6cbf57aa245e8e450fe868f59 Jason Nielsen started the topic Tonight, May 7, 5 PM - 7 PM: Master's Thesis and Capstone Showcase in the forum GC Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/gcdi/forum/topic/tonight-may-7-5-pm-7-pm-masters-thesis-and-capstone-showcase-4/ Thu, 07 May 2026 12:45:00 -0400 Hi All,

Happening tonight! See event description in the link below, and flyer attached.

Master’s Thesis and Capstone Showcase (Hybrid Event)
Thursday, May 7, 2026
5:00 pm — 7:00 pm
Elebash Recital Hall

Register here for in-person or webinar:
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/events/masters-thesis-and-capstone-showcase

Thanks,
Jason

 

]]> 0aec4e8624905804d5286e4078277bb3 Hia joined the group CUNY Learning Mindset Modules Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1166011/ Sat, 02 May 2026 01:52:30 -0400 13b884f1ff0793a4e221c67dc0ec3c91 Hia joined the group GIS / Mapping Working Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1166005/ Sat, 02 May 2026 01:48:55 -0400 9715482e6bc8e275f5ce381b3c595619 Blog: Update from the Digital Scholarship Lab: Visit our Data Lab from Digital Initiatives at the Grad Center in the group GC Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1167187/ Fri, 01 May 2026 06:59:22 -0400 Every spring semester, the digital fellows discuss their observations and findings from the fall semester about the Graduate Center’s students, faculty, and staff n […]

]]> 13a11ca6f9a5012c3ba68307ecbdb798 Elizabeth Nisbet joined the group Critical AI Literacy Interest Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1165675/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:03:06 -0400 11794b29ac2139994cd832acd0941d16 Susanna F. Schaller joined the group Critical AI Literacy Interest Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1165673/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:03:02 -0400 4339acab910da907b18079c75fe472c8 James Abordo Ong (He/Him) joined the group Transformative Learning in the Humanities https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1165387/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:37:24 -0400 2990e9358100de0edeb59b35433e24a8 Robin Miller started the topic Manifold Drop-In Office Hours in May in the forum CUNY Manifold Users https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/cuny-manifold-users/forum/topic/manifold-drop-in-office-hours-in-may/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:37:08 -0400 Dear colleagues,

Please join us in May for Manifold Drop-In Office hours!

Manifold Drop-In Office Hours Whether you’re starting a new digital project, need expert guidance to overcome roadblocks in an existing project, or simply want to ask a question, our CUNY Manifold Team will be on hand to provide support and answer your qu…[Read more]

]]> 5f7c96566c9dba4ff3959f9356c9a19d Agustina Checa (she/her/ella) joined the group Critical AI Literacy Interest Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1164543/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:40:07 -0400 e06c8db812c53320b0dac884fdd94f07 Evan Martin-Casler (he/they) joined the group Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy (Public Group) https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1163917/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:48:10 -0400 7256892e40826a56032468f0a201d7fc Blog: Breaking Tableau Out of the Boardroom from Digital Initiatives at the Grad Center in the group GC Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1167189/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:59:31 -0400 If you’ve ever loaded a research dataset into Tableau, you’ve probably been a bit intimidated. The interface templates are set up to analyze things like &#8 […]

]]> 48fa6eaac6863ee3dfcc518fb76ba2dd Zach Muhlbauer joined the group Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy (Public Group) https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1162285/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:08:32 -0400 62690b699aa4a9f5b1d8f4db66de81ed Blog: Vibe Coding My Way Out of a Teaching Problem from Digital Initiatives at the Grad Center in the group GC Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1163751/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:59:09 -0400 This post is written by guest contributor Nicole Walker.  In Base44’s recent Super Bowl advertisement, office workers who have never coded before suddenly re […]

]]> 4cb629f9ddbbb0515b155ece66ef8b7a Effie MacLachlan (she/her/hers) joined the group Digital Humanities Initiative https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1162267/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:58:58 -0400 f21f8cc656005bfd082383b8be7b37fb Alexandra Juhasz started the topic Building a Relational Language Model: Human Edition Workshops in the forum Critical AI Literacy Interest Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/critical-ai-literacy-reading-group/forum/topic/building-a-relational-language-model-human-edition-workshops/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:55:57 -0400 Dear CUNY Community,
 
You are cordially invited to Alexandra Juhasz and Nishant Shah’s Building a Relational Language Model: Human Edition — a feminist and critical AI workshop series for CUNY students, faculty, and staff, made possible with funding from the CUNY AI Innovation Initiative.
Hosted by Alexandra Juhasz, Distinguished Professor of Fil…[Read more]

]]> 60ede9676a4cd0c7e27ca31fb086e1a2 Shane Snipes replied to the topic Four Upcoming Events on AI in the forum Critical AI Literacy Interest Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=202323 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:47:54 -0400 I’ll be presenting on – “From Rollout to Redesign: An Economist’s Framework for AI Workforce Integration.”

The premise is simple and uncomfortable: most enterprise AI investments are failing — not because the technology is insufficient, but because the organizational design is broken.

I’ll be introducing three proprietary frameworks I’ve d…[Read more]

]]> 03d45d271acc683a4b420d82a5d20bc1 Shane Snipes replied to the topic Four Upcoming Events on AI in the forum Critical AI Literacy Interest Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=202319 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:40:04 -0400 Excited to be at the conference with you and Deborah Hazzard-Robinson, DBA, MBA, CDE ®, PASC. Our panel discussion will rewire how people think about applied AI day to day. Thank you for being a great colleague and mentor!

https://cberuk.com/conference_details&id=7073

ICBED-2026 runs April 20–21 at the Marriott New York JFK. Day 1 hybrid (i…[Read more]

]]> 3356e087a1bafdec1cf422fd15675014 Luke Waltzer started the topic Four Upcoming Events on AI in the forum Critical AI Literacy Interest Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/critical-ai-literacy-reading-group/forum/topic/four-upcoming-events-on-ai-2/ Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:17:37 -0400 Hi, All,

Sharing four upcoming events on AI that may be of interest.

April 17-18: Transitions & Transactions Conference at BMCC

April 21, 6:00-8:00pm: Conversation and Panel Discussion on “Digital Colonialism,” hosted by the Center for Humanities at the Graduate Center

April 23, 6:30-8:00pm: On Intelligence: Anicka Yi and Kate Crawford in…[Read more]

]]> 450fcdf74d82f88324ed7ba4ab429ea0 Robin Miller started the topic Preserving Our Stories: Counterarchiving in the Digital Space 4/22 (2-3PM) in the forum CUNY Manifold Users https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/cuny-manifold-users/forum/topic/preserving-our-stories-counterarchiving-in-the-digital-space-4-22-2-3pm/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:10:50 -0400 Dear Colleagues,

Curious about incorporating archival materials into your teaching practice?

Join us for our last Manifold Community event of the year exploring Daniel Simidor: A New York Haitian Revolutionary— a Manifold digital project that centers the life and work of community activist, educator, and longtime archivist Daniel Simidor. D…[Read more]

]]> cd2ea064bc96f74faaf1609b5171943b Blog: When AI Makes Us More Active, We Risk Being Less Wise from Digital Initiatives at the Grad Center in the group GC Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1161943/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:59:47 -0400 What generative AI is changing is not just what we produce, but how we behave. When I began studying how workers were using generative AI on digital labor platforms, I …

]]> 30fb10b6aaf19a815bd51fbb0090184d Iyanna Dorsey (she/her) joined the group Critical AI Literacy Interest Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1160623/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:51:42 -0400 b87a93c16f4b16bfcddf6a780d865afe Hart M. Zhang joined the group Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy (Public Group) https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1160109/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:31:17 -0400 2e3ce7461eed1b79784aa2b8e6a0219e Casandra Silva Sibilin started the topic Call for Faculty Leads: Integrating Gen AI into High-Enrollment Gen Ed Courses in the forum Critical AI Literacy Interest Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/critical-ai-literacy-reading-group/forum/topic/call-for-faculty-leads-integrating-gen-ai-into-high-enrollment-gen-ed-courses-2/ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 22:21:35 -0400 This call is part of a pilot coordinated by the Office of University Dean for Tech and Computing, Aankit Patel, and developed with and funded by the NY Jobs CEO Council. The goal is to provide one faculty lead at up to 10 CUNY campuses to redesign a high-enrollment gen ed course to integrate gen AI instruction without changing the course learning…[Read more]

]]> 4f3badcf19ec3d4e323b8f71401bcb4b Sophie Bala joined the group GIS / Mapping Working Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1159453/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:08:19 -0400