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A journalism case as experiential learning through the Humanities Alliance Fellowship: “Activists Empower Latina Women in New York's Cleaning Industry”SPANISH VERSION LINES BELOW A journalism case as experiential learning through the Humanities Alliance Fellowship: “Activists Empower Latina Women in New York’s Cleaning Industry” By Rosa…[Read more]

Specialized Language and Jargonism within Higher Education and Academia: Further Consequences on Bilingualism and MultilingualismBy Mehrnaz Moghaddam During my first year of PhD program (cultural anthropology), I hardly understood any of the discussions in depth. In my case, it was not because English is not my native language (only to some

Incorporating Experiential Learning Practices into Classroom through Assignments by Mehrnaz Moghaddam     What is experiential learning? “In its simplest form, experiential learning (EL) means learning from experience or learning by doing. Experiential education first immerses lea

Teaching Philosophyby Rosalía Reyes Simon When I am in front of my students in a course of Spanish, literature, oral or written communication, or Latin American civilization, I always keep in mind one of my main objectives as a

Community as Compliance vs. Community as Rebellionby Angela Dunne In her book, Community as Rebellion: A Syllabus for Surviving Academia as a Woman of Color, Lorgia García Peña speaks of the need to open space inside of our classrooms and institutions of higher e

Amplifying Cultures Through the Continentby Oriana Mejías Martínez I am a Fellow at the Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) program at LaGuardia Community College. I was attracted to this program because as a learner and instructor of languages I h

New Impromptu By: Greg Hartmann My first year as a Humanities Alliance fellow was filled with a lot of new experiences. Rosalía, Sok, and I (the three fellows working at Guttman Community College) helped develop programs

The CUNY Humanities Alliance seeks applications from Graduate Center students in any field for a Spring 2023 fellowship. 
About the Humanities Alliance

The CUNY Humanities Alliance, generously supported […]