CUNY Academic Commons | Vivek Upadhyay | Group Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/vupadhyay/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Vivek Upadhyay is a member. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 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 c517c6a0301579cf68d267ef12780969 Truly Johnson started the topic Feminism, Horror Games, and Data Visualization: A Pretty Terrifying Project! in the forum CUNY Technology Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/cuny-technology-group/forum/topic/feminism-horror-games-and-data-visualization-a-pretty-terrifying-project-2/ Sat, 16 May 2026 23:56:50 -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]

]]> fb1743c030996e40669c4a7b58ee35ea Truly Johnson (they/them) joined the group CUNY Technology Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1171847/ Sat, 16 May 2026 23:38:53 -0400 0180c84d4259a4074bfe90e87520d4af Jason Nielsen started the topic Tonight, May 13, 6:30 PM: Agentic AI Final Showcase in Room 9206 in the forum CUNY Technology Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/cuny-technology-group/forum/topic/tonight-may-13-630-pm-agentic-ai-final-showcase-in-room-9206-3/ Wed, 13 May 2026 15:45:51 -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]

]]> fb19f3b775740e88a94bc5a281ba1879 gcdigitalfellows started the topic “Let’s Archive It!” 3 CUNY Archivists on What it Means to Steward Collections in the forum Open Education at CUNY - Forum https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/open-education-at-cuny/forum/topic/lets-archive-it-3-cuny-archivists-on-what-it-means-to-steward-collections-11/ Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:59:20 -0400 “Let’s Archive It!” Three CUNY Archivists on What it Means to Steward Collections

** RESCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, APRIL 13, 12-1:30PM**

Graduate Center, Room 9206 with hybrid option (RSVP for Zoom link here).

Doing archival research? Teaching with archives? Creating digital archives? Come hear from three CUNY archivists about the exciting archi…[Read more]

]]> fe36215bb600dde39c5aba8ce2f82f30 Cen Liu started the topic Call for Submissions: JITP Themed Issue 29 in the forum Open Access Publishing Network @ CUNY (OaPN @ CUNY) https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/openatcuny/forum/topic/call-for-submissions-jitp-themed-issue-29-5/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 17:14:37 -0400 JITP Themed Issue 29 

Rethinking Making in the Digital Humanities: Critiques and Pedagogies That Transform

Issue Editors:

Nikki Fragala Barnes, University of Central Florida

Asma Neblett, CUNY Graduate Center

Kush Patel, Manipal Academy of Higher Education

 

The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy (JITP) call for Themed Issue 29…[Read more]

]]> f7fdb8936114b1228f5db7ce4f1f5c7f Christina Wesnofske (she/they) joined the group Open at CUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1154983/ Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:06:08 -0400 7fd4cee09067fa62fc06a0b18192e5b4 Juliana (She/Her) joined the group Open at CUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1154893/ Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:44:30 -0400 9dcf0b3da0e5509f28e2fe2159c080dc Erika Correa joined the group Open at CUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1149065/ Fri, 27 Feb 2026 23:27:34 -0500 a6c880beca6cba73cca0ced10ccff58e Eric Silberberg joined the group Open at CUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1149015/ Fri, 27 Feb 2026 20:10:40 -0500 94aaea2fc0eb0e90378ae67c5d86d0b2 Careen Purcell joined the group Open at CUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1135655/ Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:14:41 -0500 ea5df1e3f8bf3fb4244ae8275bd66939 Cen Liu started the topic Join the JITP Editorial Collective! (deadline: January 30, 2026) in the forum Open Access Publishing Network @ CUNY (OaPN @ CUNY) https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/openatcuny/forum/topic/join-the-jitp-editorial-collective-deadline-january-30-2026-5/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 20:56:40 -0500 Join the JITP Editorial Collective

Call for Participation

The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy seeks new members to join our Editorial Collective. We invite applications from graduate students, scholars, and practitioners in all fields who critically and creatively engage with digital technology in their teaching, learning, and…[Read more]

]]> c5c0d3d62cca770162bb8f30bc5f59e4 Zach Muhlbauer started the topic Now Available: Journal of Basic Writing 44.1 (Spring 2025) in the forum Open Access Publishing Network @ CUNY (OaPN @ CUNY) https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/openatcuny/forum/topic/now-available-journal-of-basic-writing-44-1-spring-2025-3/ Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:47:56 -0500 The Journal of Basic Writing is pleased to announce the publication of Vol. 44, Iss. 1 on the WAC Clearinghouse: https://wacclearinghouse.org/jbw/v44n1/

This issue brings together four pieces that reflect on overlapping questions of writing pedagogy, curricular advocacy, and program administration:

1. Emily K. Suh and Bethany E. Sweeney analyze…[Read more]

]]> 4716029e0219e2cb5b132454300249c5 Stephen Scott Jones (He/Him/His) joined the group Open at CUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1126979/ Tue, 09 Dec 2025 20:26:36 -0500 548a8c9ba534129968cb42a8dd95e1c2 Luke Waltzer started the topic CFP: CALI Faculty Fellows, 2026 in the forum Open Education at CUNY - Forum https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/open-education-at-cuny/forum/topic/cfp-cali-faculty-fellows-2026-9/ Fri, 05 Dec 2025 14:44:48 -0500 The CFP is now live for the second cohort of faculty fellows at the Teaching and Learning Center’s Critical AI Literacy Institute, which will run from Spring 2026-Spring 2027.

Faculty can apply to one of three tracks:

1. Critical Foundations of AI. We will recruit faculty from multiple disciplines to work together to develop modules for a course…[Read more]

]]> 994d8fd76c543be1a215fd3d80ab3680 Tuka Al-Sahlani started the topic The GC Digital Research Institute (DRI) January 2026! in the forum CUNY-Wide Composition and Rhetoric - Forum https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/cuny-wide-composition-and-rhetoric/forum/topic/the-gc-digital-research-institute-dri-january-2026/ Thu, 20 Nov 2025 21:07:14 -0500 Dear Collegues,

The call for applications for the January 2026 GCDRI is now open. Please consider applying and forwarding the call below to your collegues, students, and the larger CUNY community.

 

Are you interested in using digital tools in your research, but don’t know where to start? Do you want to learn more about digital technologies a…[Read more]

]]> 0ea2f557bb9ffc50df326870b9638d17 gcdigitalfellows started the topic Apply to the January 2026 Digital Research Initiative in the forum Open Education at CUNY - Forum https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/open-education-at-cuny/forum/topic/apply-to-the-january-2026-digital-research-initiative-11/ Thu, 20 Nov 2025 20:50:44 -0500 The GC Digital Research Institute (GCDRI) returns for its 10th year! Hosted by the GC Digital Fellows as part of GC Digital Initiatives, the DRI offers an immersive introduction to interdisciplinary research computing designed for beginning learners. Participants will gain foundational vocabularies and hands-on skills that empower them to become…[Read more]

]]> a8f5774af55d2502ac0ac21089d71745 Abigail Fernandez (she/her) joined the group Open at CUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1107231/ Wed, 08 Oct 2025 17:13:15 -0400 38d32bb540a26159b1ffa7a048e0cc11 Adina Mulliken joined the group Open at CUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1106755/ Mon, 06 Oct 2025 20:35:48 -0400 3132f9a2a04c81d7dd2ce531524fbcb7 Gloria Caminha (She/Her) joined the group Open at CUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1106249/ Sat, 04 Oct 2025 13:18:53 -0400 4731d0cde7516565a67016304ea9b49c Chandni joined the group Open at CUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1105943/ Thu, 02 Oct 2025 17:07:56 -0400 6b411d602b6c8ebd4cafd32a63627844 Nick Herman joined the group Open at CUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1103231/ Mon, 22 Sep 2025 00:02:31 -0400 346b2ac673c359e5a444f493586005f4 Jill Cirasella started the topic Fall 2025 Scholarly Publishing Workshops in the forum Open Access Publishing Network @ CUNY (OaPN @ CUNY) https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/openatcuny/forum/topic/fall-2025-scholarly-publishing-workshops/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 21:54:32 -0400 The Graduate Center’s Mina Rees Library invites you to its upcoming online workshops about scholarly publishing and research evaluation. All members of the CUNY community are welcome, regardless of campus. The workshops are especially well suited to faculty, graduate students, administrators, and others engaged in the discovery, production, or e…[Read more]

]]> 6264d3b083a2251ba4801f2833a4c4bd Rebecca Lambert (She/her) joined the group Open at CUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1092723/ Thu, 04 Sep 2025 13:23:15 -0400 d26b2d9c3c06e6ce9cb58ed31f63c568 Sierra Santiago (she/her) joined the group Open at CUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1092703/ Thu, 04 Sep 2025 11:15:19 -0400 3878c9c2cd20188bbc95a2352ef12ad1 Laurie Hurson started the topic Upcoming Commons & Manifold Workshops in the forum CUNY Technology Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/cuny-technology-group/forum/topic/upcoming-commons-manifold-workshops-2/ Tue, 05 Aug 2025 17:09:38 -0400 Dear Colleagues,

Please join us in August for a series of online workshops on teaching with the CUNY Academic Commons and Manifold! See workshop details and Zoom registration links below.

Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have questions: lhurson@gc.cuny.edu

 

Teaching with the CUNY Academic Commons Workshops

Wednesday, August 13 &…[Read more]

]]> 6fe9f22fb1b29cd0e5bef7897ffbd67b Susan Budd joined the group Open at CUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1082999/ Thu, 26 Jun 2025 12:56:20 -0400 d948d09a64333d7a67ba0451d9578545 Matthew Frye-Castillo (he/him) joined the group Open at CUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1078881/ Sun, 25 May 2025 19:46:22 -0400 036fa01a37e70025262be8bc9f6f8a32 Maura McCreight started the topic Heads up: 5/16 Manifold Drop in hours has cancelled! in the forum Open Access Publishing Network @ CUNY (OaPN @ CUNY) https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/openatcuny/forum/topic/heads-up-5-16-manifold-drop-in-hours-has-cancelled-4/ Thu, 15 May 2025 17:50:49 -0400 Hi everyone,

just a heads up that our drop-in hours planned for tomorrow earlier in the semester has been taken off the calendar due to another event. We hope to see you next year! Have a great summer 🙂

 

]]> 483d4fd52308a5928676253b14a62856 Aaron Helton (He/Him) joined the group Open at CUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1069861/ Tue, 06 May 2025 23:22:05 -0400 8d769f45d892ffecfed961c719a08b13 Dr. Abu Kamruzzaman (he/his) joined the group Open at CUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1068287/ Sat, 03 May 2025 17:20:55 -0400 bf668cab9d110677675bbcd47ad1baa0 gcdigitalfellows started the topic Deadline extended: Register for Conversations in Digital Scholarship by May 6th! in the forum Open Education at CUNY - Forum https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/open-education-at-cuny/forum/topic/deadline-extended-register-for-conversations-in-digital-scholarship-by-may-6th-9/ Thu, 01 May 2025 20:23:03 -0400 GCDI Conversations in Digital Scholarship
A Symposium Hosted by the GC Digital Fellows

May 13, 2025 from 2 -4 PM

The GC Digital Fellows are hosting a seminar featuring roundtable discussions on topics related to digital scholarship and methods. These sessions will be held concurrently on May 13, 2025 from 2-4pm, and are designed to generate a…[Read more]

]]> 107bf5160ec173c6fdcca7f6ae392b37 Karan M Puri joined the group Open at CUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1061707/ Tue, 08 Apr 2025 01:26:41 -0400 663454f20bcdc5a80d049fc6912e7cce Dominique Zino started the topic CUNY Meetup @ CCCC 2025 in Baltimore! in the forum CUNY-Wide Composition and Rhetoric - Forum https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/cuny-wide-composition-and-rhetoric/forum/topic/cuny-meetup-cccc-2025-in-baltimore/ Mon, 31 Mar 2025 23:26:27 -0400 CUNY Colleagues–

Despite working in the same city, it often takes traveling to a conference to find time to see each other in person!

As the Journal of Basic Writing marks its 50th anniversary this year, we want to take this opportunity to gather CUNY folks at CCCC 2025. No association with JBW required–this meetup is open to all CUNY faculty…[Read more]

]]> 99e4d4b1b0ccac595e690ab1027f986d Luke Waltzer started the topic Vote for TLC Fellow for 2024 DH Award! in the forum Open Education at CUNY - Forum https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/open-education-at-cuny/forum/topic/vote-for-tlc-fellow-for-2024-dh-award-9/ Wed, 19 Mar 2025 14:35:35 -0400 Greetings, All,

Zach Muhlbauer, a PhD Candidate in English and TLC Fellow, has been nominated for a 2024 DH Award in the category BEST USE OF DH FOR FUN for his project “Babylon Redux.”

Please consider voting for his project here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfBI4DwQQw3LOXlIUnZ6RrGGf-gST1HEZf5-5WuBmq2YvydRg/viewform.

And consider…[Read more]

]]> 3e06bb8c93fc11699456ebe3323287ad Cen Liu started the topic CFP: The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy Issue 27 in the forum Open Access Publishing Network @ CUNY (OaPN @ CUNY) https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/openatcuny/forum/topic/cfp-the-journal-of-interactive-technology-and-pedagogy-issue-27-6/ Mon, 17 Mar 2025 17:51:41 -0400 View JITP on Manifold here: https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/projects/journal-of-interactive-technology-and-pedagogy-about-the-journal

View the call for submissions on Manifold here: https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/read/jitp-call-for-submissions/section/48f029cb-6048-4b08-b6c3-68ebbea5390c

Themed Issue 27

Minimalist Digital Humanities Pedagogy

Issue…[Read more]

]]> 71c44e8bfa5c09a5415d03e26d1cbcb8 Mark Eaton replied to the topic OJS at CUNY in the forum Open Access Publishing Network @ CUNY (OaPN @ CUNY) https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=179853 Wed, 12 Mar 2025 14:55:24 -0400 Thanks, Jojo. I will reach out with more details by email!

]]> 8ad1ae1ad248bde7f059d0099567b450 Stephen Klein replied to the topic OJS at CUNY in the forum Open Access Publishing Network @ CUNY (OaPN @ CUNY) https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=179819 Tue, 11 Mar 2025 21:31:06 -0400 Meant ‘I recommend getting…’

]]> 8c4a805214d1b0235ad21fd5abbbd4a1 Jojo Karlin replied to the topic OJS at CUNY in the forum Open Access Publishing Network @ CUNY (OaPN @ CUNY) https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=179817 Tue, 11 Mar 2025 21:10:26 -0400 Hi Mark (and Stephen),

Jill mentioned you were discussing OJS and I thought I’d check in. To build a little bit on what Stephen said, my understanding from other JITP members is that the platform at the time was very difficult to manage given the size of JITP’s editorial collective and the turnover of issue editors. The managing editor at the…[Read more]

]]> 8d7bfd5dc80ba3f2feee5c86623e7504 Jojo Karlin (she/her/hers) joined the group Open at CUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1053187/ Tue, 11 Mar 2025 20:58:24 -0400 00bae0289fae249bbb42d2b7303d40bf Stephen Klein replied to the topic OJS at CUNY in the forum Open Access Publishing Network @ CUNY (OaPN @ CUNY) https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=179809 Tue, 11 Mar 2025 20:40:13 -0400 I recommend that getting a small group of users together to simulate the submission workflow process with an admin, author (submitter), editors, reviewers etc. otherwise it’ll be difficult to actually see if it works.

]]> 3b43011271d9e0831e2710c6176499b8 Caroline Jedlicka (She/her/hers) joined the group Open at CUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1053167/ Tue, 11 Mar 2025 20:22:21 -0400 9410f13fb05c5837e1f33d5fbbc637f6 Mark Eaton replied to the topic OJS at CUNY in the forum Open Access Publishing Network @ CUNY (OaPN @ CUNY) https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=179805 Tue, 11 Mar 2025 19:51:43 -0400 Installing a test instance is a good idea! We are not prepared to self-host a production version at Kingsborough, so we would be looking at the hosted option instead. But we are totally prepared to install a test so that we can kick the tires. It would also be a super interesting way to get more perspective on what is happening under the hood.…[Read more]

]]> 76d5a6ea2124f32a1be07467cf8c20c3 Stephen Klein replied to the topic OJS at CUNY in the forum Open Access Publishing Network @ CUNY (OaPN @ CUNY) via email https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=179747 Tue, 11 Mar 2025 10:38:23 -0400 Hi Mark!

To learn the feasibility of using the new release of OJS, I installed it on my workstation using XAMPP when GC IT stopped supporting it ~2018. It was a fairly simple process, but the then new release was definitely not ready for prime time.

Best,
Stephen

Stephen Klein
Digital Services Librarian
CUNY Graduate Center

]]> e1340b5629b2967c74fb7911c58d5ef0 Mark Eaton replied to the topic OJS at CUNY in the forum Open Access Publishing Network @ CUNY (OaPN @ CUNY) https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=179723 Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:16:26 -0400 Thank you both! This is helpful! We are OJS-curious at the Kingsborough library, so we are doing our research 🙂

]]> 09bee98ef543ba9fd97d760e20f12939 Jill Cirasella replied to the topic OJS at CUNY in the forum Open Access Publishing Network @ CUNY (OaPN @ CUNY) https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=179631 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:21:48 -0400 My memory is also fuzzy, but perhaps between my and Stephen’s fuzzy memories, the fuller picture can come into view. If I recall correctly, the initial request was from one of the journals to IT, without the library in the mix (i.e., it wasn’t a library-run journal publishing service), and it was handled by one specific IT employee who was also a…[Read more]

]]> 9d9434ab2b06c17064a9c6b44cd2a47f Stephen Klein replied to the topic OJS at CUNY in the forum Open Access Publishing Network @ CUNY (OaPN @ CUNY) https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=179599 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 13:27:31 -0400 My pleasure Mark. There were about ~8 journals being hosted and I learned that JITP  was the most active user of OJS in my dual roles working on the JITP collective and attempting to perform archive and preserve as a GC librarian, so there was no compelling reason attempting to retain the platform, especially since IT was no longer about to…[Read more]

]]> a66045df36e9574d055aa6cb6cd2b7fc Mark Eaton replied to the topic OJS at CUNY in the forum Open Access Publishing Network @ CUNY (OaPN @ CUNY) https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=179557 Sun, 09 Mar 2025 17:51:44 -0400 Interesting! Thank you Stephen! So the impression I’m getting is that GC was self-hosting and that this became unworkable for a variety of (mostly technical) reasons. That makes sense.

All the best,

Mark

]]> 19287fb07037ac47f46222ac91a78ff0 Stephen Klein replied to the topic OJS at CUNY in the forum Open Access Publishing Network @ CUNY (OaPN @ CUNY) via email https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=179525 Sun, 09 Mar 2025 13:34:04 -0400 My memory is a bit fuzzy, but if were to accurately recall there was an array of issues. A new release was not even on the horizon and the old version had severe limitations. I was part of JITP back then an in addition to using OJS, we had to use a few spreadsheets to support the submission to publishing process. Also, GC IT lost a sys admin who…[Read more]

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