ADVANCING EQUITY AND INNOVATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION
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ARE
a diverse group of doctoral students, post-graduate researchers, faculty members, and administrators. We learn with and through community to build a culture of reciprocity and shared leadership.
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STRIVE
to support multiple sectors of learning, research, and mentoring, to help facilitate a more equitable, diverse, and inclusive academic institution and society.
WE
EMPOWER
the leaders of tomorrow through CUNY Peer leaders, our undergraduate leadership fellows program
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CONNECT
with scholars from around the world through our website HASTAC: Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory
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TEACH
team-taught, collaborative graduate classes at The Graduate Center
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RESEARCH
topics that reach beyond academia and create a positive impact while engaging the public in creative ways.
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Team Taught Course (Fall 2024): Coalition Formation in Urban Politics
>READ MORE: Team Taught Course (Fall 2024): Coalition Formation in Urban PoliticsCo-Taught by John Mollenkopf (GC/Political Science) and Keena Lipsitz (Queens/Political Science). In-person at the GC in Fall 2024. PSC 82509 SOC 82800 IDS 81630 Description: In many large cities, including New York, Chicago, […]
RECENT POSTS
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Thoughts, Goals, and Bibliography on the War in Gaza and Police Brutality on American Campuses by the FI Fellows for Palestine
This reflection has been written by a few of the Graduate Fellows at the Futures Initiative, and thus does not reflect the official position of Futures Initiative, the staff, or […]
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Thank You, Jacque Wernimont (HASTAC Co-Director, 2016 – 2024)
We are sad to announce that Professor Jacqueline D. Wernimont, Distinguished Chair in Digital Humanities and Social Engagement and Associate Professor Film & Media Studies at Dartmouth, will be stepping […]
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A Recap of the SPRING 2024 CUNY Peer Leaders Showcase
This recap blog post is from contributing author Inma Zanoguera, who is a CUNY Humanities Alliance Fellow and PhD Candidate in English. Originally posted on the Humanities Alliance website. The Spring 2024 […]
It has been inspiring to witness how FI Fellows and affiliated scholars are centering care in their academic, professional, and political practice.
Hilary Wilson
FI Doctoral Fellow
ANNUAL REPORT
We invite you to explore the pages of this 2022 Annual Report. See what we have done, but know that there is much more to come!
NEWSLETTER
Futures Initiative shares announcements, event information, and news from the community in a monthly newsletter. Read our past issues below and sign up to receive monthly updates.
EVENTS
The Futures Initiative is pleased to offer events that tie student-centered, engaged pedagogical practices to institutional change and social justice.
FI helped me – someone previously who thought of themselves as both unlikely and accidentally ending up in academia – to become more comfortable expressing myself as a public intellectual.
Allison Guess
FI Alumna/Assistant Professor, Williams College
Peer leaders
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HASTAC
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COURSES
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What if instead of centering self-care — limited to the private spaces of our lives — we actually created collective spaces of care? Many of us do. I think this is one of the most important values of our work at FI.
Coline Chevrin
FI Doctoral Fellow
RESEARCH
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GRANTS
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RESOURCES
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Working with the FI team has helped me feel confident bringing my whole self, with all its junctions, into everything I do – not just my scholarship or my work at FI.
Roderick Hurley
FI Doctoral Fellow
PARTNERS
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MEDIA
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FI SPOTLIGHT
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