Our fellows and faculty members continue to break the mold with their innovative and expansive research. With a shared goal of creating a more equitable higher education landscape that informs all that we do, our team continues to produce research of the highest caliber that reaches beyond academia, creating a positive impact and engaging the public in creative ways.
My dissertation is based on what happens when a principal not only tells her students that they matter, but shows them by tirelessly and holistically investing in their well-being, which ultimately impacts their educational attainment.
Kashema Hutchinson
Former CPL Director / FI Alum
Projects
Many of our recent graduates have produced research that is directly connected to the public good. Our new Executive Director, Adashima Oyo, recently defended her dissertation. Her research examined application, enrollment and graduation trends for Black and Latinx students at schools of public health in the United States.
Other examples of such crucial dissertation work include Jessica Murray’s work concerning the MTA, “Self-Determination in Transportation: The Route to Social Inclusion for People with Disabilities,” and Jesse Fredlund’s “Climate Change and the Ancestors: Rain, Gender and Politics in an African Water Catchment.” Former fellow Shaun Lin’s research interests include immigrant communities, food and foodways, and abolition geography.
Learn more about research pertaining to Futures Initiative in the following posts:
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Enhancing Diversity, Equity, and the Public Good: Transfer Pathways from Community Colleges to Independent Colleges
**This essay is a reflection on the “Playbook for Transfer Pathways to the Liberal Arts: How to Design and Implement Statewide Pathways from Community Colleges to Independent Colleges” authored […]
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Announcing the 2022 Grant Winners!
Congratulations to this year’s recipients! The Futures Initiative awarded the Dr. Louise Lennihan Arts and Sciences Grant to 12 students and the Paul C. Notari Research Grant in Environmental Studies […]
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Honoring Mr. Wayne Wong
75 years ago, Wayne Wong brought home a wooden box from Japan. He buried it under his house, where it sat undisturbed for the better part of a century. It […]
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Building a Research-Learning Community of the CUNY Humanities Alliance: Recap on the Internal Research Forum of the CUNY Humanities Alliance
The CUNY Humanities Alliance had the first internal research forum on Friday, November 12. After Sujung Kim, a senior research specialist of the Futures Initiative and CUNY Humanities Alliance, shared […]
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Announcing the 2020-2021 Lennihan Arts & Sciences Grant Winners
Congratulations to this year’s recipients of the Louise Lennihan Arts and Sciences grants! Each recipient will present about their work in a Fall 2021 event. Read on to learn more […]
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Apply now! Louise Lennihan Arts and Sciences Grants, 2021
Apply here by April 4, 2021 The Futures Initiative is pleased to announce the fifth annual Dr. Louise Lennihan Arts & Sciences Grant Competition. Up to six micro-grants in […]
