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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Putting the Humanities PhD to Work: Book Launch Video and Q&A
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] I had the great pleasure of speaking with Dr. Teresa Mangum at the University of Iowa to celebrate the launch of Putting the Humanities PhD to Work. Following a […]
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Thinking through a pandemic: reflections & resources from humanities and social sciences
Cihan: On March 10, when the Futures Initiative team was preparing to start working remotely, I started to write a few paragraphs reflecting on the resources I have as a […]
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What if graduate education serves ALL students and the public good?
Last fall, we issued a call for proposals to scholars across the U.S. to think together with us on these questions: How can our institutions reshape graduate education to support […]
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Inclusive or Exclusive: Reimagining Classrooms as Transnational Spaces
Workshop participants taking a picture as a group performance. Under the aggravated anti-immigration policies and politics of the Trump administration, we designed this workshop entitled Inclusive or Exclusive: Reimagining Classrooms […]
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The Thought Project: Podcast episode on Putting the PhD to Work and the CUNY Humanities Alliance
I was delighted to join the Graduate Center’s Director of Media Relations, Tanya Domi, on January 15, 2020 to record an episode of The Thought Project podcast. In our 30-minute […]
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Putting the Humanities PhD to Work: Updates, abstracts, and more
I’m delighted to share that Putting the Humanities PhD to Work is in production at Duke University Press, and should be out in the world in time for Fall 2020! […]
