Faculty Fridays: Book Contracts

All are welcome to this open presentation in the Faculty Publication Support Workshop Series. Presentation by Prof. Benjamin Shepard – obtaining book contracts, working with editors, peer review.

Get Read … Get Cited! with Academic Works (express workshop)

What is Academic Works and how does it benefit you as a scholar? You will learn more about how and why publishers allow you to contribute to Academic Works and the many benefits to sharing your scholarship openly to you, your students, and the public.

WAC: Developing Your Writing Intensive Syllabus

One of the challenges in writing-intensive instruction is developing a syllabus that weaves together course content with WAC principles to improve student writing and facilitate their writing process. In this workshop, we will suggest critical elements for crafting syllabi for writing-intensive courses and consider ways to adapt assignments and course practices that help students learn

Pirate Queens at City Tech

In celebration of Women’s History Month in March, City Tech will be hosting an event for author Leigh Lewis and illustrator, COMD’s own Sara Gómez Woolley on their National Geographic book tour for Pirate Queens the Dauntless Women who Dared to Rule the High Seas. Join illustrator Sara Gómez Woolley and author Leigh Lewis for

Faculty Friday: An Introduction to Learning Mindsets

Professor Mary Sue Donsky will provide a brief overview of Motivate Lab’s training programs in Learning Mindsets for CUNY faculty. It will cover the concept of learning mindsets (what students believe about themselves as learners and their learning environment) and explain why mindsets can be “meaningful, measurable and malleable.” The session will focus on three

Ungrading and Alternative Assessment: An Interactive Workshop

This month’s Mellon Transformative Learning in the Humanities (TLH) Workshop is facilitated by Jesse Stommel, cofounder of Digital Pedagogy Lab and Hybrid Pedagogy: “Ungrading” means raising an eyebrow at grades as a systemic practice, distinct from simply not grading. It does not mean loss of “rigor” but, rather, means reconsidering the assumptions that underlie grading.

Got Kognito?

Join us for an interactive discussion on how to navigate student challenges and acquire the CUNY Kognito Workshop Certificate on mental health wellness. We will be doing the actual Kognito simulation workshop, followed by a lively discussion on how to support and intervene with best communication practices—for your careful intervention and the student's well-being. Won't you join

Weird Science Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion

This writing-intensive interdisciplinary course will allow students to explore the literature of shifting and expandingdefinitions of humanity and post-humanity from the perspectives of the natural and social sciences, technology,and engineering, incorporating digital media. Panel ModeratorDr. Reneta D. Lansiquot, Director of the Honors Scholars Program PanelistsDr. Reginald A. Blake, Interim Associate Provost and Dean of Curriculum

41st Annual Literary Arts Festival Writing Competition

Please encourage your students to submit their work to the 41st Annual Literary Arts Festival Writing Competition! Students may submit their work at: https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/literaryartsfestival/submission-guidelines/And, save the date for the 2022 Literary Arts Festival featuring Layli Long Soldier on March 24th, 4:30 to 6:30 pm on Zoom. Layli Long Soldier is an Oglala Lakota poet whose 2017 Whereas received many