Category: Collaboration
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Chapter 9 Review: Research That Inspires Creativity
Research as a creative, knowledge-seeking pursuit In Chapter 9 titled “Research that inspires creativity”, authors Cathy N. Davidson and Christina Katopodis present their exhaustive, well-researched ideas, thoughts and recommendations on research design and methodology, with utmost, astounding clarity. This chapter is primarily intended for research supervisors and instructors who are to assign, evaluate and oversee […]
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Teach Like a Club: Virtual Reality & Art Therapy
So Yay!! I am teaching a Photography class this year along with other artsy subjects. So excited. I have been thinking about how to make the best of both worlds of hybrid teaching. This type of hybrid is different that I have done before. It is virtual and at our partner university campus. I reached […]
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Join Us for An Event Celebrating the Release of the New College Classroom!
Join the Futures Initiative for our first hybrid event of the fall semester at the CUNY Graduate Center or via Zoom. Follow this link to the Eventbrite. About this event “The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.” —Audre Lorde Join the Futures Initiative for our first event of the […]
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Collaborative Book Review: Interview with Prof Sasha Costanza-Chock, author of Design Justice (2020)
R. Baker (interviewer & editor) Galen Bunting (interviewer) Nanditha Krishna (editor) On Jun 12, 2022, HASTAC scholars R. Baker and Galen Bunting met over Zoom with Prof. Sasha Costanza-Chock, to discuss their book Design Justice (2020) . This interview has been edited for length and clarity (under the guidance of Prof. Costanza-Chock) by HASTAC scholars Nanditha Krishna and R Baker […]
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Mapping Asian American Narratives: Conception and Collaboration in D.H. Classes
Since the academic year is coming to an end, I want to take the time to reflect on the conception and collaboration that gets into the creation of classes in D.H. pedagogy. I think that in this case, it’s important to know how the sausage gets made to demystify the complexity surrounding D.H. classes and […]
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Chapter 5 Review : Design Pedagogies: “There’s Something Wrong with This System!”
The fifth Chapter of Design Justice titled Design Pedagogies: “There’s Something Wrong with This System!” puts forth Dr. Sasha Costanza-Chock’s observations and perspectives at the intersection of education, pedagogy and the design justice model. The chapter begins with Dr. Costanza-Chock acknowledging Black feminist writer bell hooks’ quote from her classic Teaching to Transgress. bell hooks asserts the […]
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Introducing New HASTAC Scholars Co-Director!
Greetings to the HASTAC community! My name is Hilary Wilson and I recently joined the HASTAC admin team as the new HASTAC Scholars Co-Director (serving alongside brilliant Co-Director Shaun Lin). I will also be serving as a Fellow at the CUNY Graduate Center Futures Initiative. You can read more about my background and my PhD research here at the Futures Initiative […]
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Digital Projects and Student Engagement in the Era of COVID-19
Anyone teaching this year knows how challenging it continues to be in the era of COVID-19. Wasn’t 2020-2021 supposed to be the most difficult year for educators?! Throughout most of the pandemic, I’ve taught World Studies at the secondary level. I’ve observed students struggling to adjust to unfamiliar structures, where they seem unsure about how […]
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Welcoming New HASTAC Scholars!
The New HASTAC Scholars Welcome Event is just one week away and I couldn’t be more excited! For those of you who don’t know me, I recently joined the Futures Initiative at the CUNY Graduate Center as the new HASTAC Scholars Co-Director and will be serving alongside Shaun Lin (the other outstanding HASTAC Scholars Co-Director.) […]
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5 Habits for Intending Students to Succeed in 2022
After graduation from high school, I had no idea what I would do in college. Sure enough, I chose subjects, went to lectures, and got ready for exams. But I didn’t understand how to organize the process to grow my academic productivity while my stress would decrease. It took me two years to make changes and succeed […]