TLC Focused Inquiry Groups, Fall 2017 The Teaching and Learning Center is pleased to launch two new Focused Inquiry Groups (FIGs) whose work will span the Fall and Spring semesters. Our FIGs will bring together small groups of Graduate Center students who will collaborate on a specific teaching and learning project. Past and ongoing FIGs include “Developing a Socially-Conscious Pedagogy,” “Teaching as an International Student,” and “Student Privacy and Open Digital Pedagogy.” Please read below for program descriptions for our two new FIGs, as well as application instructions. Focused Inquiry Group: Adapting Museum Pedagogy for the CUNY Classroom CUNY classrooms bring together …

As part of its effort to encourage student research, the Advanced Research Collaborative (ARC) will be offering a number of Research Praxis Fellowships for the coming academic year 2017-2018. The Awards are valued at $4,000 each and are for one semester only. To be eligible, you must be a full time registered doctoral student who has completed the First Exam but not yet completed the Second at the time of the tenure of the award. Preference will be given to those who have been enrolled for no more than three years and who are in the early stages of the …

VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE The Institute at Brown for Environment and Society (IBES) invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor with expertise in Human Geography or Physical Geography, doing research relevant to questions of environmental justice, and an interest in working to promote diversity within environmental disciplines. This is a three-year position with potential for renewal based on performance. The position involves three distinct roles: (1) conducting a varied portfolio of teaching activities, including undergraduate geography courses, student advising and senior thesis mentoring; (2) designing and implementing a summer program for undergraduates that promotes diversity in …

GC Digital Initiatives – Videography Fellowships The GC Digital Initiatives’ is now accepting applications for two new fellows to join its Videography Fellows program. Ph.D. students with digital video editing and camera skills are invited to apply. The Videography Fellows Program promotes the scholarly activities of GC programs, centers, and initiatives by filming events such as lectures, colloquia, and conferences, and making them publicly accessible. Activities also include creating short promotional videos and shorter clips in conjunction with programs’ ongoing activities. Videography Fellows help The Graduate Center fulfill its mission of producing knowledge for the public, as well as raise …

The Committee on Globalization and Social Change is now welcoming applications for Mid-Career Faculty and Dissertation Fellowships for the 2017–18 academic year. The deadline for both Doctoral Student and Mid-Career Faculty Applications is Monday, March 13th, 2017 at noon. We invite applications from recently tenured-faculty and CUNY doctoral students who would like to participate in a research seminar on the theme “Populism”. Seminar Description: Populism With the U.S. presidential election of 2016, public debate about “populism” has intensified. Trumpism as a populist phenomenon is certainly linked to systemic shifts in the United States and the specific relations of forces there …