Explore resources collected throughout the PublicsLab journey, organized by theme: Career Exploration, Public Scholarship, Graduate Reform, Safety & Risk, and Graduate Center Resources.
Author: Jess Applebaum
Catalog of Past Events
PublicsLab produced a variety of events that ranged from lectures, to workshares, to symposiums, and book launches.
Offshoot Projects
Throughout the journey, fellows created new organizations and initiatives for the performance of public scholarship. Here is a sample of the projects that took shape with PublicsLab support.
Creating Spaces and Bridging Worlds: A Conversation with PublicsLab Fellow Daniel Valtueña
Daniel Valtueña shares about how the PublicsLab prepared him to plan his job search, and how his internship with the Queens Council on the Arts opened new career paths.
New Generations of Academics: A Conversation with PublicsLab Fellow Britney Moreira
Britney Moreira discusses her academic journey as well as her vision for future iterations of PublicsLab at the Graduate Center and beyond.
Academia for All: A Conversation with PublicsLab Fellow Queenie Sukhadia
Scholar and content creator Queenie Sukhadia shares insights into finding supportive mentorship, and encourages scholars to find (or create) the platforms that best serve their scholarship and audience.
Mentorship, Mutuality, and Ethics: A Conversation with PublicsLab Interim Faculty Lead, Professor Kandice Chuh
Interim Faculty Lead Kandice Chuh discusses the ethics of public scholarship, and how her understanding of public knowledge has developed through the lenses of ethnic studies and feminisms.
Public Is a Verb: A Conversation with PublicsLab Mentor, Professor Michelle Fine
Professor Michelle Fine talks about the relationship between participatory action research and public scholarship, and the critical role public scholars can play in the implementation of just social policies.
A Public Praxis: A Conversation with PublicsLab Mentor, Professor Alexis Jemal
Professor Alexis Jemal gives insights into the impact that the field of Social Work has had on public scholarship, as well as embodied theories of critical consciousness and transformative potential.
Learning through Play: A Conversation with PublicsLab Fellows Mica Baum-Tuccillo and Nic Benacerraf
Mica Baum-Tuccillo and Nic Benacerraf talk about how, as both academics and practitioners, the PublicsLab gave them time and the resources to be accountable to the communities they serve.
