Explore resources collected throughout the PublicsLab journey, organized by theme: Career Exploration, Public Scholarship, Graduate Reform, Safety & Risk, and Graduate Center Resources.
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In this audio interview, the PublicsLab’s leaders reflect on the work accomplished, and offer provocations towards radically reimagining what a healthier culture for graduate education could be.
Professor Annie Valk and doctoral student Deena Ecker discuss the role of the public historian, how to free the field of history from antiquated notions of academia, and the importance of advocating for up-and-coming scholars.
Professor Matt Gold and PublicsLab Fellow Rob Yates discuss how the grant supported transformations to the English program’s coursework, examinations, mentorship, and professionalization efforts.
PublicsLab produced a variety of events that ranged from lectures, to workshares, to symposiums, and book launches.
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.
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.
Britney Moreira discusses her academic journey as well as her vision for future iterations of PublicsLab at the Graduate Center and beyond.
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.
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.
