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.
The PublicsLab Blog
Future Manifestations of the PublicsLab at the Graduate Center
Several of the PublicsLab’s initiatives will be institutionalized at the CUNY Graduate Center under the banner of the Public Scholarship Practice Space (PS2), which launches in the fall of 2023.
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.
Call for Curriculum Grant Proposals
The Doctoral Curriculum Enhancement Grants (DCEGs) were awarded to GC programs who focused on expanding curriculum and praxis to meet the needs and the values of public scholarship.
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.
Syllabus: Scholarly Praxis at Work in the World
PublicsLab Director Stacy Hartman created a course called “Scholarly Praxis at Work in the World”, which offered doctoral students opportunities to practice scholarship beyond the walls of academia.
The Future of Doctoral Education: Four Provocations for a More Just and Sustainable Academy
In this jointly written article published by the Los Angeles Review of Books, Director Stacy Hartman and Faculty Lead Bianca Williams call for a culture of higher education that moves beyond business mentalities and disciplinary legacies, and instead centers principles of justice and the concrete needs of students.
Creating Curriculum to Meet Community Needs: How the Earth and Environmental Sciences Program Used Its Curriculum Grant
Professor Monica Varsanyi, Professor Kieren Howard, and doctoral student Georgie Humphries share how they developed a new certificate program in Environmental Justice, open to students across the GC.
Radical Honesty: Truth-Telling as Pedagogy for Working Through Shame in Academic Spaces
In this essay, Professor Bianca C. Williams outlines her pedagogy of truth-telling in the classroom, which features a practice of reading “positionally statements” to students on the first day of class.
On Endings and Institutions
In this outgoing post, Director Stacy Hartman reflects on the transitional moment the PublicsLab is in. And it explains why we chose mushrooms as the visual theme for our Archive project.
