Sheina Amir
The Rise of Momfluencers analyzes, through the lens of feminist scholarship, the phenomenon of mothers monetizing, on Instagram, their position as homemakers. The project engages with a public audience, including momfluencers and consumers of influencer content alike, and resulted in the Share Little Lessons website. (Professor Linda Martín Alcoff, Philosophy)
Hafsah Ansar
Being Asian American During the COVID-19 Pandemic examines the economic, political and psychosocial consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on AAPI individuals. By creating a video, which can be viewed on YouTube, where Asian American young adults in NYC reflect upon their racial identity and experiences, this project explores some lesser-known stories about the pandemic and illustrated how educational institutions can help dismantle the cycle of anti-AAPI discrimination. (Professor Marcia Liu, Asian American Studies)
Mecaria Baker
The Dashed Line of Immigrant Literature explores a number of twentieth-century novels and stories written by New York City immigrants of different races, ethnicities and religions, and examines the way in which they help provide a sense of the shared, layered experience of migration to the city. The public outreach component of the project maps immigrant narratives and literature in New York City. (Professor Yakov Klots, Russian and Slavic Studies)
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Fergus Barragry
Beyond the Banner of Eagles: A Comparison on Post-Conflict Cultural Reconstitution & Reckoning with Evil explores each nation’s postwar legislative approach to national reformation. This project, in partnership with Facing History and Ourselves, helped to educate New York City middle and high school students on the negative cultural legacies of hate and racism. (Professor Benjamin Hett, History)
Devashish Basnet
From the Himalayas to the Hudson: Culture, Memory, and Identity explores the role of ethnic enclaves in preserving cultural memory by zooming into indigenous Sherpa people from the Himalayas in Nepal in Woodside, Queens, New York City. The public-facing component documented a Sherpa Shebru event and interviewed various Sherpa immigrants about how they preserve their cultural memory and heritage. (Professor Catherine Raissiguier, Women and Gender Studies)
Sara Buitrago Montero
Cross-dressing and Role-playing in Four Italian and Spanish Plays of the 16th and 17th Centuries explores how several characters in Italian and Spanish theatre transcend traditional categories of gender and class while also examining their contributions to current discussions on the politics of identity. Outreach consisted of a workshop for high schoolers, in which they were introduced to these plays and invited to interact with the material to explore and embrace their still developing identities. (Professor Paolo Fasoli, Romance Languages)
| Name | Sara Buitrago Montero |
| Project | Cross-dressing and Role-playing in Four Italian and Spanish Plays of the 16th and 17th Centuries |
| Year | 2021-2022 |
| Format | Video Presentation |
Laurel Cutler
Subway Plays: The New York City Subway in Drama investigates the ways the New York City subway is used in dramatic theatre and the ways that our perception of the subway system reflects our understanding of life in New York City as a whole. The outreach project engaged with middle school students by prompting them to write their own subway plays, with the goal of encouraging critical thinking about the way the subway—and by extension, the city itself—is a part of their lives. (Professor Dongshin Chang, Theatre)
Rinny Estevez
What About the Rest of Us? Accessing Statistical Citizenship for Gender Identities on the U.S. Census explores ways to reimagine the currently rigid binary system for recording sex in the U.S. census in order to expand the language surrounding gender and sex as for the enumeration of trans* people. Outreach in collaboration with the Brooklyn G.H.O.S.T project created an open dialogue among other trans* people, LGBTQ+ advocates, and others to receive feedback for a gender identity model to strengthen the chances of enacting changes to the census. (Professor Linda Alcoff, Philosophy)
| Name | Rinny Estevez |
| Project | What About the Rest of Us? Accessing Statistical Citizenship for Gender Identities on the U.S. Census |
| Year | 2021-2022 |
| Format | Video Presentation |
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Jimmy Fay
Low Hanging Fruit: Queering the Unqueerable Twelfth Night investigates as-yet-unexplored queer angles of Shakespeare’s play Twelfth Night. It considers the play’s long production history and imagines a version infused with a contemporary and exciting queer ethos. Outreach consisted of production of select scenes from the play utilizing dramaturgical research and featuring an all-queer cast. (Professor Jonathan Kalb, Theatre; Professor Gregory Mosher, Theatre; Professor Louisa Thompson, Theatre)
Ariel Gold
Judaism and Disability: The Hebrew Bible as a Basis for Advancing Disability Rights, Justice, and Activism examines the Torah, biblical commentary, and law for evidence of Judaism’s potential for radical inclusion of disabled people and disability. Through a partnership with RespectABILITY, outreach consisted of a synagogue-based event focused on the relationship between Judaism and disability—including a research presentation and a panel of disabled Jews. (Professor Aaron Welt, Jewish Studies)
Samuel Kim
The Dynamics of Independent Music Scenes explores the current landscape of the music industry and identifies potential dynamic shifts that could occur within the industry in the near future. Public engagement took the form of a musical concert and informational Q&A session open to the public with established independent artists. (Professor Ryan Keberle, Music)
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Hannah Lynch
Visions of the “Ancients”: Past, Present and Future uses Frederick Douglass’ “Pictures and Progress” as a lens for examining how Imperial Roman Matronae and recently emancipated 19th century African Americans used technologies of seeing, namely portraiture and photography (respectively) as a means to publicly reimagine their identities. Lynch presented the results of this research at the “Representing Diverse Voices in the Classics” conference. (Professor Ronnie Ancona, Classic and Oriental Studies)
Meaghan McClure
Under the Crosses: The Remains of the First World War investigates military death and burial during the period of 1914 to 1918, with a focus on what happened to the bodies of those killed in combat on the Western Front. The public outreach component of this project includes a subject-specific lecture to local high school history students. (Professor Benjamin Hett, History)
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Bernadette Mustacchio
Contraception, Abortion, and Reproductive Rights: Deconstructing Moralistic Arguments Against Abortion in Ancient Rome seeks to prove that the moralization of abortion in Ancient Rome is due mainly to concerns over granting autonomy to Roman women, which would in turn grant them an equal political status to men and overturn existing political and societal structures. The outreach consisted of an event with Rabbi Dennis Ross of Concerned Clergy for Choice to discuss myths about abortion, the long history of moralization, and ways to be locally involved in reproductive justice. (Professor Ronnie Ancona, Classic and Oriental Studies)
Elena Sundick
Mental Health in the Dance Community explores a conceptual contradiction: dance is perceived as a mode of healing trauma while dancers in the dance industry often claim to experience trauma from their training. Outreach consisted of a published article in Dance Spirit Magazine—“Dance is Therapy—But Dancers Need Better Mental Health Care”—and through participation on a panel at the DANCE/NYC 2022 Symposium, where Sundick spoke about mental health care in an ongoing relationship to dance. (Professor Maura Nguyen-Donohue, Dance)
| Name | Elena Sundick |
| Project | Mental Health in the Dance Community |
| Year | 2021-2022 |
| Format | Video Presentation |
Jackson Todd
Social Movement Unionizing in the Gig Economy explores the ways app-based delivery workers are organizing to advocate for more worker protections, as well as the implications of algorithmic technology on the future of the labor movement. The project was substantiated by an article in The Village Voice—“Los Deliveristas Unidos Takes On the App-Delivery Industry”—an article in which Todd shadows Ernesta Galvez-Teofilo through a day as a deliversta.
| Name | Jackson Todd |
| Project | Social Movement Unionizing in the Gig Economy |
| Year | 2021-2022 |
| Format | Video Presentation |
Dodie Lee Weinberg
Saadia Gaon and Medieval Arabic and Hebrew Language Study in Baghdad explores the similarities and differences between 9th c CE Jewish scholar Saadia Gaon’s approach to Hebrew and the approach of his Muslim contemporaries to Arabic. For the outreach portion of the project, Weinberg hosted a seminar for Hunter’s Arabic and Hebrew language students where she presented her research and fostered a discusson on connections between language and identity. (Professor Alexander Elinson, Arabic, Classic and Oriental Studies)
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Tingting Wu
How the Pandemic Has Impacted Chinese English Learners explores how, during the pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, Chinese immigrant English Language Learners in New York City elementary schools suffered significant setbacks, and how their families risked being marginalized due to limited English proficiency. Outreach consisted of connecting Chinese immigrant students to English languages resources and courses in New York City. (Professor Yang Hu, School of Education)
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