Promoting Civil Discourse & Intellectual Dialogue Series The Intersection of Identity: Growing Up Palestinian-American Speaker: Susan Muaddi Darraj Ms. Muaddi Darraj a Palestinian-American author of books for adults and children, including the Farah Rocks series.
This new book is an urgent and exhilarating memoir-manifesto-handbook about how to rein in the excesses of cancel culture so we can truly communicate and solve problems together. Speaker: Loretta J. Ross Co-founder of SisterSong, Associate Professor of the Study of Women & Gender at Smith College, MacArthur Fellow Class of 2022 Speaker: Carol Jenkins […]
Promoting Civil Discourse & Intellectual Dialogue Series Leaving the Hasidic Community: Reality versus Popular Culture Speaker: Zalman Newfield, PhD Prof. Newfield is a faculty member in the Department of Sociology and the acting Director of the Jewish Studies Program at Hunter College Speaker: Heba Gowayed, PhD Prof. Gowayed is a faculty member in the Department […]
Promoting Civil Discourse & Intellectual Dialogue Series Forum on Academic Freedom and Freedom of Speech: What Does it Mean for the Hunter Community? The panel discussion will cover two important and distinct subjects of interest to the Hunter community. The session will begin with a discussion of the purposes, source of rights, and contours of […]
Promoting Civil Discourse & Intellectual Dialogue Series Finding Our Voices Speaker: Aarti Namdev Shahani Ms. Shahani is a working journalist and the author of Here We Are, a memoir. She is the creator and host of the Art of Power podcast.
Promoting Civil Discourse & Intellectual Dialogue Series A More Fair Playing Field: Trans Rights in School and Sports Speaker: Lex Horwitz Lex Horwitz (he/they) is a former transgender athlete who is a public speaker and consultant in the Northeast, focusing on transgender rights in sports. Speaker: Bobby Hodgson Bobby Hodgson is the assistant legal director […]
Promoting Civil Discourse & Intellectual Dialogue Series Migration Narratives in the U.S: Building Community Capacity and Resilience Speaker: Marciana Popescu, PhD Popescu is a professor at the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service and a member of the UN-NGO Committee on Migration. Her work focuses on global and local migration policies, particular areas of interest […]
Promoting Civil Discourse & Intellectual Dialogue Series On Compromise: Can A New Approach to Pluralism and Persuasion Heal Divided Communities? A polarized society like ours forces us to take sides and retreat to camps on a wide set of complicated issues, and in such an environment it is harder and harder to constitute community across […]
Why This Matters Now More Than Ever We are living in a moment of deepening divides, systemic rollbacks, and policies that further marginalize communities most impacted by injustice. This symposium is an invitation to come together, listen and act. This gathering is a space for bold collaboration, transformative storytelling, and deep dialogue—where community leaders, educators, and advocates come […]
Hunter is excited to present the 2025 Undergraduate Research Conference. Join your fellow students from all disciplines and see their research projects that cover a variety of fields: STEM, Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.
