The Mellon Public Humanities Scholars Program hosted its inaugural symposia virtually via two Zoom webinars on May 6, 2020 and June 3, 2020. The following presentations were delivered by the first cohort of students awarded this unique and prestigious grant.
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Arnold Arnez: Indigenous Latinos? American Indian Immigration and the Census
Academic Mentor: Prof. Linda Alcoff, Philosophy
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Santana Alvarado: DOWNBEAT COLLECTIVE: A Music Mentoring Program for Children and Community
Academic Mentor: Prof. Desha Osborne, Africana/Puerto Rican/Latino Studies
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Robert Cleary: Queer Space
Academic Mentor: Prof. Matthew Lasner, Urban Policy/Planning
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Kiara Cintron: Welfare Queen
Academic Mentor: Prof. Linda Alcoff, Philosophy
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Hagar Dan: Female Representation in the Me Too Era
Academic Mentor: Prof. Rebecca Connor, English
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Folashade Fakoya: Reframing Black Activism: A Genealogy for the Sick and Tired
Academic Mentor: Prof. Jacqeline N. Brown, Cultural Anthropology
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Shakila Khan: Visual Representations of Sexualized Muslim Bodies
Academic Mentor: Prof. Robyn Marasco, Political Science
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Danielle McGrath: Rhetoric of Science in Science Skepticism
Academic Mentor: Dr. Justin Garson, Philosophy
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Yash Mahtani: Theatre Criticism as Public Process
Academic Mentor: Prof. Jonathan Kalb, Theatre
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Mounira Makar: Egyptian Modernism + Originally Authored Wikipedia Entries
Academic Mentor: Prof. Michael Lobel
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Juliana Poroye: A Theory of the American Public School Classroom as a Site for Black Intellectual Emancipation + Public Policy Proposal
Academic Mentor: Prof. Robyn Marasco, Political Science
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Julissa Valerio: Latin(x)periences: An Analysis of The Latina Experience In Higher Education
Academic Mentor: Prof. Arlene Torres, Africana/Puerto Rican/Latino Studies
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Tiffany Zorilla: Democratizing Community Engagement Implications of NYCHA’s NEXTGEN 2.0 and Place-Making
Academic Mentor: Prof. Mike Benediktsson, Sociology
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