The Mellon Public Humanities Scholars Program hosted its inaugural symposia via Zoom webinars on May 6, 2020 and June 3, 2020. The following presentations were delivered by the first cohort of students to be awarded this unique and prestigious grant for AY 2019 – 2020.
Three MPHSP student scholars were selected to receive the inaugural MPHSP Prize for outstanding scholarship.
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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
Academic Mentor: Prof. Robyn Marasco, Political Science
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Danielle McGrath: Rhetoric of Science in Science Skepticism
This MPHSP project is a survey to test the efficacy of rebutting science skepticism with values inherent to science, ongoing and in progress. The results of the survey will be statistically analyzed and the findings will be made available as a project document upon completion.
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
Latin(x)periences_ An Analysis of The Latina Experience
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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