BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS WITH CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS TO STUDY AND PRESERVE NEW YORK CITY?S BLACK AND LATINX CULTURAL HERITAG...

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BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS WITH CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS TO STUDY AND PRESERVE NEW YORK CITY?S BLACK AND LATINX CULTURAL HERITAGE [THIS PROJECT CREATES ONE POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW IN BLACK STUDIES AND ANOTHER IN LATIN AMERICAN AND UNITED STATES LATINX STUDIES. DURING THEIR YEAR-LONG APPOINTMENTS EACH FELLOW WILL TEACH A REDUCED LOAD AND CONDUCT ONSITE RESEARCH WITH A COMMUNITY PARTNER. DURING SPRING 2022 EACH WILL BUILD AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WITH THE COMMUNITY PARTNER AND IN SUMMER AND FALL 2022 WILL SUPERVISE COHORTS OF STUDENTS IN THOSE INTERNSHIPS. THE FELLOWS? WORK IN AREAS THAT TRANSCEND CONVENTIONAL DEPARTMENT- AND FIELD-DIVISIONS WILL CREATE NEW KNOWLEDGE, WHICH WILL BE SHARED WITH OUR STUDENTS, REGARDING THE CULTURES AND PEOPLE AT THE CORE OF OUR NATION?S HISTORY TO FORM ?A MORE PERFECT UNION.? THIS PROGRAM ALSO PREPARES CITY COLLEGE?S DIVERSE BODY OF STUDENTS TO ENTER THE WORKFORCE AS STEWARDS OF NEW YORK CITY?S CULTURAL HERITAGE. FINALLY, IT SERVES THE HUMANITIES MORE BROADLY BY CREATING TWO POSITIONS FOR RECENT PHDS AT A TIME WHEN MANY ARE LEAVING THE PROFESSION BECAUSE OF A DEARTH OF FULL-TIME JOBS.] [PURPOSE:?THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO HIRE TWO POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS IN BLACK STUDIES AND AFRO-LATINX STUDIES AND TO CREATE 20 UNDERGRADUATE INTERNSHIPS WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY PARTNERS.  ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: THE TWO POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS WILL EACH TEACH TWO COURSES, ONE EACH IN THE FALL AND SPRING SEMESTERS. THEY WILL ALSO EACH MENTOR FIVE UNDERGRADUATE INTERNS IN THE SUMMER SEMESTER AND ANOTHER FIVE IN THE SPRING SEMESTER. ONE GROUP WILL INTERN AT THE SCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE AND THE OTHER AT THE HISPANIC SOCIETY MUSEUM AND LIBRARY. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THE FELLOWS WILL CONDUCT RESEARCH AT EITHER THE SCHOMBURG CENTER OR THE HISPANIC SOCIETY.   EXPECTED OUTCOMES:?THE COURSES TAUGHT WILL ENSURE PROGRAM CONTINUITY AND AVOID DELAYS IN STUDENTS? EDUCATIONS. THE FELLOWS WILL GAIN TEACHING AND MENTORSHIP EXPERIENCE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE BLACK STUDIES PROGRAM AS IT DEVELOPS INTO A FULL-FLEDGED DEPARTMENT. UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WILL IMPROVE AND PROMOTE THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS? COLLECTIONS. TOGETHER, THESE ACTIVITIES WILL ENHANCE THE BLACK INTELLECTUAL TRADITION, CREATING NEW KNOWLEDGE AND REACHING NEW AUDIENCES.  INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: STUDENTS AT THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK WOULD BENEFIT DIRECTLY FROM THE FELLOWS? INSTRUCTION AND INDIRECTLY FROM THEIR IMPACT ON THE BLACK STUDIES PROGRAM. THE SCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE AND THE HISPANIC SOCIETY MUSEUM AND LIBRARY WOULD ALSO EACH BENEFIT FROM TEN STUDENT INTERNS TO HELP WITH COLLECTIONS AND OUTREACH. FUTURE SCHOLARS WILL BE ABLE TO DRAW ON THE FELLOWS? RESEARCH ABOUT BLACK AND LATINX CULTURE AND WILL ALSO BENEFIT FROM THE ENHANCEMENTS TO THE SCHOMBURG CENTER AND THE HISPANIC SOCIETY.  SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES:?THE RECIPIENT DOES NOT INTEND TO SUBAWARD FUNDS. ]