The CUNY Humanities Alliance, with generous support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is dedicated to training Ph.D. students in the most successful methods for teaching humanities courses in some of the country’s most diverse undergraduate classrooms. Co-directed by Cathy N. Davidson, the Humanities Alliance is a partnership between the Graduate Center and LaGuardia Community … CUNY Humanities Alliance
The essays in this collection were written collaboratively, with feedback, insights, discussion, and inspiration from the dozen students in “American Literature, American Learning,” a graduate class taught by Cathy N. Davidson. Thanks to a grant from the Teagle Foundation, a team of undergraduates were taught how to do professional copy editing, proofreading, and book design … Structuring Equality: A Handbook for Student-Centered Learning and Teaching Practices
Conceived and taught by Futures Initiative Director Cathy N. Davidson and Graduate Center President Emeritus William P. Kelly, Mapping the Futures of Higher Education was a radically interdisciplinary graduate class that used innovative pedagogy and a new open source online tool to connect and network more than 365 undergraduate students across ten CUNY colleges, each … Mapping the Futures of Higher Education
On May 29, 20177, I was interviewed for a delightful show on broadcast by the BBC World Service, “Have 65% of Future Jobs Not Yet Been Invented?” Good question. And one that tells us much about data, statistics, and the power of numbers to seemingly illuminate without really doing so … How Can You Prepare for a Career in an Era of Automation? BBC Interview
Students in Cathy N. Davidson’s spring 2016 “American Literature, American Learning” course wrote this book to teach others how to turn any class into an engaged, active, student-led and student-centered learning experience. “Structuring Equality shows us how to turn the theories of Dewey, Freire, hooks, and Dweck into actual pedagogical practice. It’s a step-by-easy-step guide, with … Structuring Equality Now Available
On March 20, 2017, Inside Higher Ed published an article by Cathy N. Davidson and Francine Berman on “Saving Our Heritage.” As Davidson and Berman write: The Trump administration’s new budget blueprint proposes the effective elimination of the National Endowment for the Humanities, write Francine Berman and Cathy N. Davidson. Is that the value we … “Saving Our Heritage” in Inside Higher Ed
On January 13, 2017, Cathy N. Davidson’s article “The Future of Education is Now” was published in Anthropology News. As Davidson writes in the article: We must radically reform higher education to meet the most pressing needs of our age. It’s Taco Day at Meadowlark Retirement Community in Manhattan, Kansas. “The students usually sit with … “The Future of Education is Now” in Anthropology News
In 2017, Cathy N. Davidson and Danica Savonick published a chapter in The Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity, edited by Robert Frodeman, Julie T. Klein, and Roberto C. S. Pacheco. The humanities today are vibrant, interdisciplinary, and diverse in nature. Moreover, the need for a humanistic perspective is urgent. Although the New York Times suggests, “In Tough Times, the … Digital Humanities: The Role of Interdisciplinary Humanities in an Information Age
https://soundcloud.com/connected-futures/the-neuroscience-of-decisions In November 2016, Cathy N. Davidson joined Connected Futures senior writer Kevin Delaney for a podcast conversation about the neuroscience of decision-making. According to the podcast website: “The business world gets more complex every year, if not every week. Yet we’re essentially making important decisions with brains that evolved tens of thousands of years … Cisco Connected Futures: The Neuroscience of Decisions
If I were in college today, here are a few basic strategies I’d use to get the most out of my four years. These are like Wall Street “insider” trading tips–except not corrupt but, I hope, beneficial to those starting college and not sure how to make the most of the experience. These are methods … How To Get a Better College Education for a Better Life: Ten Key Ways to “Do” College Right