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Seminar 3: Science and Tech in NYC

“In Seminar 3, Macaulay Scholars analyze issues in science and technology that have an impact on contemporary New York. Students work together to create scientific posters which they present to their peers and others in the Macaulay community.”

–MHC Web site

Beginning in 2013, our Science and Technology in New York City seminar has kicked off with the BioBlitz, an exciting, 24-hour event in which students, faculty and researchers come together to discover, study, and catalogue animal and plant species in biologically rich sites such as Central Park and the Botanic Garden. Photos from the event can be viewed at our online Macaulay Gallery, or view the video below!

The curriculum for Seminar 3 has also undergone some innovative changes. Called “Science Forward,” this media-rich, interactive approach to learning focuses on the development of scientific critical thinking skills, or “science senses.”

At the end of the semester, all of our Seminar 3 students come together to present their work at the end-of-term conference where they present their scientific posters, some of which are based on the data gathered from BioBlitz. This year, we have begun a new digital archive for the Seminar 3 posters.

The following are resources for Seminar 3 instructors and examples of past projects that I have been a part of:

• Poster Tutorials and Resources: Contains information on poster design theory and technique, examples from past courses, and an archive of posters from other schools.
• Environmental Science and Technology of NYC, Professor Tammy Lewis: a student-generated eportfolio of group projects (Fall 2010)
• Debating Environmental Issues, Professor Zhongqi Cheng: A multimedia eportfolio, including PSAs, videotaped debates, and a virtual book (Fall 2009).

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MHC Seminar 1: The Arts in New York City
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Seminar 1: The Arts in NYC

“Seminar 1 introduces Macaulay Scholars to the arts in New York City and the Cultural Passport. During the semester, students attend theatrical, operatic, and musical performances, exhibitions of visual art, and other highlights of the current cultural season, and help to create the annual Snapshot of New York City.”

–MHC Web site

The Arts in New York City seminar kicks off with the annual Night at the Museum, a unique opportunity for first-year students to experience the Brooklyn Museum after hours, when selected exhibits are available for exclusive viewing by MHC students. This event, in partnership with Smarthistory at Khan Academy, began in 2012, a video of which can be viewed on YouTube. Using the brochure below for guidance, students are offered the opportunity to develop critical viewing and reading skills through conversations with fellow students about works of art, dialogues they record and then turn into short films at the cross-campus Media Arts workshop.

In addition to the Night at the Museum event and Media Arts workshop, first-year Macaulay students also participate in our Snapshot event. For this event, all students are asked to take a picture of New York on October 11th, to be posted to an online gallery. These images, which capture hundreds of different perspectives of our city at the same time, are then curated by students into an exhibit, which took place at the New York Historical Society for the first time in 2014. At this exhibit, students are then asked to “re-curate” the event using guided questions provided to them.

Faculty are encouraged to use these events as springboards to their own course material. In addition, ITFs assist faculty in creating media-rich websites on our Eportfolio system, where students can blog about their experiences, reflect on their learning, and create multimedia projects.

The following are some examples of past projects that I have been involved in:

• The Arts and New York(ers): What We Feel and What We Mean, Professor Joseph Ugoretz (Fall 2011)
• The Arts in NYC, Professor Marie Rutkowski (Fall 2011)
• The Arts in New York City, Professor Geoffrey Minter (Fall 2009)

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Education

City University of New York Graduate Center
Ph.D. in English (expected 2015)
Dissertation: “Speaking Through the Wound: Bearing Witness through Gendered Bodies in Trauma Narratives of War”
Areas of Specialty: 20th-Century Literature, Trauma Theory, Gender Studies, Film Studies, Instructional Technology
Doctoral Certificate Programs: Film Studies and Interactive Technology and Pedagogy
Recipient: Chancellor’s Fellowship, Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Instructional Technology Fellowship

New York University
M.A. in Humanities and Social Thought (2002)
Thesis: “Incest and Film: Re-Erecting Patriarchy in Spanking the Monkey and The House of Yes”
Areas of Concentration: Literature, Film Studies, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, Psychoanalysis
Recipient: Hirschorn Award for Thesis Excellence

Yonsei University (Seoul, Korea)
Certificate from the Korean Language Institute (1999)
Participated in a 5-week intensive language and culture program

University of California, Los Angeles
B.A. in English w/ Minor in Women’s Studies (1998)
Honors Thesis: “The Re-Oedipalization of America: Freud and Gender in Platoon”
Specialized Study: 1997 UCLA Overseas Program, four weeks in Stratford-von-Avon studying the life and work of William Shakespeare
Areas of Concentration: Film Studies, Psychoanalysis, Gender Studies
Recipient: Departmental Honors