The Students
Birth Control & Sterilization
Abigail Kaminetsky, Carol Guachichulca, Josephine Vaccaro, Samihah Tahsin
Disability Justice
Madeline Liu was the main contributor for the research done on Dorothea Dix, but she also helped design this website and made sure it was easy to navigate (or so she hopes)! She was recently inducted into the Jeannette K. Watson Fellowship Program and will be interning under the Aspen Institute starting June 2021. A lifelong lover of music, Madeline also loves to nerd out in anything and all things anthropology-related. Ever since she started quarantining, she has picked up cooking and is now trying to experiment with different flavors and cuisines. The Mediterranean and Middle Eastern are some of her current new favs!
Selina Singh was the main contributor for Chapter 3: Education. She is planning on majoring in psychology and minoring in political science. She Is currently a peer mentor for transfer students at Queens College and plans to be a peer counselor in the Fall. She loves cafes, coffee, and books. She is also a huge movie buff! She hopes that you enjoy her section and the rest of the digital exhibition.
Aliza Mandelbaum, Donghwan Kim contributed to Chapter 4: Advocacy
Ellis Island
Amanda Roman collaborated with Maya Wind on Chapters 1 and 4 of “The Health Experience of Ellis Island.” She also contributed to the overall website design as a member of one of the Design Committees. Amanda is a soon-to-be English major, is currently minoring in Business and Liberal Arts (BALA), and is a proud member of both the Macaulay Triplets and Macaulay Book Club. In her free time, she loves spending time with family, friends, and books in addition to singing whatever tune pops into her head. She hopes that your digital exhibition experience was both enjoyable, insightful, and memorable!
Eli Bursztyn wrote the second chapter, delving into the historical context of Ellis Island. Eli is an Environmental Science major, and is minoring in Honors in the Humanities (HTH). He also enjoys biking and building boats.
Talya Kronisch contributed to the Ellis Island page, in particular the third chapter, about the health experience of Ellis Island. As a pre-med student, Taly is keenly interested in the social determinants of health outcomes. She is planning on majoring in Neuroscience and Biology with a minor in chemistry. Taly enjoys cooking and playing board games.
Maya Wind collaborated with Amanda Roman on Chapter 1 and Chapter 4 of the Ellis Island page. Maya is a Psychology major and minoring in Business and Liberal Arts (BALA) and Jewish Studies. She hopes that you enjoyed exploring the exhibition!
Women & COVID-19
Gadharv Kaur was one of the main contributors to the research done for Chapter 1 which explains the rise of domestic violence due to the pandemic. She is currently a Macaulay Honors freshman at Queens College where she is a part of the SCRIBE Publications, Pre-Law Club, Gastronomy Club, and much more. She has a passion for the law where in the future she hopes to become a lawyer. She also enjoys learning new historical facts and writing poetry in her free time.
Rachel Desir was the main contributor for the 4th chapter of Women & COVID, focusing on women in healthcare. Rachel is a Communication Sciences & Disorders major and Psychology minor at Queens College planning a career in speech pathology. She is involved with Macaulay Diversity Initiative and loves to spend time with friends and family.
Angeliki (Elli) Stougiannou, Trisha Sherman
Vaccine Disparities
Aniyah Battle was the main contributor for Chapter 3: COVID-19 Distribution: Disparaging Disparities. She also contributed to the overall theme and design of the website as a member of the Design Committee. Aniyah is majoring in Communication Sciences and Disorders at Queens College on her path to become a speech pathologist. She works at the Queens College Writing Center where she assists students by offering her expertise and suggestions to strengthen their writing. Aniyah participates in the Macaulay Book, Macaulay Fit, Macaulay Gastronomy, and Macaulay Habitat for Humanity clubs. In her minimal free time, she enjoys cooking and baking. Aniyah hopes that you enjoy your excursion into the hidden diseases that plague NYC, illnesses and injustices alike.
Hadassah Krigsman contributed to the “Disparities in Flu Vaccinations” chapter. She plans to major in Mathematics, specifically Applied Mathematics. In her free time, she enjoys photography.
Rebecca Yadgarov, Zalal Ahmad
Design Committees
Titles & Introduction
Abigail Kaminetsky | Hadassah Krigsman | Talya Kronisch | Aliza Mandelbaum
Theme & Design
Aniyah Battle | Samihah Tahsin
Menu & Navigation
Madeline Liu | Amanda Roman
Editing
Rachel Desir | Maya Wind
The Professors
Erin Wuebker was the professor for this course and helped give feedback to students on their projects. She teaches courses on US history and women’s and gender studies at Queens College. Her research on public health efforts to control sexually transmitted infections in the 1930s and 1940s has appeared in Poverty in Popular Culture and various digital outlets. She was the assistant curator for Taking Care of Brooklyn: Stories of Sickness and Health at the Brooklyn Center for History. When she’s not teaching history, she loves taking walks, listening to podcasts, and reading comic books. You can find her tweeting sometimes about history or comic books at @erinewuebker.
Amanda Matles is an urban geographer, filmmaker, and organizer. She is a Geography Ph.D. student at the CUNY Graduate Center and teaches courses in Urban Studies at Pratt Institute within the Social Justice/Social Practice Minor. Her research with young people about their experiences growing up policed in NYC can be found at Growing Up Policed and the Bushwick Action Research Collective. Working with a variety of embodied, arts, and media based methods, Amanda and her collaborators research, theorize, document, and build upon their life experiences to disrupt dominant discourses of law and social control and to generate social, political, and cultural transformation.