Nucleus Volume 7 Fall 2015

1NUCLEUS A FACULTY COMMONS QUARTERLY Volume 7 | Fall 2015

Nucleus A Faculty Commons QuarterlyVolume 7 Fall 2015

2 NUCLEUS A FACULTY COMMONS QUARTERLY Volume 7 | Fall 2015

N E W Y O R K C I T Y C O L L E G E O F T E C H N O L O G Y of the City University of New York

Russell K HotzlerPresident

Bonne August Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Miguel CairolVice President for Administration and Finance

Marcela Katz ArmozaVice President for Enrollment and Student Affairs

Gilen ChanSpecial CounselLegal Affairs Designee

Stephen M SoifferSpecial Assistant to the President

Institutional Advancement

Pamela BrownAssociate Provost

Justin Vazquez-PoritzInterim Dean School of Arts and Sciences

Kevin HomDean School of Technology and Design

David SmithDean School of Professional Studies

Carol SonnenblickDean Division of Continuing Education

Faculty Commons A Center for Teaching Learning Scholarship and Service

Julia Jordan Director

Assessment and Institutional ResearchTammie Cumming Director

Kimberly Johnson Institutional Research SpecialistYimi Zhao Senior Institutional Research Analyst

Olga Batyr Survey Services LiaisonJames Jeannis Research Assistant

Office of Sponsored ProgramsBarbara Burke Director

Patty Barba Gorkhover Associate DirectorEleanor Bergonzo Assistant Director

Grants Outreach Coordinator 2015-2016 Professor Soyeon Cho

US Department of Education Title V A Living Laboratory

Charlie Edwards Project Manager

Design TeamProfessor Anita Giraldo Artistic Director

Kevin Rajaram Web MasterMaen Caka Web Developer

Loubna Aly Arianna Bollers Raciel Guzman William Luperena

Mandy Mei Marlon Palmer Designers

Curator Professor Sandra Cheng

Photographer Arianna Bollers

Daniel Alter

Isaac Barjis

Esteban Beita

Nadia Benakli

Lucas Bernard

Karen Bonsignore

Candido Cabo

Sanjoy Chakraborty

Gwen Cohen-Brown

Susan Davide

Lynda Dias

Mary Sue Donsky

Aida Egues

Boris Gelman

Pa Her

Louise Hoffman

Paul King

Darya Krym

Xiangdong Li

Janet Liou-Mark

Karen Lundstrem

Zory Marantz

John McCullough

Djafar Mynbaev

Susan Phillip

Marcia Powell

Estela Rojas

Walied Samarrai

Rebecca Shapiro

Kimberly Strickler

Ryoya Terao

Shauna Vey

Gail Williams

Farrukh Zia

Pamela Brown Chair

Professional Development Advisory Council (PDAC)


Contents

E d itor s Barbara Burke and Ju lia Jordan | D e s i g ne r Marlon Palmer | P r i nt i n g R eproduct ion Cente r at Cit y Tech

Fall 2015

Site Plan - EgressCover-US Department of Energy Solar DecathlonDURA (Durable Urban Resilient Adaptable)

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18

What Is the Work of the Faculty Bonne August

Undergraduate Research Pamela Brown

City of Print New York and the Periodical PressMark Noonan

US Department of Energy Solar DecathlonPaul C King

L4 Living Lab Learning LibraryAnna Matthews Laura Westengard

How Will You Use OpenLabJill Belli Jody Rosen

ldquoAt Homerdquo ReviewMichael McAuliffe

PoemldquoTroubled Asset ReliefrdquoRobert Ostrom

L4 has potential to grow and make City Tech an internationally visible force for emerging pedagogicalinnovationrdquo

Anna Matthews Laura WestengardL4 Co-Directors

ldquo


What Is the Work of the Faculty Teaching Scholarship and Also ServiceBonne August

All over the United States at colleges and universities large and small new faculty members are instructed that their work is expected to have

three well-developed and demonstrated facets teaching scholarship (extended to include creative work and certain kinds of professional work) and service This concept provides the foundation for evaluation of faculty members and for recommendations regarding their tenure and promotion Like so many apparently straightforward matters however this expectation proves far less clear-cut when applied to the widely varied disciplines and professional fields that make up the curriculum

What is clearmdashor should bemdashis that these three designations are not separate domains but in reality are aspects of a coherent professional life Research and scholarshipmdashthe creation of knowledgemdashand their counterpart the production of creative work nourish teaching and may in turn be nourished by work with students Ideally too service grows from the faculty memberrsquos engagement in teaching and scholarship And like teaching and scholarship the

expectation for service does not end when the hurdles of tenure or promotion have been passed it is an integral part of faculty work

CUNYrsquos guidance to faculty describes service as ldquothe ability to work with others for the good of the institutionrdquo Some of that work will inevitably involve tasks that are neither inspiring nor especially engaging but are simply needed as part of the shared work of departments and institutions Other service however such as leadership in college governance creation of new programs and degrees or playing an important role in a significant project offers opportunities to accept meaningful challenges make a permanent contribution to the institution or help change the direction of studentsrsquo lives What service is not is nominal presence on committees with no meaningful agendas or records of accomplishment

This issue illuminates ways that service can grow out of or animate other aspects of faculty work Mentoring students in City Techrsquos growing undergraduate research program discussed by Associate Provost Pamela Brown offers a particularly meaningful form of service extending both teaching and scholarship to introduce students to the core work of the faculty memberrsquos discipline Team DURA the faculty and students who participated in the Architectural Technology Departmentrsquos entry to the US Department of Energy Solar Decathlon competition experienced a quintessential hands-on learning project They designed and built a solar-powered house that was shipped to California and reassembled for the competition competing successfully against teams comprising graduate students

Our Title V grant A Living Laboratory Revitalizing General Education for a 21st Century College of Technology now nearing its end leaves a rich and living legacy of teaching-related service OpenLab with more than 15000 users is embedded across and beyond the curriculum In this issue thirty-some new faculty weigh in on how they are using or plan to use this rich resource Dozens of faculty members have participated as Faculty Fellows or Associate Fellows designing assignments and teaching activities that bring high impact practices to their classrooms Through the Living Lab Laura Westengard (English) and Anna Matthews (Dental Hygiene) have developed L4 a public global teaching resource making available some of the best work of City Tech colleagues and inviting contributions from outside the college as well in a vibrant example of Open Pedagogy

Scholarship and academic service are closely linked in Mark Noonanrsquos (English) NEH Summer Seminar which brought 24 faculty members from across the United States to City Tech last summer to explore the history of the periodical press in New York City Finally creative work receives its due in this issue as Michael McAuliffe (Humanities) reviews ldquoAt Homerdquo a faculty-staff art exhibit now hanging in the Faculty Commons

Through their service these faculty members have reached beyond their classrooms and beyond our campus in significant ways illustrating our Gen Ed Living Lab aspirations and positioning themselves as scholarly and creative ambassadors of City Tech


Undergraduate Research Opportunities for Teaching Scholarship and ServicePamela Brown

Teaching scholarship service mdash these are the responsibilities of faculty around the world Their relative emphasis depends on the institutional culture and

mission as well as discipline standards With only 24 hours in a day achieving the right balance among teaching scholarship and service is an important challenge Through undergraduate research the demands of the three traditional roles can be part of an integrated set of activities rather than in competition with each other

Undergraduate research is defined by the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) as an inquiry or investigation conducted by an undergraduate student that makes an original intellectual or creative contribution to the discipline George Kuh has identified undergraduate research as a high-impact educational practice leading to gains in student learning and persistence [1] A recent study showed that City Tech students who participated in the apprenticeship model of undergraduate research had higher graduation rates than a matched comparison group

Integrating authentic research and guided inquiry into the curriculum can make courses more relevant and lead to publications particularly in educational research journals These curricular research experiences help students develop hands-on skills learn to deal with uncertainty work effectively in groups and may pique their interest to subsequently undertake additional research projects

Mentoring undergraduates through the apprenticeship model can also combine teaching service and scholarship Many faculty-student collaborations at City Tech have already led to presentations at regional national and international conferences and peer-reviewed publications (httpwwwcitytechcunyeduacademicsdeptsitesschoolofartsandsciencesdocsstu_scholarly_activitiespdf)

Supporting undergraduate research is arguably teaching and service as research experiences allow undergraduate students to discover new knowledge learn to balance collaborative and individual work develop workforce skills explore an area of interest and may inspire students to higher education and careers as researchers

Several programs and faculty committees provide the support structures that help to make City Techrsquos undergraduate research programs such a success Honors Scholars and Black Male Initiative (BMI) under the leadership of Janet Liou-Mark (Mathematics) and Reginald Blake (Physics) organize the student professional development workshops that enrich participating studentsrsquo research experiences

Students in the Emerging Scholars Program (ESP) City Council sponsored CUNY Research Scholars Program (CRSP) and the newly launched CUNY Strategic Investment Initiative Bachelorrsquos Research Scholars Program (BRSP) also participate The Committee on Undergraduate Research maintains information on internship opportunities mentoring and faculty research interests on their OpenLab site under the direction of Jody Rosen (English) and co-sponsors the Research Mixer with Honors and BMI Some funding through the CUNY Strategic Investment Initiative is available to support the purchase of equipment and supplies and faculty and student travel to conferences to further support research

With so many benefits to both faculty and students I encourage you to consider becoming involved in undergraduate research To do so please contact the newly appointed Director of Undergraduate Research Hamid Norouzi (Construction Management and Civil Engineering Technology) a long-time member of the Undergraduate Research Committee Professor Norouzi will help to coordinate all of these activities and to create new ones for students and faculty He takes over after the impressive tenure of Justin Vazquez-Poritz (Physics) as Director of Undergraduate Research prior to his appointment as interim Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences Upcoming initiatives include further expanding course-based undergraduate research in the engineering technology curriculum and expanding student professional development opportunities

[1] Kuh George High-Impact Educational Practices What They Are Who Has Access to Them and Why They Matter AACampU 2008


New York City has been the publishing capital of periodical literature in America since the Civil War At the epicenter of advertising commerce

publishing immigration and a host of socio-political movements New York produced periodicals that both shaped and reflected the most vital and tumultuous currents of American culture and politics Today contemporary digital technology has not only transformed the nature of magazines it has enabled the creation of digital archives that put two hundred years of magazine production within reach of scholars everywhere These technological possibilities have crystallized periodical studies as an important new focus in humanities scholarship inviting the development of new interpretive and critical tools

As Project Director for a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant I designed and led a summer seminar on City of Print New York and the Periodical Press Held in June 2015 the seminar brought a diverse cohort of college faculty from across the nation to Brooklyn to explore the shaping of readerships and genres and the significance of place in magazine culture Seminar participants considered the impact of publishing institutions on the careers of major writers and artists including Herman Melville Stephen Crane Willa Cather Theodore Dreiser O Henry Dorothy Parker WEB Dubois James Thurber and Norman Mailer


Over two weeks NEH participants took part in discussions led by cultural historians archivists and experts in the fields of American literature art and urban history participated in hands-on sessions in the periodicals collection of the New-York Historical Society visited sites important to the rise of New Yorkrsquos periodical press such as Newspaper Row the Algonquin Hotel and the Conde Nast archives in the Freedom Tower They also worked collectively on a digital map hosted by Historypin

Across eras New York disseminated news and produced creative content in a plethora of publications ranging from newspapers monthly reviews and annuals to niche magazines covering political social or aesthetic matters It was very exciting to bring together scholars from across the country to study this important archive and to organize this material on our digital map for further study Publishing in New York City is an ever-evolving story which this institutemdashbased out of City Techmdashplans to continue to tell for both academic audiences and the general public


This project is supported by NEH Summer Seminars and Institutes

7NUCLEUS A FACULTY COMMONS QUARTERLY Volume 7 | Fall 2015PHOTOGRAPHS BY MANDY MEI


The Solar Decathlon 2015Paul C King

8 NUCLEUS A FACULTY COMMONS QUARTERLY Volume 7 | Fall 2015 PHOTOGRAPH BY MARLON PALMER


Through a competition sponsored by the US Department of Energy in Fall 2013 the Department of Architectural Technology was one of 20 architecture

programs from across the country invited to participate in its bi-annual Solar Decathlon Selected institutions were challenged to design and build a net-zero house in which the power needs of the house are met by a solar powered array City Tech named its entry DURA (Durable Urban Resilient Adaptable) as a response to the impact of Superstorm Sandy which hit the coast of New York City in October of 2012 flooding the city and taking large sections of the city off the power grid for weeks A unique urban solution that can be adapted to multiple site configurations our competition entry called for the development of a low scale four-story building of four to eight apartment units each independently powered by a vertical solar array erected on the south faccedilade

The leadership team included Alexander Aptekar the Solar Decathlon Project Director Moses Grubb a master carpenter Amanda Waal an experienced decathlete and me as construction manager Over two years a group of students and faculty from a wide range of disciplines including Architecture Construction Management and Civil Engineering Environmental Control Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Hospitality Management and Communication Design were taken through the design process in the classroom through the environment of an active construction site at the Brooklyn Navy Yard to the competition site in Irvine California where they spoke of their experience and defended their ideas to a professional jury and the public We were supported by many others here at the college professional consultants as

well as sponsors including Santander Bank which provided a combination of funding expertise and time Primary construction began in May of 2015 and continued until the house was loaded onto trucks for shipping in the middle of September with the judging and public exhibition portion of the competition occurring in the month of October

This outline alone cannot fully express the magnitude and intensity of the experience or the rich learning environment it provided our students and faculty Each phase of the processmdashDesign Construction and Competitionmdashbrought its own distinct experiences and challenges What was unique about our entry is who we are an ethnically diverse group of students and faculty from an urban public undergraduate institution who commuted on a daily basis from all over the city to our Brooklyn campus a combination that was simultaneously our greatest source of challenge and strength

The Design Process Compromise and Acceptance

From the outset our process would need to be collaborative and would encompass a wide range of disciplines and expertise too great for any individual student or faculty member to possess In order for any idea to move beyond the Design phase it would first need to be thoroughly researched and vetted participants would need to deftly exhibit critical soft skills including presentation defense negotiation compromise and acceptance Over the course of two years a rotating group of as many as 50 students and faculty simultaneously debated architectural engineering structural mechanical building science and construction methodology while they worked to develop the DURA concept Debates were often passionate and fierce with hurt feelings While some chose to abandon the process and leave the team others took on the critical roles of leaders or peacemakers helping the group maintain itself through a democratic consensus-building process

The Construction Process Pace and Endurance

In the second phase we moved from the classroom to the construction site at the edge of the water in the Brooklyn Navy Yard In retrospect when I visualize that empty building site and the students working to lay out the footings it is amazing that a group of students with no construction experience was able to come so far In four short months they learned to work with tools to interpret their design drawings into details that were built and assembled into a 1000 square foot house

We often struggle as educators to try to communicate to students the importance of something they have not yet experienced themselves When

ldquoAs leaders of the project Alexander and I now understand how difficult good learning and good teaching can beand the importance

of remaining open minded and

versatile and ready to improviserdquo


learning is directly connected to a physical experience when students manipulate building materials with tools and begin to understand how they behave a new level of learning is possible When a hole drilled in a piece of wood weakens it to a point of failure this leads to understanding and true knowledge is gained

The experience was intense beginning six days a week in May from 7 am till 7 pm and ending by working almost continually through the month of September often through the night with little or no sleep as we coordinated the loading of our house onto trucks for transport to California It is not often that we consider the development of pace and endurance to be key soft skills of the learning experience

The Competition Adversity Fortitude and Pride

Arrival on the competition site brought our experiences into perspective After two years of working together as a team we were now in a public forum alongside the other teams

As each team began to assemble its house as each design took shape we began to see ourselves in the context of our fellow competitors to see how our team and our DURA concept stacked up against others

There were striking differences among the teams and the concepts and visually our house stood in striking contrast to

the others While the typical solution was a single family detached house with a solar array often hidden on the roof our multi-story urban solution featured a set of vertical steel fins supporting an array of 19 solar panels visible along the south faccedilade Articles published on the 2015 Solar Decathlon pointed to our house as one of the few in the competition that presented new and sustainable ideas

Some teams relied on professional contractors for construction while others were divided into sub-teams with one group focused on assembly another on public exhibit and a third on the disassembly after the competition

allowing each group to be well rested and fresh Our team stood in contrastmdash a true cross section of our urban roots and smaller than the othersmdashwe had a single group who wore all these hats simultaneously While this may have put us strategically at a disadvantage it was clear that the involvement of our team in all aspects of the competition made for a richer and more valuable experience

Adversity while difficult can be the greatest source of strength and inspiration During transit we lost all five of our spare solar panels suffered damage to over 50 of our cement board faccedilade and the damage to our mechanical module prevented us from

ldquoI realized that people will give their all in

order to realize projects that are important

to them In our case seeing our home

finishedrdquomdashCity Tech decathlete

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being able to put our sprinkler system online When the competition officially opened we were not ready Missing the first two days of competition put us at a deficit from the start

During those dark days as we continued to work and our team exhibited an unwillingness to give up We found support from unexpected sources as both the competition organizers and our fellow competitors showed up at our doorstep tool belts in hand to lend assistancemdashand we accepted It was the spirit and actions of our students that served as a catalyst that transformed the character of the competition to a more open and supportive environment

In the end of the 18 teams that were originally part of the competition we finished 5th place in Engineering 7th place in Architecture with an overall standing of 13th of the 14 teams that made it all the way to Irvine California

The Legacy of DURA

The legacy of DURA is not just embodied in our building but in our students As they move forward in their lives and their careers they will carry with them the value of this seminal experience

As leaders of the project Alexander and I now understand how difficult good learning and good teaching can be both physically and mentally and the importance of remaining open minded and versatile and ready to improvise

Would we do it differently Yes of coursemdashafter seeing how much work our students are capable of doing and learning in such a short period of timemdashwe are ready to sign up again

At present our house sits in storage in California along with four others including the winning entry from Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey all waiting to raise funds for transportation back home or for an appropriate home in California It is our hope that our house can remain in a public forum where it can continue to serve an educational role

ldquoto prove myself and to see what I was made of and to contribute to

a greater cause by completing the

decathlon I grew as an individual and

took part in something specialrdquo

mdashCity Tech decathlete

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L4 Living Lab Learning LibraryA Virtual Resource Exchange of Teaching PracticesAnna Matthews and Laura Westengard

Background

We participated in the 3rd year General Education Seminar and joined the final fellowship year in 2015 as Communications

Leaders tasked with creating an online resource exchange of best teaching practices many of which were developed in the course of the Living Lab fellowships

Development

We envisioned the online resource exchange as a way to integrate the High-Impact Educational Practices (httpswwwaacuorgleaphips) [1] and other innovative teaching methodologies into our collegersquos culture In order to develop a site that is appealing and useful to faculty within City Tech and beyond we consulted with individuals departments and committees Through this highly collaborative process we learned that in addition to a forum for the exchange of teaching activities the site needed to be easy to navigate searchable and it should offer visitors valuable information about pedagogy publishing and links to other important sites such as Faculty Commons and AIR With all of this in mind we developed L4 Living Lab Learning Library a project hosted on City Techrsquos OpenLab and designed to be a user-friendly platform where faculty can access important information and share their unique and creative projects and assignments big or small

Revitalizing General Education for a 21st-Century College of Technology

Over the past five years City Techrsquos Title V project A Living Laboratory Revitalizing General

Education for a 21st Century College of Technology has implemented a variety of initiatives

to help define and realize the collegersquos unique institutional vision of general education

These include

bull Conducting the General Education Seminar bringing together diverse groups of

Faculty Fellows to revitalize General Education through place-based learning and

high-impact educational practices

bull Development of the OpenLab City Techrsquos innovative open digital platform for

teaching learning and collaboration

bull Partnering with the Office of Assessment and Institutional Research (AIR) to integrate

comprehensive outcomes assessment into the General Education curriculum

bull Supporting the creation of the Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center devoted to

interdisciplinary place-based study of Brooklynrsquos historic waterfront

This work has been made possible by the efforts of a great many passionate and dedicated

faculty members from across the college inside and outside the project While the grant

officially draws to a close this year faculty work continues in the Gen Ed and Assessment

Committees in the ongoing Living Lab General Education Seminars (now offered through

the Faculty Commons) in the vibrant and ever-expanding community on the OpenLab

and in many other complementary initiatives L4 being one of them

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The Site Today

L4 Living Lab Learning Library features a unique and cohesive design with original artwork by the Faculty Commons design team (Matthew Joseph) The memorable name was developed in collaboration with Living Lab leadership current fellows and Faculty Commons and thanks to the behind-the-scenes work of City Techrsquos OpenLab team (Andrew McKinney Scott Henkle) the site features a fillable Activity Template Form which improves functionality of the site and simplifies online submission process As a public site L4 allows both City Tech faculty and educators from beyond the college community to easily contribute teaching activities and the posted activities are automatically categorized to streamline searching Educators looking for new ideas in the classroom can easily filter the posted activities to find the posts that suit their specific needs In addition to activities the site features resources for publication further research and assessment practices

The Future

L4 has potential to grow and make City Tech an internationally visible force for emerging pedagogical innovation In Spring 2016 we will join the collegersquos General Education Committee to continue promoting and maintaining the site as L4 co-directors However the true success of the site will depend on faculty participation We look forward to working with our colleagues across the college to build a vibrant and active site that makes visible the creative and often groundbreaking work being done by our faculty

Please visit L4 (httpsopenlabcitytechcunyedul4) to find inspiration for your next assignment or project and share your own



How Will You Use OpenLab

Wersquore excited to see new faculty around the college exploring the possibilities that the OpenLab brings to their teaching and professional development New faculty are already inspired by how the OpenLab fosters community building and interdisciplinary collaboration and creates opportunities for students to share and reflect on their academic pursuits We look forward to seeing these efforts develop in future semesters and our Community Team is always available to provide support for these endeavors

Jill Belli Department of EnglishOpenLab Co-DirectorJody R Rosen Department of EnglishOpenLab Co-Director

Nora AlmeidaUrsula C Schwerin Library

I use the OpenLab in my credit courses because I like the flexibility of the platform when it comes to setting up a course site I also like the interactive possibilities of the OpenLab which enable students to collaborate asynchronously and to continue discussions that we start in class I think itrsquos good experience for student to think about web design and to gain fluency in wordpress a ubiquitous web platform that they will likely encounter in the future

Linda BradleyDepartment of Nursing

I rely on Blackboard as my primary source of information provided to my students I consider the OpenLab another tool for making connections with my students and their assignments

Merlyn Dorsainvil Department of Nursing

I might use the OpenLab to create an interdisciplinary forum for students in various departments to come together on an assignment or other project I think if we begin working together while trainingstudying we can gain an appreciation and respect for other professions and subsequently collaborate more effectively for improved care to populations

Elena Filatova Department of Computer Systems Technology

I plan to use the OpenLab to host my web page and the information on projects that I am running

George Garrastegui Department of Communication Design

hellip I can begin to use the blogging platform of the OpenLab to allow students to record and chronicle their research while establishing design solutions hellip they will be able to create stories and can use the OpenLab to maintain an archive and point of referencehellip

Nan LiDepartment of Mathematics

As a member of the OpenLab I am exploring the many possibilities that it provides faculty and students Look for my site in Spring 2016

Linda Ann ParadisoDepartment of Nursing

The OpenLab is a very exciting concept for integrated studies This spring I am teaching a course that introduces the student to concepts of leadership and management for application in practice settingshellip the open format gives other students the ability to learn about these concepts for the skills are easily transferred to any business healthcare and management setting

Janusz Kusyk Department of Computer Systems Technology

I want to provide a centralized access to freely-available materials that would introduce students to computer networkingThe OpenLab is a place where students can quickly and conveniently recall or grasp basics of particular concepts at any time before during or after taking the class

Claudia HernandezDepartment ofArchitectural Technology

We are planning on launching a learning community between English Composition I and Architectural Design IFoundations in the Fall of 2016 I believe the OpenLab will be an excellent platform for encouraging and supporting collaboration between the two courses

Katherine Gregory Department of Health and Human Services

The OpenLab is the perfect platform through which to engage students and to foster peer-to-peer communication for my hybrid courses

Lavelle Porter Department of English

The OpenLab is a great user-friendly interface for sharing class notes assignments and links to other academic resources I mostly use it as the main web portal for all my courses where students can access most of the course documents outside of class It has the secondary benefit of being a convenient way to share syllabi and other course content with academic communities outside of City Tech In coming semesters I am planning to incorporate more collaborative projects into my courses and have students build content together on the OpenLab

Rachel Raskin Department of Business

I might use the OpenLab next semester for a project that I plan to assign to my Principles of Accounting I class As Knowing Brooklyn is the GenEdge theme this year the assignment will require students to explore accounting practices and business challenges of a company that was founded in Brooklyn


Deborah Courtney Department of Health and Human Services

The OpenLab is an excellent forum for students to openly reflect on their growth both personally and professionally that has occurred as a result of the course and learning throughout the semester Doing so in such a format fosters community among the classmates and myself and enhances self confidence in sharing onersquos process with others

Ellen Kim Department of Hospitality Management

Irsquod like to develop open educational resources using the OpenLab to offer a great opportunity for people everywhere to share knowledge

Thalia Warner Department of Hospitality Management

The OpenLab is a wonderful tool to connect the college community and as I consider the plethora of opportunities to use it for in my Introduction to Food and Beverage Management course the possibilities are endless Mark Van Doren is quoted as saying ldquoThe art of teaching is the art of assisting discoveryrdquohellip Using the OpenLab in this way would allow the students to share what they are learning- in and out of the classroom- with the college community over the course of the semester

Joanne Weinreb Department of Biological Sciences

The BioMedical Informatics program uses the OpenLab to disseminate information about the program We use it as an opportunity to supply the students with resources to help them move forward with their education Topics range from program curriculum to information about internship as well as career opportunities in the field of bioinformatics and medical informatics

Kitching Wong Department of Health and Human Services

I would like to use the OpenLab as a platform to promote communication and interactions with my students particularly to share new knowledge and current development in the practice world of human services beyond textbooks and classrooms

Chen Xu Department of Computer Engineering Technology

I think the OpenLab is another great platform for CityTech even CUNY community It is more serious than Facebook and less academic than Blackboard It can close the distance between instructors and students Actually that is the goal for me to use the OpenLab I want to use this platform to communicate with students and my colleagues about the courses and research work I will gradually add more resources into my website and attend some seminars related to the OpenLab

Gordon Xu Ursula C Schwerin Library

The OpenLab offers many possibilities I am looking for a fit with my work

Joseph JeyarajDepartment of English

The OpenLab offers a public electronic space backed up with free technological support In future I might use it for showcasing student work innovative pedagogical ideas and my own scholarship

Khalid LachhebDepartment of Humanities

I just joined the OpenLab and created my profile I may use the OpenLab to encourage students to discover the Arabic language and culture

Zheng Zhu Department of Humanities

I use the OpenLab to develop and share important teaching documents with my colleagues

Caner Koca Department of Mathematics

In the future I might use the OpenLab to share the course material with the students

Andrew Shea Department of Communication Design

I love the OpenLab and am currently using it for two of my classes Design Team and Typography II I add details for each assignment syllabi and resources In the future I will also create an OpenLab site that highlights work initiatives and projects in classes or departments at CityTech that have positive social environmental health political educational or economic impact

Nadia KennedyDepartment of Mathematics

Irsquom planning to start The Math Teachersrsquo Circle CityTech (MTCCityTech) which is modeled on the ldquomath circle approachrdquomdashan Eastern European problem-discussion approach to teaching and learning challenging mathematics topics The MTCCityTech will utilize the OpenLab as a platform for collaborative engagement with math teacher candidates in discussing advanced topics beyond the regular school curriculum in immersing them in mathematics problem solving and in ongoing discussion of the Common Core School Standards for Mathematics in the context of problem-solving tasks

PHOTOGRAPHS BY ARIANNA BOLLERS MARLON PALMER KEVIN RAJARAM


At Home Review of 2nd Annual Juried ExhibitionMichael McAuliffe

ldquoAt Homerdquo is the unifying theme of the second annual juried faculty-staff art exhibition hosted by the Faculty Commons It features work by 12 artists working in a range of media including paint photography collage and jewelry

Untitled (Oakwood Beach Staten Island) an archival pigment inkjet print by Robin Michals is a richly toned color photograph that captures the orange glow of a sunset on deserted beach cottages and a towering blasted tree

Drawing on motifs originating in her beloved homeland of Ukraine Tatiana Malyuta surprises us with a necklace of tiny amber and pearl beads fashioned into bound strands for Necklace with Needlework Pendant

Still Life with Peaches and Tomatoes a medium-sized oil on canvas painting by Vladimir Kezerashvili stands out with a vibrant palette and playful composition that recall Paul Ceacutezanne and Henri Matisse A collage by Laura Kodet entitled Boarders depicts an array of people through photographs and fragments of nature suggesting the transience of life

Photographic works by Maria Cipriani Anita Giraldo John Huntington Memorioso and Denise Scannell reveal further meditations on loss memory and domesticity A delightful range of responses to the theme are also seen in works by Martie Flores Eva Machauf and Ira Robbins in images at once individual and universal

ldquoAt Homerdquo was curated by Sandra Cheng and Anita Giraldo and is on view until June 2016 in the Faculty Commons Namm 227

PHOTOGRAPHS BY ARIANNA BOLLERS


MARIA CIPRIANIDepartment of EnglishlsquoHome in Dawn FogrsquoDigital photograph on aluminum

MARTIE FLORESAdult Learning CenterlsquoLonelinessrsquoMixed media on paper

ldquoWhen I revisit the land I once considered home I recognize life can be remote no matter where I subsistmdasheverywhere I turn becomes an extension of that solituderdquo

ANITA GIRALDODepartment of Communication DesignlsquoHousePetrsquoDigital c-print from transparency

ldquoSharing your home with an oil rig puts a different perspective on striking oil in your backyardrdquo

JOHN HUNTINGTONDepartment of Entertainment TechnologylsquoThe Road from HomersquoColor photograph

ldquoItrsquos the road leading away from the house I grew up in rural Marylandrdquo

VLADIMIR KEZERASHVILIDepartment of PhysicslsquoStill Life with Peaches and TomatoesrsquoOil on canvas

ldquoBeing at home means painting still lifesrdquo

AT HOME FEATURED ARTISTSCurated by Sandra Cheng and Anita Giraldo

LAURA KODETDepartment of EnglishlsquoThe BoardersrsquoMixed media montage

ldquoMany people in this montage died too young so in a sense they were only ldquoboardersrdquo inhabiting the earth for just a short time until they moved on to a different kind of Homerdquo

EVA MACHAUFDepartment of Communication DesignlsquoBerkeley Home SeriesrsquoOil on canvas

ldquoThe faccedilades of the houses reveal little and yet express much The non-contextual specificity of the images leaves room for the viewerto meditate on their own recollections and personal historiesrdquo

TATIANA MALYUTADepartment of Computer Systems TechnologyNecklace with Needlework Pendant

ldquoI am from Ukraine and my heart aches for my Motherland and my friends I made a collection of patriotic necklaces and pendants My current home is here now In fact I feel that it is the home of the other me mdashthe one who came to the US Another me stayed in Ukrainerdquo

MEMORIOSOlsquoHomelessnessThe Presence of an AbsencersquoPhotograph

ldquoFrom personal experience some may assert that home is where dreams are made where dreams grow where dreams become memoriesmdashmemories that make each of us who we arerdquo

ROBIN MICHALSDepartment of Communication DesignlsquoUntitled (Oakwood Beach Staten Island)rsquoArchival pigment inkjet print

ldquoI continue to go back to Oakwood Beach to think about what it means to lose a home and a community That some families stay despite knowing what might come is a testament to the power of homerdquo

IRA ROBBINSDepartment of Communication DesignlsquoReflectionrsquoOil on canvas

ldquoI see home as a fleeting moment in time like light passing like a dream beckoning with memories of a futurerdquo

DENISE SCANNELLDepartment of HumanitieslsquoThe Landscape Calls Me HomersquoPhotograph

ldquoSometimes the landscape speaks to you in a way that lets you know that you are homerdquo

In his short history of the home the architect Witold Rybczynski examines the concepts of domestic comfort and privacy from the middle ages to today Rybczynski traces the evolution of furniture and rooms to demonstrate the complex relationships between the form and function of objects and their surroundings Homes not only reflect the values of society but our dwellings offer insight into our interior and domestic lives as well The art in this exhibit affirms and challenges our ideas of the home in the end expanding our notions of what it means to be ldquoat homerdquo

Sandra Cheng Department of Humanities

ldquoYou could walk out of the house but you always returned homerdquo mdash Witold Rybczynski Home A Short History of an Idea



Troubled Asset Relief

What you said I shattered was the windowbut we both know what you meant I canrsquot

recall a single meadow that didnrsquot slow my pulseThough you are far you are on my wing you

are the sight of an apple in the bathroomor oils unintended for a wood floor A fence

ran the length of a field between two treesso that in snow it looked like stitches

or a fallen rope ladder Did you knowthat three hundred years ago the heart was

a furnace At this point what else can I dobut follow the precedent Irsquove established

Choose one of the following at Monticellothe turnips gave me a toothache or at Red

Hook the red bees Will you laugh if I say Ibeat my heart into a red caul of sentences

Near the pond I lifted a rock and found lifeunder it crowded with so many urges To see

if itrsquos possible to dig a grave today I tooka shovel to the field It is possible and surprisingly

easy to dig a grave Over coffee on the phoneI said to you it took trillions to prop up

the markets but what I wanted to say was I havebeaten my heart into a red caul of sentences

Robert Ostrom

First published by the Academy of American Poets


Jill Belli is Assistant Professor of English and OpenLab Co-Director Her interdisciplinary scholarship includes utopian studies positive psychologyhappiness studies writing studies digital humanities education and pedagogy She teaches courses in composition literature (especially science fiction and utopiasdystopias) and the newly launched BS in Professional and Technical Writing

Paul C King is Associate Professor in the department of Architectural Technology He is a licensed Architect with degrees in Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture This summer and fall he lent his expertise as a skilled carpenter to the college Solar Decathlon team in both New York and California

Anna Matthews is Assistant Professor in the department of Dental Hygiene She is a co-director of L4 Living Lab Learning Library a public resource exchange of teaching and learning practices She teaches Oral Anatomy Pharmacology and clinical dental hygiene Her research interests are student diversity in health care professions and educational innovations using technology in the classroom

Michael McAuliffe is a Full Time Lecturer in the department of Humanities His areas of expertise are Italian old master drawings and American Contemporary art He teaches the history of Western art

Mark Noonan is Professor of English He is author of Reading the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine American Literature and Culture 1870-1893 (Kent State UP 2010) as well as articles on Paul Laurence Dunbar Frances Hodgson Burnett and Norman Mailer He is co-editor of The Place Where We Dwell Reading and Writing about New York City and served as Executive Editor of the Columbia Journal of American Studies from 1998-2009 He presently serves on the Advisory Board of American Periodicals

Robert Ostrom is Assistant Professor of English and the author of The Youngest Butcher in Illinois (YesYes Books 2012) His chapbook Cross the Bridge Quietly is forthcoming from Phantom Books and Saturnalia is publishing his second book Ritual and Bit

Jody R Rosen is Assistant Professor in the department of English and Co-Director of the OpenLab She teaches English Compositionmdashoften in learning communitiesmdashas well as Fiction Women Writers and other literature courses Her scholarship focuses on Modernism narrative theory gender and sexuality studies as well as the intersections of technology pedagogy and community

Laura Westengard is Assistant Professor in the English Department Her areas of research are US literature and culture after 1900 queer and feminist studies trauma studies and the Gothic She teaches Gothic Literature and Visual Culture Studies in Identity and Orientation Composition and Developmental Writing

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Miguel CairolVice President for Administration and Finance

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Gilen ChanSpecial CounselLegal Affairs Designee

Stephen M SoifferSpecial Assistant to the President

Institutional Advancement

Pamela BrownAssociate Provost

Justin Vazquez-PoritzInterim Dean School of Arts and Sciences

Kevin HomDean School of Technology and Design

David SmithDean School of Professional Studies

Carol SonnenblickDean Division of Continuing Education

Faculty Commons A Center for Teaching Learning Scholarship and Service

Julia Jordan Director

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Kimberly Johnson Institutional Research SpecialistYimi Zhao Senior Institutional Research Analyst

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Office of Sponsored ProgramsBarbara Burke Director

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Charlie Edwards Project Manager

Design TeamProfessor Anita Giraldo Artistic Director

Kevin Rajaram Web MasterMaen Caka Web Developer

Loubna Aly Arianna Bollers Raciel Guzman William Luperena

Mandy Mei Marlon Palmer Designers

Curator Professor Sandra Cheng

Photographer Arianna Bollers

Daniel Alter

Isaac Barjis

Esteban Beita

Nadia Benakli

Lucas Bernard

Karen Bonsignore

Candido Cabo

Sanjoy Chakraborty

Gwen Cohen-Brown

Susan Davide

Lynda Dias

Mary Sue Donsky

Aida Egues

Boris Gelman

Pa Her

Louise Hoffman

Paul King

Darya Krym

Xiangdong Li

Janet Liou-Mark

Karen Lundstrem

Zory Marantz

John McCullough

Djafar Mynbaev

Susan Phillip

Marcia Powell

Estela Rojas

Walied Samarrai

Rebecca Shapiro

Kimberly Strickler

Ryoya Terao

Shauna Vey

Gail Williams

Farrukh Zia

Pamela Brown Chair

Professional Development Advisory Council (PDAC)


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The Site Today


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PH B

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T O

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PHO

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PH B

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JAR

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The Future
















































































































Robert Ostrom














































































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TOG

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PH B

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LOS

HEN

RIQ

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The Legacy of DURA










PHO

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PH B

Y TH

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AS

KEL

SEY

US

DEP

T O

F EN

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Background



Development






These include
















PHO

TOG

RA

PH B

Y K

EVIN

RA

JAR

AM


The Site Today


The Future
















































































































Robert Ostrom



































































PHO

TOG

RA

PH B

Y C

AR

LOS

HEN

RIQ

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The Legacy of DURA










PHO

TOG

RA

PH B

Y TH

OM

AS

KEL

SEY

US

DEP

T O

F EN

ERG

Y



Background



Development






These include
















PHO

TOG

RA

PH B

Y K

EVIN

RA

JAR

AM


The Site Today


The Future
















































































































Robert Ostrom























































PHO

TOG

RA

PH B

Y C

AR

LOS

HEN

RIQ

UEZ





The Legacy of DURA










PHO

TOG

RA

PH B

Y TH

OM

AS

KEL

SEY

US

DEP

T O

F EN

ERG

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Background



Development






These include
















PHO

TOG

RA

PH B

Y K

EVIN

RA

JAR

AM


The Site Today


The Future
















































































































Robert Ostrom














































PHO

TOG

RA

PH B

Y C

AR

LOS

HEN

RIQ

UEZ





The Legacy of DURA










PHO

TOG

RA

PH B

Y TH

OM

AS

KEL

SEY

US

DEP

T O

F EN

ERG

Y



Background



Development






These include
















PHO

TOG

RA

PH B

Y K

EVIN

RA

JAR

AM


The Site Today


The Future
















































































































Robert Ostrom













































PHO

TOG

RA

PH B

Y C

AR

LOS

HEN

RIQ

UEZ





The Legacy of DURA










PHO

TOG

RA

PH B

Y TH

OM

AS

KEL

SEY

US

DEP

T O

F EN

ERG

Y



Background



Development






These include
















PHO

TOG

RA

PH B

Y K

EVIN

RA

JAR

AM


The Site Today


The Future
















































































































Robert Ostrom










































PHO

TOG

RA

PH B

Y C

AR

LOS

HEN

RIQ

UEZ





The Legacy of DURA










PHO

TOG

RA

PH B

Y TH

OM

AS

KEL

SEY

US

DEP

T O

F EN

ERG

Y



Background



Development






These include
















PHO

TOG

RA

PH B

Y K

EVIN

RA

JAR

AM


The Site Today


The Future
















































































































Robert Ostrom




























PHO

TOG

RA

PH B

Y C

AR

LOS

HEN

RIQ

UEZ





The Legacy of DURA










PHO

TOG

RA

PH B

Y TH

OM

AS

KEL

SEY

US

DEP

T O

F EN

ERG

Y



Background



Development






These include
















PHO

TOG

RA

PH B

Y K

EVIN

RA

JAR

AM


The Site Today


The Future
















































































































Robert Ostrom

















The Legacy of DURA










PHO

TOG

RA

PH B

Y TH

OM

AS

KEL

SEY

US

DEP

T O

F EN

ERG

Y



Background



Development






These include
















PHO

TOG

RA

PH B

Y K

EVIN

RA

JAR

AM


The Site Today


The Future
















































































































Robert Ostrom















Background



Development






These include
















PHO

TOG

RA

PH B

Y K

EVIN

RA

JAR

AM


The Site Today


The Future
















































































































Robert Ostrom














The Site Today


The Future
















































































































Robert Ostrom

























































































































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