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    Queens Mindscapes: A Digital Field Research Project

    November 20, 2025 /

    Resource Type: Research project Instructor: Shonelle George Title: Adjunct Assistant Professor Department: Psychology Course: PSYCH 101 Introduction to General Psychology Description This Open Educational Resource (OER) is designed for an undergraduate Introduction to General Psychology course at Queens College, CUNY. Titled “Queens Mindscapes: A Digital Field Research Project,” this assignment is part of a module that engages students in real-world psychological research grounded in the diverse communities of Queens, New York. Drawing from the Noba module from the course textbook, “Conducting Psychology Research in the Real World”, this resource emphasizes experiential learning through ethical, place-based inquiry. Students will select a Queens neighborhood undergoing social, economic, or cultural change and use…

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    Global Development Theories at Your Doorstep

    November 20, 2025 /

    Resource Type: ProjectInstructor: Jorge A. AlvesTitle: Associate ProfessorDepartment: Political Science + Latin American and Latino Studies ProgramCourse: PSCI 230 Politics of Development This resource is an assignment for a course on the politics of international development (PSCI 230). This assignment will likely be a summative assignment either at the end of the first unit (where I discuss the different theories / approaches to development over time) or perhaps a substitute for the midterm exam. The goals of the assignment are A) for students to localize and critically ground existing global theories of development in their own lived experience / communities, and B) critically reflect on core assumptions and implications about…

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    Analyzing Large-Scale Infrastructure Projects: The Case of Willets Point in Queens 

    November 20, 2025 /

    Resource type: AssignmentInstructor: Dwayne BakerTitle: Assistant ProfessorDepartment: Urban StudiesCourse: URBST 260 Planning & Politics This teaching resource focuses on a multi-week assignment for my URBST 260: Planning & Politics course for the Spring 2026 semester.The purpose of this assignment is for students to analyze a large-scale planning project within New York City and particularly Queens. This assignment will focus on the Willets Point redevelopment in Queens. By the end of this assignment, students will be able to: Students will produce a collective “Project Profile” that will consist of three parts. The first part will be a written document that we will draft at the end of week 2. This document…

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    Observing and Recording Behavioral Data on Local Wildlife

    November 20, 2025 /

    Resource Type: Class activityInstructor: Chihiro ShibataTitle: Adjunct lecturerDepartment: AnthropologyCourse: ANTH 102 Evolution and Biology of the Human Species Description The class activity introduces students to observing and recording behavioral data on local wildlife that is often seen on QC campus, the eastern grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis). The activity will take place in the second part of ANTH 102 (Evolution and Biology of the Human Species) that introduces students to primates, a group that includes human and nonhuman primates. Because wild nonhuman primates are not endemic or found in the US, squirrels are used as a proxy for students to experience field work in a familiar setting: QC campus. Eastern grey…

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    Representing and Rethinking Language and Community Life in Queens

    November 20, 2025 /

    Resource Type: Assignment Instructor: Juan L. Rodriguez Aponte Title: Associate Professor Department: Anthropology Course: N/A In 1991 American anthropologists Terence Turner published an influential paper addressing how a group of indigenous Kayapo leaders living in the Xingu national park in Brazil became conscious of the value of their culture and way of life for national and international audiences in the global North. This consciousness helped the Kayapo to articulate the importance of resisting an hydroelectric dam that threatened the rainforest where they live. In order to resist this project, the Kayapo enlisted celebrities, anthropologists and journalists and most importantly took control over the means to record and represent their own…

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