Social Science

Local Activism, National Movements: Civil Rights Movements in Queens (Kayla Cato-Piersaint, Africana Studies)

Course: N/A
Resource Type: Unit Module

Representing and Rethinking Language and Community Life in Queens (Juan L. Rodriguez Aponte, Anthropology)

Course: N/A
Resource Type: Assignment

Observing and Recording Behavioral Data on Local Wildlife (Chihiro Shibata, Anthropology)

Course: ANTH 102 Evolution and Biology of the Human Species
Resource Type: Class activity

Local and Community History – Ten Blocks (Johnathan Thayer, Graduate School of Library and Information Studies)

Course: LBSCI 790.3. Local and Community History Methods
Resource Type: Assignment

Place, History, and Memory: New York City’s World’s Fairs in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (Peter Conolly-Smith, History)

Course: HIST 392W
Resource Type: Experiential activity

The Social History of Queens and Brooklyn Research Project (Kara Schlichting, History)

Course: Hist 348, History of the Outer Boroughs
Resource Type: Research assignment

Global Development Theories at Your Doorstep (Jorge A. Alves, Political Science + Latin American and Latino Studies Program)

Course: PSCI 230 Politics of Development
Resource Type: Project

Analyzing Large-Scale Infrastructure Projects: The Case of Willets Point in Queens (Dwayne Baker, Urban Studies)

Course: URBST 260 Planning & Politics
Resource type: Assignment

Global Cities, Public Memories (Padmini Biswas, Urban Studies)

Course: URBST 206 Global Cities
Resource type: Course module

Environmental Justice and Warehouse Pollution in New York City (Natalie Vena, Urban Studies)

Course: URBST 252: The Changing Urban Environment (Fall 2025)
Resource Type: Class Module

Course: N/A
Resource Type: Unit Module