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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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    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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    Local and Community History – Ten Blocks

    November 20, 2025 /

    Resource Type: Assignment Instructor: Johnathan Thayer Title: Associate Professor Department: GSLIS Course: LBSCI 790.3. Local and Community History Methods  Description Walk or otherwise move through physical space ten blocks (or its equivalent) in any direction from wherever you call home. Take note of the component parts that make up your locality, including the weekly topics on our syllabus (nature, parks, cemeteries, burial grounds, buildings, restaurants, bars, theaters, temples, schools, and governance). Make a list of the histories of these components that you know, and a list of the histories that you wish you knew more about. Where I plan to use this resource In my LBSCI class Local and Community…

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