Oral History in Interdisciplinary Community College Pedagogy: Centering the Community in the Classroom

FAIN: AE-289970-23

CUNY Research Foundation, LaGuardia Community College (Long Island City, NY 11101-3007)
Thomas Cleary (Project Director: May 2022 to present)
Molly Rosner (Co Project Director: January 2023 to present)
Tomonori Nagano (Co Project Director: January 2023 to present)

A two-year project to develop faculty workshops and experiential learning activities on teaching students how to conduct oral histories in the community. 

The goal of Oral History in Interdisciplinary Community College Pedagogy is to empower community college faculty with the skills to bring oral history interviews into their own pedagogical practices through a series of year-long workshops. The faculty will engage in interviewing, deep listening, and analysis of oral history materials in their disciplines. Through this engagement, the faculty will explore how oral history practices can help re-center their teaching practices to the vantage points of individuals and community of the minority groups whose perspectives are often marginalized in published materials and media.