Retention and Professional Development of Adjuncts in a Covid-19 Instructional Environment at the City College of New York

FAIN: AH-275595-20

CUNY Research Foundation, City College (New York, NY 10031-9101)
Renata Kobetts Miller (Project Director: May 2020 to July 2023)

Retention of 25 adjunct humanities educators and the hiring of a digital humanities specialist to support their online teaching.

This project retains a cohort of 25 adjuncts whose jobs would otherwise be lost as a result of state funding cuts, creates an instructional technologist job for one recent Ph.D. in humanities, and improves the teaching of humanities courses that will be online in Fall 2020 due to Covid-19. The instructional technologist will provide the adjuncts with training and support in the pedagogical use of Digital Humanities tools and platforms that will engage students more interactively and collaboratively in an online environment, particularly in the General Education courses that are foundational to student success and interest in the humanities. Share-out events and the availability of the instructional technologist to other faculty will further advance the use of digital tools, improving the teaching of humanities at City College and preparing students for success in college and the workplace.