Program

Education Programs: Cooperative Agreements and Special Projects (Education)

Period of Performance

6/15/2020 - 8/31/2021

Funding Totals

$296,645.00 (approved)
$273,018.41 (awarded)


Supporting Contingent Humanities Faculty and Online Learning at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY in 2020

FAIN: AH-275666-20

CUNY Research Foundation, John Jay College (New York, NY 10019-1007)
Allison Pease (Project Director: May 2020 to February 2025)

Funding for nine adjunct positions in the humanities and the training of 62 adjunct faculty to teach humanities courses online.

This project will save the jobs of 9 humanities adjunct professors and train 62 adjunct humanities professors to create effective online humanities courses during the COVID-19 crisis. John Jay College was founded in 1965 on the premise that a liberal arts education—especially in the humanities—contributes to the professionalism of first responders, criminal justice professionals and lawyers, both locally and nationally. A strong foundation of courses in the humanities has continued to be an essential component of John Jay’s curriculum and its mission: Educating for Justice. In addition to retaining faculty who will otherwise lose their jobs, this grant will fund the participation of 62 humanities adjunct faculty in a 3-week online workshop that teaches faculty to use archives and museums as primary texts, and to use effective strategies to engage students online. This project is urgent given that New York City will almost certainly remain in partial lockdown in the fall.