Humanities Justice Transfer Project Continuation and Expansion

FAIN: ZED-284113-22

CUNY Research Foundation, John Jay College (New York, NY 10019-1007)
Dara Naomi Byrne (Project Director: May 2021 to December 2022)
Wynne Ferdinand (Project Director: December 2022 to present)

The creation of two staff positions and the retention of one research associate position, which will facilitate the expansion of the Humanities and Justice Transfer Pathway (HJTP) program.

The project seeks to expand the scope of the CUNY Justice Academy Humanities and Justice Transfer Pathway pilot, which builds on an initiative to increase the number of Black and Latinx associate’s degree holders who transfer and earn bachelor’s degrees in the humanities at John Jay College. The initial project was designed in early 2020, prior to the impact of the pandemic. Funding will enable project expansion and a redesign of services to help humanities transfers regain momentum. The project will 1) complete the work of the original pilot, 2) expand dual admissions humanities degree programs to four additional CUNY community colleges, and 3) supplement transfer support in the humanities with culturally responsive practices to improve engagement with Black and Latinx transfer students’ motivations, goals, and identities. The project is indispensable to our ability to recover from the pandemic and build a robust and resilient transfer pathway to our humanities baccalaureate programs.