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CUNY SPS Student Named 2021 Andrew W. Mellon/ACLS Fellow

May 04, 2021

The City University of New York

Marci Littlefield, a professor at the Borough of Manhattan Community College and a student in the CUNY SPS MA in Museum Studies program, has been named one of the 2021 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) community college faculty fellows. Professor Littlefield was awarded this honor for her book project Reconstructed Legacies: Black People, Freedom, and the United Kingdom, which challenges the national narrative of servitude in the United Kingdom.

Jennifer Sparrow Appointed to Board of Workforce Professional Training Institute

April 14, 2021

Workforce Professionals Training Institute

Jennifer Sparrow, associate dean of academic affairs at CUNY SPS, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Workforce Professionals Training Institute (WPTI), the leading provider of learning, consulting, and systems building to New York City’s workforce development organizations and practitioners. CUNY SPS Foundation Board Chair Blake Foote and Jill Hyland, former Executive Director of PEWL, also serve on the WPTI board.

Education: Where Does It Get Us?

April 14, 2021

JOURNAL of AHIMA

Ellen Karl, academic director of the health information management and health services administration programs at CUNY SPS, has published the article "Education: Where Does It Get Us?" in the Journal of American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).

Meet the Mellon Seminar Cohort: Chloë Bass

March 23, 2021

Center for the Humanities

Chloe Bass, an artist and faculty member in the CUNY SPS Museum Studies program, discusses a project she is doing as a member of the 2020-22 Andrew W. Mellon Seminar on Public Engagement and Collaborative Research cohort in an interview with the Center for the Humanities. Bass's work will also be featured in upcoming shows at the Queens Museum, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, and the Brooklyn Public Library.