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Four CUNY SPS MA in Applied Theatre students have co-authored articles published in the December 2020 double issue of NYU’s ArtsPraxis Educational Theatre journal. Alexis Jemal (’21), Brennan O’Rourke (’21), Jenny Hipscher (’21), and Tabatha Lopez (’21) wrote “Pandemic Lessons" (Volume 7 Issue 2a) and “Theatre for Liberating Social Work Education" (Volume 7 Issue 2b). Both articles draw on work these students undertook in MAAT courses.

Three CUNY SPS MA in Applied Theatre alums have had their work published in the Fall 2020 issue of the Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Journal. Julian Pimiento ('19) published "Joker's Log 2020: An Odyssey," and Grace Cannon ('19) and Nicole Kontolefa ('19) published "Don't Poke the Bear - A Project Report.” Cannon and Kontolefa’s article was derived from an MAAT independent study that took place in collaboration with Ashleigh Bragg ('19) and Elise Goldin ('20).

Loredana Cahill, a current CUNY SPS student, was born and raised in Maramures, a region in the northwest of Romania. Now in her sixth and final semester as a full-time graduate student at CUNY SPS, Loredana will obtain her MA in Psychology degree with a specialization in Industrial-Organizational Psychology. Gothamist spoke with Loredana to find out more about her journey to CUNY SPS and what’s next in store for her.

Phara Souffrant Forrest, a CUNY SPS nursing student and Democratic candidate for New York State Assembly, describes how she manages her career in this profile in New York Magazine's The Cut.

Amy S. Green, an associate professor in the CUNY SPS MA in Applied Theatre program, has published an essay focusing on the workshops and performative events led by a group of applied theatre graduate students and faculty while they were attending a series of summer residencies in Rwanda.