Join Public Scholarship Practice Space (PS2) for a Sip n Chat taking place Wed, May 15 from 2PM to 3:30 PM in the Skylight Room (9100) at the CUNY Graduate Center, which is a space for current GC students to create community about their public-facing / community-engaged / applied / activist research. No presentations or talks, just an informal gathering of community. Like all good community gatherings, we will have food and drink. If you’re a GC student interested in stopping by, please register here so we know how much food and drink to prepare. We’d love to see you at Sip n Chat – a semesterly peer-led get together:
- where you can meet fellow Public Scholarship Practice Space (PS2) fellows, and other GC students who hold a deep commitment to applied, engaged, and/ or public-facing research
- No presentations or talks, just an informal gathering of community.
People
Dasharah Green (she/ her/ hers) PS2 Presidential Research Fellow, Public Scholarship. Dasharah was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. She uses experiences growing up in her, pre-gentrified, Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood as a backdrop to explore the intersections of Blackness. Her early interests trickled down to inspire her academic career as she went on to earn a Bachelor’s degree in English honors, with a double minor in Africana Studies honors and Political Science, from John Jay College. In May 2020, Dasharah graduated from St. John’s University with a Master’s degree in English. She is currently an adjunct in Baruch College’s Black and Latino/a Studies Department. As a Ph.D. candidate in the English department, Dasharah is currently working on her dissertation – which explores the genealogy of Black women’s storytelling, from the early 20th century to present day. She is specifically focusing on how these writers contribute to a borderless literary culture and reimagine/rethorize archival materials as a means of storytelling.
Prithi Kanakamedala (she/ her) PS2 Faculty Coordinator. Prithi is Professor of History at Bronx Community College, and a faculty member in Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies Program, and the the M.A. in Liberal Studies Program at the CUNY Graduate Center. At PS2 she serves as Faculty Coordinator, and is the Acting Certificate Coordinator for the Public Scholarship Certificate Program. An active public historian for just under two decades, Prithi has worked with a number of cultural organizations across New York City.
