Prithi Kanakamedala
Faculty Coordinator (PS2)
Prithi Kanakamedala (she/ her/ hers) PS2 Faculty Coordinator. Prithi is an Associate Professor of History at Bronx Community College CUNY, and a faculty member in the MALS program at CUNY Graduate Center. She is an active public historian and has worked with a number of cultural organizations across the city. Prithi’s work examines the archives, material culture, and community-building, race, and citizenship in Brooklyn and New York’s 19th-century free Black communities.
Projects
CUNY Adjunct Incubator
The Center for the Humanities' and the Gittell Urban Studies Collective’ CUNY Adjunct Incubator supports the critical and community-engaged scholarship and pedagogy work of adjuncts teaching across CUNY.
Public Scholarship Practice Space (PS2)
The Public Scholarship Practice Space (PS2) honors the past, present & future of public scholarship.
Black Land Ownership
The Impact of Listening and Being Heard: Oral History, Archives, & Advocacy Workshop
Our Stories, Our Voices: Community Archives
Events
Conversation & Performance
Extending Radical Empathy: A Listening Party and Book Launch!
Conversation & Performance
Listening with Radical Empathy: A Listening Party!
News
Opportunities, News & Grants
Call for Applications: 2025 CUNY Adjunct Incubator Grants
Opportunities
Call for Applications: 2020 CUNY Adjunct Incubator Grants
Opportunities
Call for Applications: Editor Opportunity for The City Amplified
Opportunities