About
PS2 - the Public Scholarship Practice Space -
honors the past, present, and future of Public Scholarship at the CUNY Graduate Center
Opportunity
Team
Prithi Kanakamedala
Faculty Coordinator (PS2)
Certificate Coordinator
Jaïra Placide
Presidential Research Fellow (PS2)
Matthew Binetti
Finance Coordinator
Assistant Program Officer, Public Scholarship
Advisory Committee
Anne Valk
Advisory Committee
Dana-Ain Davis
Advisory Committee
Kendra Sullivan
NYC CJH Co-Director, CUNY
Matthew K. Gold
Advisory Committee
Michelle Fine
Advisory Committee
Ujju Aggarwal
Advisory Committee
Certificate Program in Public Scholarship
Public Scholarship Certificate Program
Embodying the Graduate Center’s core value that knowledge is a public good, learn how to transform your research with real-world impact through interdisciplinary, justice-driven, and public-facing engagement.
Certificate News
News
Fall 2026 Electives, Public Scholarship Certificate Program
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Spring 2026 Electives, Public Scholarship Certificate Program
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Kendra Sullivan teaches Social Justice & Public Scholarship, Spring 2026
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Fall 2025 Electives, Public Scholarship Certificate Program
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Ángeles Donoso Macaya teaches Introduction to Public Scholarship, Fall 2025
Upcoming Events and Workshops
Community Gathering
Between the Lines: Vernacular Poetry as Collective Memory [external event]
Tue, Nov 10, 2026
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Book Launch, Conversation & Celebration
Justice for Jehanne: Book Launch and Conversation with Sara McDougall
Tue, Oct 13, 2026
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Fellowship News
2026 ERI/PS2 Fellows on Distributaries
Follow the incredible research our 2026 ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellows completed this summer on Distributaries
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Graduate Student
Projects Supported
Projects Supported
Fellowships
We are proud of the community we create at PS2
With generous funding from the Early Research Initiative (ERI) at the GC Provost's Office, we offer financial support for graduate research through the ERI/PS2 Summer Fellowship.
2026 Fellows
Meet our 2026 Fellows and read about their research on Distributaries
People
Clairette Atri Mizrahi
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Luis E. Banegas
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Marisa Breathwaite
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Adam Elsayigh
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Xavier Fitzsimmons Cruz
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Chris Harding
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Diana Higuera
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Chufeng Jiang
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Googie Karrass
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Alexander Kwon
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Danning Li
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Noelle Mapes
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
S. Maynard
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Foiniki Papadopoulou
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Opalanietet (Ryan) Pierce
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Nikhil Ravipati
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Taylor Rubin
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Guillermo Sardi Garcia
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Irina Shirobokova
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Evan Stoddard
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Paulo Suarez
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Vinit Vyas
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Bret Windhauser
2025 Fellows
Meet our 2025 Fellows and read about their research on Distributaries
People
Aman Roy
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Brendan O’Connor
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Brittany Brathwaite
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Cassandra Cronin
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Danielle Bennett
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Denisse Gómez-Retana
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Ian Williams
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Jaclyn Reyes
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
jah elyse sayers
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Jessica Bal
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Joshua Adler
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Kristofer Eckelhoff
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Laura Hooberman
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Léa Coffineau
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
María Sosa
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Mica Baum-Tuccillo
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Nikhil Ramachandran
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Seon Britton
Presidential Research Fellow
Sumeja Tulić
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Tenn Joe Lim
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
2024 Fellows
Meet our 2024 Fellows and read about their research on Distributaries
People
Andrew Shapiro
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Cen Liu
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Chris Colón
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Destry Maria Sibley
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Enrique Valencia
Former Research Assistant
Eva Rose Steinberg
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Fátima Vélez
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Frances M. Howell
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Jakob Kendall Schneider
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Joanna Beltrán Girón
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Juan Carlos Garcia Rivera
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Lilianna Quiroa-Crowell
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Lucien Baskin
Lost & Found Archival Research Fellow
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Maggie Schreiner
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Maya Tellman
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Michelle Rendón Ochoa
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Natalia Lara
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
Terra Graziani
ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow
News
News
Fall 2026 Electives, Public Scholarship Certificate Program
News & Distributaries
Celebrating the 2025 CUNY Adjunct Incubator Award Projects: Public Scholarship and Social Justice
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Spring 2026 Electives, Public Scholarship Certificate Program
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Kendra Sullivan teaches Social Justice & Public Scholarship, Spring 2026
CUNY Adjunct Incubator
The CUNY Adjunct Incubator supports and highlights the significant, critical and community-engaged scholarship and pedagogy work of adjuncts teaching across CUNY. Co-sponsored by the Public Scholarship Practice Space (PS2) housed at the Center for the Humanities and the Gittell Urban Studies Collective.
Past Events
Book Launch, Conversation & Celebration
Justice for Jehanne: Book Launch and Conversation with Sara McDougall
Tue, Oct 13, 2026
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Conversation
We Know It Well: Red Scare at CUNY and the Archival Politics of Dissent
Mon, May 4, 2026
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
