Armel Jovensel Ngamaleu teaches French in the Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures at The City College of New York. His research interests include poet(h)ics and critical reception of transgressive self-writing, as well as memory and testimony issues in contemporary French and Francophone literature and cinema.

Course site: FREN 226 – Intermediate French

Reflection post: OER and Classroom Extension: Involving and Merging Cohorts

Ava Stoddard is a Ph.D. student in the Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology program. They received their B.S. in Molecular and Cellular Biology from Appalachian State University, where they worked under Dr. Darren Seals. They are currently working under Dr. Brian Zeglis at Belfer Research with the aim of using radioimmunoconjugates for imaging radiation-induced cellular damage.

Course site: Chemistry 106

Reflection post: Teaching Chemistry with OER

Fufu Seref (they/them) is a PhD candidate in Anthropology of sexuality and race. As part of their dissertation research, Fufu worked in the nightlife industry in Berlin, Germany. Their research aims to understand the perception of safety and communal care among queer people of Muslim descent, whom Fufu calls kanakish queers. Fufu has taught at multiple campuses across CUNY since 2016. These courses range from Introduction to Anthropology, to Masculinity in the Middle East, to Forced Migration in Europe.

Course site: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Reflection post: Teaching Anthropology with OER

Nicole Walker (she/her) is a Ph.D. student in English (Composition & Rhetoric) at the Graduate Center. Her research interests include writing pedagogy and critical university studies. She is particularly interested in how writing instruction intersects with critical pedagogy, metacognition, and the use of technology. Nicole currently teaches composition at Lehman College.

Course site: English 111 – Introduction to Composition

Reflection post: Committing to OER

Pedro Lino is a PhD student in Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures at the CUNY Graduate Center. His primary research interests encompass nationalism, Argentine intellectual history, and folk literary performances. Pedro holds a B.A. in History from Sao Paulo State University. He is an adjunct professor at City College.

Course site: Portuguese 12300

Reflection post: Open Knowledge as a Form of Global Citizenship

Priscilla Bustamante is a mixed methods researcher, educator, and PhD Candidate in Critical Social Psychology at the Graduate Center. Using research to aid activism and intersectional equity, she is broadly interested in the policing of race, class, gender, and sexuality; the critical psychology of oppression, resistance, and privilege; and the cumulative impacts of state-sanctioned dehumanization. Priscilla has taught at various schools and community-based organizations including Baruch College and John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Course site: Introduction to Psychology

Reflection post: Re-Imagining Psychology Education with OER

Sandy Jimenez is an American comic book artist, writer and editor of Dominican descent from the South Bronx. Sandy’s ongoing comic book series began publication in World War 3 Illustrated magazine in 1991, making him the first Dominican-American comic book artist to write and illustrate his own brand of stories. He lives in Manhattan not far from Word Up Books, the community bookshop he helped founder Veronica Santiago Liu start in 2011.

Course site: Foundation Drawing – COMD 1123

Reflection post: Teaching (and Reforming) the Next Generation of Pirates and Copyright Violators

Thuy Anh (T.A.) is a faith leader; editor of Science for the People; award-winning scholar of social movements, political repression, and political violence; and award-winning adjunct professor of political science at Baruch College. They have organized with grassroots electoral campaigns, the Fight for 15, Philippines human rights defenders, CUNY workers, hospitality workers, and more.

Course site: Global Social Movements

Reflection post: Towards a Collective Pursuit of Knowledge