READINGS AND SCHEDULE
We’ll have in-class and at-home readings, most of which will be available here. Any additional readings will be posted in the #readings channel on Discord.
And as a general FYI, all the texts below are meant to be read for the class date that they’re listed beside.
Thursday, January 26
- Review syllabus (in class)
- Develop new learning goals and community agreements (in class)
Tuesday, January 31
- Read Gitanjali Dasbender’s “Critical Thinking in College Writing: From the Personal to the Academic”
- Only pages 37-44
- Read bell hooks’ Teaching Critical Thinking chapters (in class)
- “Critical Thinking”
- “Intellectual Life”
Thursday, February 2
- Read Gitanjali Dasbender’s “Critical Thinking in College Writing: From the Personal to the Academic”
- Only pages 45-51
- Read Chris Blankenship and Justin Jory’s “Language Matters: A Rhetorical Look at Writing” (in class)
Tuesday, February 7
- Read Tiffany Buckingham Barney’s “Unpacking the Process of Rhetoric” (in class)
Thursday, February 9
- Read Paolo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed
- Chapter 2 (pages 71-86)
Tuesday, February 14
- Submit weekly exercise #1
Thursday, February 16
- Read Jonathan Malesic’s “My College Students Are Not OK”
- Review the comments section and identify two (2) comments to discuss
Tuesday, February 21
No class (Monday schedule––please refer to academic calendar)
Thursday, February 23
- Submit weekly exercise #2
- Workshop #1 (in-class)
Tuesday, February 28
- Submit workshop worksheet
- Read Jacques Derrida’s “The Principle of Reason: The University in the Eyes of Its Pupils”
- Only pages 3-14
Thursday, March 2
- Read Jacques Derrida’s “The Principle of Reason: The University in the Eyes of Its Pupils”
- Only pages 15-20
Tuesday, March 7
- Submit weekly exercise #3
Thursday, March 9
Class canceled
Tuesday, March 14
- Watch the Center for Humanities Research, UWC’s panel discussion, “The University and its Worlds”
- Only minutes 43:45-1:01:19 (Judith Butler)
- Read op-eds from CUNY students (in class)
- Naurin Shaki’s “More Than a Grade“
- Alex Pellitteri’s “The CUNY Board of Trustees Should Reflect the CUNY Community“
Thursday, March 16
- Writing intensive (in class)
Tuesday, March 21
- Submit Deep dive #1
- Workshop #2 (in class)
Thursday, March 23
- Submit workshop worksheet
- Read Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang’s “Refusing Research”
- Only pages 223-231
Tuesday, March 28
- Read Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang’s “Refusing Research”
- Only pages 232-244
- One-on-one conferences (in-person)
Thursday, March 30
- Submit weekly exercise #4
- One-on-one conferences (remote)
Tuesday, April 4
- Read two (2) threads on “Academic Twitter” (Twitter)
- Options on Discord or find your own!
- One-on-one conferences (in-person)
Thursday, April 6
No class––Spring break
Tuesday, April 11
No class––Spring break
Thursday, April 13
No class––Spring break
Tuesday, April 18
- Submit weekly exercise #5
- Workshop #3 (in class)
Thursday, April 20
- Submit workshop worksheet
- Read Fred Moten and Stefano Harney’s The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study
- Chapter 2 (pages 25-34)
Tuesday, April 25
- Read Fred Moten and Stefano Harney’s The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study
- Chapter 2 (pages 35-43)
Thursday, April 27
- Submit weekly exercise #6
Tuesday, May 2
- Read la paperson’s A Third University is Possible
- “A Third University Exists in the First”
Thursday, May 4
- Read Toni Cade Bambara’s “Realizing the Dream of a Black University“
Tuesday, May 9
- Exit interviews (in class)
Thursday, May 11
- Submit Deep dive #2
- Workshop #4 (in class)
Tuesday, May 23
- Submit final portfolio
