Section IV: Resources

In addition to the resources cited and linked throughout the handbook, including the CUNY Lexicon in the next chapter, this section includes a few special projects from the TLC, as well as foundational texts and resources we recommend.

Additional GC TLC Resources

Visible Pedagogy

The TLC’s blog, Visible Pedagogy, serves as a platform for discussions about teaching and learning at CUNY. Edited by the TLC staff, the blog features short essays by Graduate Center student instructors, reflecting on aspects of their pedagogy and classroom practice, as well as the Teach@CUNY series, which curates brief posts from members of the CUNY community in response to a particular topic or theme. Read more about our mission, and find out how to contribute here.

The TLC Workshop Archive

The TLC offers workshops on a variety of pedagogical topics during the year. Our Workshop Archive provides an agenda and materials folder for five years’ of TLC workshops, grouped by topics including Accessibility, Assignment Design, International Students, and Wellness.

Teaching as an International Student

This site on the CUNY Academic Commons aims to bring together and provide resources for the many international students who are teaching in CUNY undergraduate classrooms. It contains information on the American educational system, CUNY curriculum, and multilingual classrooms. There are sample activities, blog posts with experiences and tips from other international student teachers, and an annotated list of resources. You can also find a link to sign up for the international teachers’ group on the Academic Commons, where you can ask questions, post relevant material, and find a community of international teachers dedicated to enriching their classrooms through their own and their students’ experiences.

Additional Resources for International Students

“International Teaching Assistants Guide.” Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching.

“Tips for Surviving as an International Teaching Assistant.” Duquesne University Center for Teaching Excellence.

Suggested Reading: A Selected Bibliography

Link to the TLC Handbook Zotero Library

Foundational Texts

Dewey, John, and Patricia H. Hinchey. 2018. Democracy and Education by John Dewey: With a Critical Introduction by Patricia H. Hinchey. Timely Classics in Education. Bloomfield: Myers Education Press.

Elbow, Peter. 1998. Writing with Power: Techniques for Mastering the Writing Process. 2nd ed. Cary: Oxford University Press, Incorporated.

Freire, Paulo. 2000. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. 30th anniversary ed. New York: Continuum.

hooks, bell. 1994. Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom. New York: Routledge.

Illich, Ivan. 1971. Deschooling Society. [1st ed.]. World Perspectives ; v. 44. New York: Harper & Row.

Digital Pedagogy, OER, and Privacy

Broussard, Meredith. 2019. Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World. First MIT Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press.

Bruff, Derek. 2019. Intentional Tech: Principles to Guide the Use of Educational Technology in College Teaching. First edition. Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Morgantown: West Virginia University Press.

Fry, Hannah. 2018. Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms. First edition. New York: WWNorton & Company.

Losh, Elizabeth. 2014. The War on Learning: Gaining Ground in the Digital University. The MIT Press. Cambridge: MIT Press.

Morris, Sean Michael. 2018. An Urgency of Teachers: The Work of Critical Digital Pedagogy. Madison, Wisconsin: Hybrid Pedagogy Inc.

Noble, Safiya Umoja. 2018. Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism. New York: University Press.

Selwyn, Neil. 2014. Distrusting Educational Technology: Critical Questions for Changing Times. New York ; Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.

Smale, Maura A. 2017. Digital Technology as Affordance and Barrier in Higher Education. Palgrave Pivot. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.

Critical Perspectives on Academia

Brown, Adrienne M. 2019. Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good. Chico, CA: AK Press.

Fabricant, Michael. 2016. Austerity Blues Fighting for the Soul of Public Higher Education. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Giroux, Henry A. 1988. Teachers as Intellectuals: Toward a Critical Pedagogy of Learning. Critical Studies in Education Series. Granby, Mass: Bergin & Garvey.

Graff, Gerald. 2003. Clueless in Academe: How Schooling Obscures the Life of the Mind. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Kay, Matthew R. 2018. Not Light, but Fire: How to Lead Meaningful Race Conversations in the Classroom. Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Stenhouse Publishers.

Love, Bettina L. 2019. We Want to Do More than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom. Boston, Massachusetts: Beacon Press.

Sue, Derald Wing. 2015. Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley.

The Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning. n.d. “Navigating Difficult Moments.” The Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning. Accessed June 24, 2021.

The Graduate Center Learning Collective. n.d. “Structuring Equality” on Manifold Scholarship at CUNY. Manifold Scholarship. Accessed June 24, 2021.

Zembylas, Michalinos. 2012. “Pedagogies of Strategic Empathy: Navigating through the Emotional Complexities of Anti-Racism in Higher Education.” Teaching in Higher Education 17 (2): 113–25. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2011.611869.

Zembylas, Michalinos. 2013. “Critical Pedagogy and Emotion: Working through ‘Troubled Knowledge’ in Posttraumatic Contexts.” Critical Studies in Education 54 (2): 176–89. https://doi.org/10.1080/17508487.2012.743468.

Practical Guidance and Models

Bain, Ken. 2012. What the Best College Students Do. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674067479.

Barkley, Elizabeth F. 2010. Student Engagement Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty. The Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Bean, John C. 2011. Engaging Ideas: The Professor’s Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom. 2nd ed. The Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Inoue, Asao B. 2015. Antiracist Writing Assessment Ecologies: Teaching and Assessing Writing for a Socially Just Future. West Lafayette: Parlor Press, LLC.

Lang, James M. 2008. On Course: A Week-by-Week Guide to Your First Semester of College Teaching. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press.

Obied, Rita, Anna Schwartz, Christina Shane-Simpson, and Patricia J. Brooks. n.d. How We Teach Now: The GSTA Guide to Student-Centered Teaching. Accessed June 24, 2021. https://teachpsych.org/ebooks/howweteachnow.

Weimer, Maryellen, and Alice Cassidy. 2013. Teaching Strategies for the College Classroom: A Collection of Faculty Articles|Paperback. New Edition. Atwood Publishing Co.

COVID, Compassion, and Care

Anguelovski, Isabelle. 2020. “Academia in the Time of Covid-19: Our Chance to Develop an Ethics of Care.” Barcelona Lab for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability (blog). March 31, 2020.

Field, Kelly. 2020. “10 Tips to Support Students in a Stressful Shift to Online Learning.” The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 30, 2020.

Hodges, Charles, Stephanie Moore, Barb Lockee, Torrey Trust, and Aaron Bond. n.d. “The Difference Between Emergency Remote Teaching and Online Learning.” Accessed June 24, 2021.

Hogan, Kelly A., and Viji Sathy. 2020. “8 Ways to Be More Inclusive in Your Zoom Teaching.” The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 8, 2020.

Kornbluh, Anna. 2020. “Academe’s Coronavirus Shock Doctrine.” The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 12, 2020.

Mcmurtrie, Beth. 2020. “How to Help Struggling Students Succeed Online.” The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 26, 2020.

Moore, Stephanie, and Phil Hill. 2020. “Planning for Resilience, Not Resistance.” PhilOnEdTech. April 28, 2020.

Open Learning & Teaching Collaborative at Plymouth State University. n.d. “Continuity with Care.” The Open Learning & Teaching Collaborative (blog). Accessed June 24, 2021.

Saylor, Victoria. 2020. “7 Ways to Make Distance Learning More Equitable.” Common Sense Education (blog). April 9, 2020.