Robert Cleary just completed his first semester in the History Ph.D. Program at the Graduate Center and is excited about beginning the spring. Along with his work as a student at CUNY, he has recently begun volunteering with the LGBTQ National History Archive at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in Manhattan. Robert studied as an undergraduate at Hunter College after graduating from LaGuardia Community College, and began his graduate studies last year in the GC’s Liberal Studies Program. As a doctoral student, he is interested in exploring intersections between queer history and intellectual history. Read more

On Wednesday, March 9, please join ASHP/CML for a practitioner-focused virtual workshop led by Stacie Brensilver Berman (Visiting Assistant Professor in the Teaching and Learning department at NYU Steinhardt). Brensilver Berman will present quantitative and qualitative information on the necessity of including LGBTQ+ history in middle and high school social studies curricula, share available resources with participants, and offer guidance on ways to authentically incorporate LGBTQ+ history into the curriculum.  Participants will engage with historical documents and lesson plans in small groups and discuss how they might use these materials in their classrooms. The session will conclude with a Q & A.

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This spring, Gaby Fasold Berges will join ASHP/CML as an intern, researching and assisting in the creation of digital maps for Who Built America? The OER. She will also assist with research for the development of a project on science in U.S. history. Gaby is a third-year PhD student in Latin American and Caribbean history at New York University. Read more

This spring, Carli Snyder will join ASHP/CML as a researcher and writer, preparing educational materials for Mission US and contributing to the production of Who Built America? The OER. Carli is a PhD candidate in the Graduate Center’s History program. Her research examines the development of feminist Holocaust scholarship in the United States during the 1980s and 1990s. She previously worked in the education department at the Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust.Read more