Agenda for First CACI Meeting Fall 2025

9:30-2:30 pm on August 29 (Friday)

Location: CUNY Graduate Center, Ralph Bunche Institute, Suite 5203

The purpose of our first meeting is to become acquainted with each other and with CACI. We have also organized three talks from faculty members at CUNY and in NYC. These talks are meant to help spark interest in different parts of China Studies, and perhaps generate some ideas on material that you can integrate in your classes. We will also host a panel of previous CACI Teaching and Seminar Fellows, who will share their experience with the program and with teaching at CUNY. We will be serving lunch, and will have time for discussion to hear what you would like from CACI in future meetings.

Schedule

9:30-10 am: Coffee

10-10:30 am: Welcome and Introductions

• Introduction to CACI and overview of requirements
• Brief introductions from fellows

10:30-11:15 am: Talk and Q&A with Yuchen Chen (Communications, Baruch College): Immigrant Tech Workers for, in, and as Crisis: The Pursuit of Global Computing Leadership

• Recommended Reading: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ji13z0sPItzY3jJAUOFdLb_q3RHuLTEq/view?usp=drive_link 

11:15-12pm: Talk and Q&A with Yinxian Zhang (Sociology, Queens College): Public Opinion in China

• Recommended Reading: https://sociologicalscience.com/download/vol_12/august/SocSci_v12_511to536.pdf 

12-12:30 pm: Lunch and Break

12:30-1:15 pm: Panel of Previous CACI Fellows – John Frank (TF ‘25, Political Science), Haoju Lu (SF ‘24, Sociology)

1:15-2:00 pm: Talk and Q&A with Zheng Fu (Communication and Journalism, Stony Brook, SUNY): Migration, Stratified Citizenship and Labor Protest in China

• Recommended Reading: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BQHjUhGmVpcFDPM9q4z90rbDCfrcwa8G/view?usp=sharing 

2:00-2:30 pm: Concluding Discussion and Next Steps

• Small group breakout discussions: (1) Lessons learned today about China; (2) takeaways about teaching China studies or ideas of content that you can incorporate in classes; (3) brainstorm what fellows want from CACI this year
• Reminder of upcoming meetings dates: Oct 10, Nov 7, Dec 12

Participants

Coordinators

• Larry Au
• Juan Alcevedo
• Jennifer Holdaway (virtual)

Teaching Fellows

• Laura Altinsoy (Political Science)
• Jesus Lopez Perez (Economics)
• Bret Windhauser (History)
• Chris Harding (History)
• Ryan Hitch (Political Science)

Seminar Fellows

• Rosa Arevalo Leon (Political Science)
• Aline Van Neutgem (Political Science)
• Daniel Soper (Psychology)
• Anson Chung (Political Science)
• Danning Li (Anthropology)
• Amalia Torrecillas Fernandez (Political Science)
• Gloria Caminha (History)