Tyler Crown is a PhD student at the CUNY Graduate Center, a lecturer at Queens College and Baruch College, and a member of the Graduate Center’s Political Theory Workshop, which he formerly co-chaired. His research interests include global political thought, imperialism, state capitalism, and the politics of development. This spring Read more…
Jun Yoo is a fourth-year Ph.D. student in Economics at CUNY’s Graduate Center and a graduate teaching fellow at Queens College. His courses integrate case studies on small business credit challenges, emphasizing China’s economic landscape—notable for its evolving credit markets and policy innovations in small business financing. Jun’s research examines Read more…
John Frank is a PhD student in Political Science at CUNY’s Graduate Center and has taught sociology as an Adjunct Lecturer for overly twenty years at Lehman College and LaGuardia Community College. His research focuses on identity formation theories and political identity. He holds a BA from Columbia, a Master’s Read more…
Sumeja Tulić is a Libyan-born Bosnian visual anthropologist and writer whose work delves into the intersection of visuality, history, conflict, and everything else that lies in between. Her career began with human rights advocacy in the former Yugoslavia, where she worked on issues like hate crimes, discrimination, and wartime sexual Read more…
February 7, 2025, 9:30AM to 3:30PM Agenda for the First CACI Seminar Date: February 7, 2025 Time: 9:30 am – 3:30 pm Location: Room 9207, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016 1. Welcome (9:30–9:50 am) · Introduction to CACI (Jennifer Holdaway) · Brief self-introductions · Overview of CACI’s main requirements Read more…
Description This project will allow students to gather information from an interactive map that shows projects under development that involve Chinese investment in other countries. At the end of this exercise, students will have a snapshot of how projects are developed differently according to context and strategic considerations. Author Helena Read more…
Description Students are asked to watch a video about the “hukou” program, which has some implications on labor and migration issues in China, and are asked to make notes responding to a series of questions. Once they have made notes, they gather in groups of 3 to start crafting a Read more…
Description We imagine this scaffolded assignment taking place in a social science course on labor and platform economies, in which China will be used as a case study by the instructor throughout the course so students can learn about comparative analyses of platform economies globally. The assignments build upon each Read more…
Description Students will critically engage with the connections between industrial and development paradigms, alternative land management/uses practices, and sustainability by exploring maps and documents. They will begin to understand the complexities of China’s environmental landscapes through both industrial and indigenous frameworks and critically evaluate the role of technologies and agricultural Read more…
Description Students will form small groups (3–4 students), or this assignment can be completed as homework. They will review the basic model that explains a country’s economic growth and perform data analysis on the provided data for China. After reading about China’s economic reforms, students will follow the instructions and Read more…