The BMCC Department of Social Sciences, Human Services, and Criminal Justice, invites you to our first Poverty, Humanities, and Teaching “Brown Bag” featuring Dr. Millicent Freeman (Ethnic and Race Studies, BMCC) and Dr. Amy Traver (Sociology, QCC).
During the hour-long event, Dr. Freeman and Dr. Traver will share some teaching ideas they have been developing. In different ways, both scholars are using humanities texts to connect their course content to urgent issues about poverty and to challenge assumptions about poverty. If you think experiences of poverty are intellectually important and should be included more deliberately in the subjects we teach, then you will not want to miss this conversation!
About Dr. Freeman
Millicent Freeman is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Center for Ethnic Studies and Health at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York. In 2007 she received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Capella University. Dr. Freeman has worked for the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for around 25 years and currently serves as the Director of Outreach and Training at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Bureau of Sexually Transmitted Infections. Her research interests include history of trauma-informed care and behavioral health, with emphasis on cisgender men and women of color and LGBTQ teens through young adults.
About Dr. Traver
Amy Traver is a Professor of Sociology at Queensborough Community College, City University of New York. Dr. Traver’s research interests include student success in community colleges as well as intersections of agriculture, adoption, race/ethnicity, religion, and gender in American family life. Dr. Traver has published in numerous peer-reviewed journals and coedited three scholarly volumes on teaching/learning in the community college. Her research was recently recognized by a 2019-2020 Mellon/ACLS Community College Faculty Fellowship.
All BMCC students, faculty and staff are invited to attend.
This event is an outgrowth of the Poverty, Humanities, and Teaching Institute (summer 2021), and is part of the NEH-funded project “Voices and Experiences of Poverty: A New Interdisciplinary Humanities Curriculum.” To learn more, visit voicingpoverty.com
Any questions? email us at voicingpoverty@bmcc.cuny.edu.
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