Year: 2017
Report titled “Recent Changes in LIC” for the Justice For All Coalition
Between 2000 and 2015, Long Island City experienced a 56% increase in housing units. This is faster than the average rate of growth across the city (7%) and the average for Queens County (3.3%). According to a recent study RENTCafé found that since 2010, Long Island City has seen the…
Critical Musings – Personal Blog
[caption id="attachment_657" align="alignright" width="300"] Image Source: tanakawho[/caption] 'Critical Musings' is how I refer to my personal blog posts. 'Personal' here means two things: 1) personal because I write them for no other reason other than I want to (and sometimes, I feel I must to get a particular emotion or…
Blog post on “ODP: Towards a Pedagogy of Prefiguration” for the ‘Walking in my Shoes’ project
For 8 of the 9 semesters that I’ve taught, I have taught the 101 course in the Urban Studies Department at Queens College. Entitled ‘Poverty and Affluence’, this class introduces students to the history and various manifestations of inequality (economic, social, political, material, experiential and more) as they intertwine with…
Demand For Land in East New York & Cypress Hills
[caption id="attachment_576" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Image Source: MMZach[/caption] SEPT 2016: Whether you live in New York City or not, you are probably aware that the real estate market is hot. In recent decades, housing prices have been rising citywide, with some neighborhoods seeing dramatic spikes in housing costs. These spikes are often related to a…
Precarious Perspectives: Examining the Production, Experience and Contestation of Precarity Through the Lens of Long Island City, NY.
Below is the Dissertation Topic Proposal submitted to my doctoral program, a necessary step in progressing to candidacy that occurs in advance of the dissertation proposal. The aim is to give a clear sense of how I am focusing and approaching the inquiry that will be my dissertation research. This…
STUDENT RESOURCE: Trump Ends DACA
On Tuesday September 5, 2017, '45' ended the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, otherwise known as DACA. Also see: Trump's Statement A Statement (via email) on DACA made by Queen College President, President Félix V. Matos Rodríguez. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman preemptive responsSome of…
United We Transform, Divided We Reproduce
Below I have unpacked the interrelations between the concepts of precarity and commoning with the intention of cultivating a framework for thinking about the political potential of precarity. This statement was prepared in preparation for my 2nd doctoral exam, and serves as the theoretical starting point for my dissertation, which…
Curriculum Vitae
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Blog Post titled “Assessing Active Learning Praxis: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue” for Visible Pedagogy
The conversation below is based on our visits to each other’s classes, which was facilitated by the Classroom Visit Exchange program, part of the TLC’s Open Teaching Initiative. Breaking Down the Binaries Kristen: At the core of my teaching philosophy is a critical pedagogical approach that understands the classroom as…
Journal article titled “Immigrant Engagement in Participatory Budgeting in New York City” in New Political Science,
As a research associate with the Center for Immigration Studies, I worked with immigrant-based community organizations in Queens, NY to investigate experiences and perspectives of NYC’s participatory budgeting process. Focus groups with organization members undergirded the creation and analysis of a survey that was disseminated through community organizations. The work…