Introduction
Transformative Learning in the Humanities (2020-2023) started as a three-year initiative supported by the Mellon Foundation at The City University of New York. The grant supported public talks on innovative pedagogies and teaching workshops, a student summit, and a series of intensive peer-to-peer faculty seminars for CUNY faculty at all ranks (including adjuncts) in the humanities, arts, and interpretive social sciences. Reaching an estimated 7,000+ faculty and staff, and 47,000+ students at CUNY and beyond, the program has focused on equitable, creative, student-centered pedagogical research and methods designed for the rich diversity of CUNY students; greater recognition for the importance of teaching; and the role of an urgent and indispensable humanities for the future of CUNY students and a more just and equitable society.
The TLH team created “Transformative Learning in a Box” (“TLH in a Box”) as an Open Educational Resource (OER) that shares TLH’s antiracist teaching strategies and the transformative methods of TLH with the general public. TLH in a Box contains all the resources you need to bring a program like TLH to your department, institution, or wider teaching community. This resource contains: teaching tools and more for faculty; templates, budget models, annual reports, and other resources for administrators and staff; and ideas for student engagement, including how to form a Student Advisory Board and hosting a virtual student summit. Many of these resources are cross-referenced throughout the site. We hope it will help you, in whatever role you play in higher education, to bring about antiracist, accessible, and socially just transformation to wherever you are.
About:
Meet the Transformative Learning in the Humanities team in this chapter. From the team who has created and run TLH, to the Faculty and Student Advisory Boards.
Administrator Resources:
This chapter is useful for anyone for grant funds to start and/or maintain a program similar to TLH.
Faculty Resources:
Learn how TLH engaged its faculty, structured its seminars, and developed innovative teaching resources.
Student Resources:
This chapter is on how to engage students in active learning classrooms, collaborative projects, and institutional initiatives.
Read through the archive of Transformative Learning in the Humanities blog posts and learn about events that took place during the three years of the program on the CUNY Commons website.
