CUNY, Cutbacks, and Threats to Social Mobility

We talk with Urban Studies professor Natalie Vena and pre-dentistry student Tiara Miller about CUNY’s social justice mission, what it has made possible in their own lives, chronic underfunding, and the future of this powerful institution of social mobility. Host Jason Tougaw.
Learning about COVID19 with John Dennehy

We talk about COVID19 with QC virologist John Dennehy.
Life as a New York Journalist with Amir Khafagy

In this episode of the QC Pod, we meet Amir Khafagy, freelance journalist and QC graduate with a B.A. and M.A. in Urban Studies from Queens College. Khafagy’s writing has appeared in numerous publications, including Vice, Bloomberg, and City Limits. He’s the recipient of The New Economics Reporting Fellowship and the Asian American Writers Workshop […]
Campus Labor Relations

In this episode of the QC Pod, we meet two campus labor leaders to discuss the current state of labor relations between campus faculty and executives. Jane Guskin is an adjunct in the Urban Studies department at Queens College, a PSC delegate, and co-founder of QC Adjuncts Unite. David Gerwin is a faculty member in the department […]
Inside Weill Cornell’s COVID-19 Testing Lab

Ever wondered what happens to the sample after that swab invades your nasal passages? On this week’s episode of the QC Pod, we meet Kathy Fauntleroy, Microbiology Laboratory Supervisor at New York Presbyterian Hospital by day–and MFA in Creative Nonfiction student by night. In addition to being at the forefront of the fight against COVID19, […]
Doomsday Preppers in New York City

We meet Prof Anna Bounds (Sociology) to discuss her research on doomsday survival preppers.
Applying to Graduate School

Advice for Queens College students who want to move on to graduate school.
Being a New York EMT During COVID

What was it like to be an EMT during the COVID19 wave? Jason Tougaw asks QC alumni Timothy So.
QC Poet Ariel Francisco

We meet poet and QC grad student Ariel Francisco.
Succeeding in Online Learning

How can students succeed when school is online?