Ten John Jay Professors Awarded Grants to Develop Courses on Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies

From Science to Africana Studies, Sociology to Latin American and LatinX studies, ten John Jay College of Criminal Justice professors were awarded grants to develop courses that create a more inclusive and supportive academic environment that reflects the College’s student-body and the larger City University of New York community.

These courses further John Jay’s commitment to Seven Principles for a Culturally Responsive, Inclusive and Anti-Racist Curriculumpdf, which was approved in April 2021.

The Black, Race and Ethnic Studies Initiative (BRESI) grants come from a gift by the Mellon Foundation to drive change across CUNY.  The ten John Jay faculty are among 126 professors selected CUNY wide. They are:

Tarun Banerjee (Sociology)
From Racial Justice Activism to Policy Success: Lessons for Today from the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s

Lissette Delgado-Cruzata (Sciences)
Supporting Underrepresented Minority STEM Female Students: the FEMMS Intervention

Virginia Diaz-Mendoza (SEEK)
Honoring the SEEK Legacy - Moving from Theory to Transformative Practice

Crystal Endsley Taylor (Africana Studies)
Quantum Justice: Global Girls Writing and Performing Spoken Word Poetry for Social Change

Kim Liao (English)
"Decolonizing the John Jay English Major: Creating Foundational Introductory Courses"

Hyunhee Park (History)
Initiatives to Create an Interdisciplinary Asian American/Asian Studies Program

Judy-Lynne Peters (Public Management)
Slavery Records Indexing and Analysis Unit

Belinda Rincón (Latin American and Latinx Studies)
The Histories and Legacies of Anti-Latinx Violence in the United States

Stephen Russell (History)
Kiss the Book: The Bible and the Morant Bay Rebellion in the Age of Emancipation

Charlotte Walker-Said (Africana Studies)
Militias and Messiahs: A History of Martial and Spiritual Entrepreneurship in Central Africa

You can hear from some of these professors and others on Indoor Voices Podcast, Episode 77: BRESI grant awardees.