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Open Letter of Commitment to Resist
Cuts at CUNY: No Cuts, No Layoffs, No
Class Size Increases, No Non-
Reappointments
We are faculty and staff at the City University of New York, and proud members of our union,
the Professional Staff Cangress. Along with the union and across campuses and job titles
we commit to standing firmly united against any austerity measures that further divest fram
public higher education.
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare longstanding structural inequalities that render the
most vulnerable the most impacted, causing unprecedented physical, emotional, and
economic hardship for the students, faculty, and staff of the university, many of whose
families have been thrown inte chaos due to layoffs, illness, or both. Precariously employed
adjunct laborers, who teach 60% of CUNY classes, have fought poverty-lavel wages and
virtually nonexistent job security for years preceding the current pandemic. Now, in response
to a budgetary crisis brought on by state responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, of which
New York City is currently the global epicenter, administrators are proposing preemptive
cuts that would leave hundreds of adjuncts without jobs or healthcare, students with fewer
course options in the fall, and already overcrowded classes even more bloated.
Such cuts can only be resisted through collective action. As members of a labor union we
understand that an injury to one is an injury to all. We will strenuously defend the jobs of our
fellow union members whenever management attempts to terminate or furlough them
without due process or not to reappoint them for reasons that have only to do with budget
and convenience. In particular, we recognize the limitations of lobbying tactics and commit
to more militant strategies such as work actions and strikes in order to reverse the
devastating effects of austerity, and will work in close solidarity with students to resist any
and all further tuition increases and cuts to student services. As educational professionals,
for Fall 2020 we recommend course caps be lowered proportionally and reflect best
practices for online teaching, which means a cap of no more than 20 students per course.
Course minimums should also be lowered to allow more courses at smaller class sizes to
run. Such actions will mitigate job loss and loss of health insurance, and better foster
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student engagement and continuity.
The City University of New York was founded on the principle of providing higher education
to the working class population of New York City. In fact, Brooklyn College, Queens College,
and Lehman College were founded in the midst of the Great Depression, arising from the
historical recognition that moments of economic crisis require public investment, not
austerity measures that foist the financial burden on the most marginal members of society.
Since tuition was introduced to CUNY in the 70s—the same time the student body majority
became students of color-—-it has grown to comprise the bulk of revenue for an institution
meant to be publicly funded. CUNY has the potential to emerge from this crisis even
stronger than it was before, but we can only build power through a broad coalition of faculty
and staff whe will categorically refuse any measure that weakens the strength of the whole.
We the undersigned fear the precedent that cuts establish for the future of New York's public
university and unequivocally oppose any measures that further weaken our students’
education and the integrity of our working conditions during and beyond the global health
crisis.
Shannan Clark, Associate Professor of History, Montclair State University (AFT Local 1904)
Nicodemus Nicoludis, Adjunct, BMC / CCNY
Corinna Mullin, Adjunct Assistant Professor, John Jay
Amber Slater, Adjunct lecturer, City Tech
Jonathan Larson, Adjunct Lecturer, QC
Alex Wolf, Associate Professor, Bronx Community College
Rowland Jackson, Student, Bronx Community College
Jane Guskin, Adjunct Lecturer, Queens College
Siena Ortega, Adjunct lecturer, NYC Collage of Technology
Veronica W, non-teaching adjunct (writing center), Baruch & School of Labor & Urban Studies
lan Ross Singleton, Adjunct Lecturer, Baruch, City Tech
Hakan Yilmaz, Adjunct Lecturer, John Jay Collage
Jarmila Harman, Adjunet and grad worker, Hunter and the GC
Kelsey Chatlosh, Adjunct Instructor, Brooklyn College
Mariapaola Gritti, Adjunct Instructor, Brooklyn College
ISABELLE LEE, adjunet lecturer, Hunter College
Marianne Madoré, Graduate Assistant/Adjunct Faculty, Graduate Center / Brooklyn
Isaac Rodriguez, Non-teaching Adjunct, School of Labor and Urban Studies
Arion Amer, Doctoral candidate, Graduate Center
pleranna pieroni, HEO, Brooklyn
Sami Disu, Adjunet Lecturer, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Leda Lee, adjunct lecturer, Brooklyn College
Angela Dunne, Adjunct, Guttman Community College
Tanya Pollard, Professor, Brooklyn College
Sherry Deckman, Assistant Professor, Lehman College
James lampidis, Adjunct Lecturer, Medgar Evers College
Stuart Kaufer, Adjunct Lecturer, Silberman School of SW Hunter College
Remi Brulin, Adjunct professor, John Jay
Patricia Tovar, Professor, John Jay College
Debarati Biswas, Adjunct Lecturer, Hunter College
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Jaime Weida, Assistant Professor, BMCC
Keith Winsted, FT Substitute/Adjunct Assistant Professor, BMCC
Pate Harrison, Adjunct, Baruch
Marthe Keller, Assistant Professor Adjunct, Hunter
Robert Balun, adjunct, City College
Thomas Watters, Adjunct Lecturer, Brooklyn College
Jose Laguarta Ramirez, Assistant Professor, John Jay
Katharine Uva, Adjunct Lecturer, Baruch, Lehman
Max Thom, Non-Teaching Adjunct, Queens College
Judah R Rubin, Adjunct / Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Center / Baruch
Benny Morduchowiltz, Adjunct Lecturer, BMCC
Casey LaDuke, Assistant Professor, John Jay Collage
Kieran, Adjunct Professor, NYCCT
Jody R. Rosen, Associate Professor, New York City College of Technology
Joanna Thompson, Non-Teaching Adjunct, Librarian, BMCC
Jaslin Kaur, Organizer, Know Your IX, Hunter College (alumna, c/o 2079)
Anthony Bongiorne, Adjunct Lecturer, C51
Nicole, Adjunct Assistant Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Evan Smith, Adjunct, Baruch and Hunter
Nora O'Connor, Adjunct Assistant Professor, College of Staten Island
Naomi Schiller, Associate Professor, Brooklyn
Christopher Trogan, Adj. Assoc. Professor of Philosophy, John Jay
Carlos Cuestas Pinto, Adjunct lecturer, Brooklyn College
Maria R Bellamy, Associate Professor, College of Staten Island
Nathaniel Finkelstein, Adjunct Lecturer, Lehman College
Jason Bishop, Associate Professor, College of Staten Island & The Graduate Center
Andrew Sidman, Associate Professor & Chair, John Jay College
Rhea B. Rahman, Assistant Professor, Brooklyn College
Kate Doyle Griffiths, Adjunct, Brooklyn College
Ryan Daley, Teacher, NYC DOE
Eric Dean Wilson, Graduate Teaching Fellow, Queens College
Linsey Ly, Grad assistant/adjunct instructor/doctoral student, Graduate Center, CUNY and
Hunter College
Alice Arnold, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Hunter College
Sarl Kisilevsky, Associate Professor, Queens College
Aaron Botwick, Assistant Professor of English, Hostes Community College
Emily Curtin, Adjunet Instructor, Baruch
Crystal Jackson, Ph.O, Assistant Professor, John Jay College
Anis Ghanem, Student, Hunter
Krause AS, Student, Hunter College
Veronique Bernard, Adjunct Lecturer, Hunter College
Joseph 5. Salemi, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Hunter College
Anna Tam, Adjunet Lecturer, College of Staten Island
Pedro, Adjunct Professor, John Jay
Joseph Orefice, College Lab Technician, Hunter
Elena Heimur, Adjunct lecturer, CS!
Hector Canonge, Adjunct Assistant Professor, New York City College of Technology,
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Kimberly, Adjunct Lecturer, BMCC
Jill Cirasella, Associate Librarian for Scholarly Communication and Digital Scholarship
(Associate Professor), Graduate Center
Ji Hye Ahn, Non-Teaching Adjunct, Hunter College
Brian Prager, Adjunct Lecturer, Borough of Manhattan Community College
Anru LEE, Associate Professor, John Jay
Abbie Tuller, Adjunct, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Matt Brim, Associate professor, College of Staten Island
Andreina Torres, Adjunct Lecturers Doctoral candidate, Brooklyn Colleges Graduate Center
Maria Plochocki, Adjunct Assistant Professor, York#
Hans Tammen, Adjunct Professor, Hunter College
Joey De Jesus, Adjunct Lecturer; Candidate for NY State Assembly District 38, BMCC
Jennifer Alberghini, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Queens College
Karol ¥. Ruiz, Attorney, M/A
Kamran Moshref, Adjunct, Lehman
Jesse Rice-Evans, Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Center
Esy Casey, Filmmaker, 68th St
Paul krause, college assistant, hunter
Jennifer M Jokinen, Graduate Program Coordinator, SUNY Stony Brook
Hyemin Kim, Adjunct assistant professor, Baruch
Vani Kannan, Assistant Professor of English, Lehman
Peter Hoffmeister, College Assistant / Adjunct, Hunter College
David Jonathan Wilson, Adjunct Assistant Professor and CA, Hunter College
Christina Freeman, Adjunct Assistant Professor / AHEO, Hunter Collage
Steven D Dube, Student, Hunter
Kat Downing, Adjunct, John Jay College
Amanda Killian, Adjunct, Brooklyn College
Anna zeemont, Non-Teaching Adjunct, Baruch Writing Center, Baruch College
Joan Beckerman, Adjunct, Hostos
Christopher Natoli, Graduate Assistant B, GC & Hunter
Gerry Martini, Associate Director of Admissions, The Graduate Center
Utku Sezgin, ADJUNCT ASST PROF, John Jay
Patricia Antoniello, Associate Professor, Brooklyn College
Reiko Tahara, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Hunter College
Olivia A Wood, Graduate Assistant B, Adjunct Senior College Laboratory Technician, The
Graduate Center, John Jay, City Tech
Carol Lang, Adj Asst Prof., Bronx Community College
Andrew McKinney, OER Coordinator, Central Office
Elizabeth Chua, Associate Professor, Brooklyn College
Taryn Fivek, Adjunet Lecturer, John Jay
M. Bryan Welton, Graduate Assistant, Graduate Center/Lehman
Caroline K. Hong, Associate Professor, Queens College
Rachel Corey, Grad B Assistant, Graduate Center
Tenn Joe Lim, Grad Assistant, Graduate Center
Kally Britt, Assistant Professor of Urban Archaeology, Brooklyn Callge
Erin Cully, PhD candidate, Graduate Center
Miranda Meyer, Graduate Teaching Fellow, Graduate Center/Queens College
Samuel Finesurrey, Assistant Adjunct Professor, Guttman
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Nora Almeida, Assistant Professor, City Tech
Jessie Stein, TAS PhD Student, Grad Center
Timathy Scott Johnsen, CUNY GC Alum '16; Professional Assistant Professor, Texas A&M
University Corpus Christi, CUNY GC
Katherine Duckworth, Adjunct Lecturer, Brooklyn College
Michelle Fine, Distinguished professor, Graduate CEnter
Emelyn, Adjunct Lecturer, NYCCT
Laura Rivas, PhO Student, EES, The Graduate Center
Kate Antonova, Associate Professor, Queens Collage
Christa Paterline, Adjunct Lecturer, Brooklyn College
Elzbieta Tracz, Adjunct Associate Professor, Queens College & BMCC
James Dennis Hoff, Assistant Professor, English, BICC
Beth Sherman, Adjunct Lecturer, Queens College
Jiaxuan Zhang, adjunct lecturer, Queens College
Jacqueline Cornetta, Adjunct Lecturer, Queens Collage
Gav Meiri, Student, Queens College
Kwacey coggins, Deliver food for postmates and doordash, Queens college
Chinonye Otuonye, Adjunct lecturer, City collage
Gustavo Rivera, Adjunct / CET, BMCC / City Tech / KBOC
Kim Liao, Lecturer, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Eric Lehman, Adj Asst Prof, Queens College
Coline Chevrin, PhD student, Graduate Center
Joseph Emmett, Adjunct Assistant Prof., Queens College
Christopher Esposite, Adjunct associate professor, Queens college
Shima Houshyar, PhD Candidate, The Graduate Center
David Klassen, adjunct, BMCC
Beth Schettino, Adjunct Lecturer, Queens Collage
Derek Ludovici, Adjunct, Brooklyn College and CCNY
Alexandra meric, adjunct lecturer, qc
A. Jay Adler, Adjunct Professor of English, Queans College
Zahra Khalid, Graduate Assistant B, Queens College
Kim, College Assistant, City Tech
Lavelle Porter, Assistant Professor of English, City Tech
Jasmin Ali, Adjunct Lecturer, Queens College
Alberto Cordero, Professor of Philosophy, Queens College
Barbara Emanuele, Adjunct Lecturer, Queensborough Community College
Claudia Crowle, Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Center
Jeffrey Farber, Adjunct Lecturer, Queens College
Franeiseo Delgado, Assistant Professor, BMCC
Paisley Currah, Professor, Brooklyn College
Erica Schecter, Adjunct Lecturer, Brooklyn College
Sunny Knable, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Queens College
Carolyn Stallard, Adjunct Instructor, Brooklyn College
Leslie Akst, Ph.D, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Queens College, Queensborough Community
College
Lori, Associate-level Adjunet, Hunter
Tracey Billado, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Queens
Asher Wycoff, Adjunct Lecturer, Lehman College
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Boyda Johnstone, Assistant Professor, Borough of Manhattan Community College
Sohomjit Ray, Assistant Professor, College of Staten Island
Jason Schulman, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Lehman College
Kenn Vance, Adjunct Lecturer, John Jay College
Jeff Rosenberg, Grad student, MIT
Luis Barajas Saldana, Adjunct Assistant professor, John Jay
Param Ajmera, Digital Fellow/ PhD Candidate, Graduate Center
Natalie Bump Vena, Assistant Professor, Queens College
Beth C. Roberts, Ph.D, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Hostos Community Collage
Rebecca Smart, Adjunct Lecturer, BMCC and Baruch College
David Smey, Adjunct Asst Prof, Baruch
Fred Solinger, Assistant Professor, BMCC
Jean Kahler, Adjunct Lecturer, Borough of Manhattan Community College
Robert Masterson, Lecturer, BMCC
James Scales, Adjunct Lecturer, Borough of Manhattan Community Collage
William Novello, MA Student, CUNY Graduate Center
Adjunct Lecturer, Queens College
Nancy Derbyshire, Assistant Professor, Borough of Manhattan Community College
Benita Noveno, Lecturer, BMCC
Zachary LaMalfa, Adjunct Lecturer, Brooklyn College
Hugh Kesson, Instructional Designer, Princeton University (ex student’ adjunct Brooklyn
College
Randi Ross, Adjunct Assistant Professor, New York City College of Technology
Katie Albany, Adjunct Lecturer, NYCCT
Angela Florschuetz, Assistant Professor, Borough of Manhattan Community College
Katy Fischer, Adjunct Associate Professor, Lehman College
Maryam Habibian Adjunct Assistant Professor
Elizabeth Albrecht, Adjunct, BMCC
Kimo RedeR, Associate Professor, Borough of Manhattan Community College
Bruce Sharpe, Adjunct Lecturer, Borough of manhattan Community Collage
Joe Bisz, Associate Professor, BACC-CUNY
Victoria Tomasulo, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Queens College
Rebecca Olericn, Adjunct, NYCCT
Adjunct Professor, English, BMCC
Benjamin Lambright, Adjunct Lecturer, BMCC
Thyra Roff, Adjunct Lecturer, Lehman College
Jessica Rosario, Student Activist, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Nate Wright, Adjunct Lecturer, John Jay and Hunter
Kally 0. Secovnie, Assoc. Professor, BMCC
Garam Kwon, Adjunct, John Jay College
Dion Nania, Adjunct Lecturer, BMCC
Danielle M. Bacigalupo, Adjunct Lecturer, Borough of Manhattan Community College
Humayun Kabir, Adjunct Lecturer, Queens College.
Adjunct, bmec
Michael Murphy, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Laguardia Community College
Natasha Lyela Ora Bannan, Adjunet Lecturer, John Jay
Amelia Bande, Adjunct Professor, John Jay College
Dr. Elham Yahia, Adjunct Assistant Professor, BMCC
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Conor Tomas Reed, Adjunct Faculty, Brooklyn College
Marcelo D. Viana Neto, Assistant Professor, Hostos Community College
Kristina Baines, Assistant Professor, Guttman Community Callege
Charles Rudig, Adjunct Lecturer, Brooklyn College
Michael Friedman, former CUNY adjunct, Assistant Professor of Biology, American
International College of Arts and Sciences of Antiqua
Christian Lewis, PhD Candidate, CUNY Graduate Center
Juno A. Morrow, Assistant Professor of Game Design, Hostos CC
Beatriz Levin, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Guttman Community College
Adjunct Assistant Professor, John Jay College
Kent Szlauderbach, Adjunct Lecturer, Queens College
Richard Payne, Adjunct Lecturer, Queens College
Denise Jamison, Adjunct Professor, CSI
Leah Entenmann, Adjunct Lecturer, John Jay College
Ramsey Scott, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Brooklyn College
Noé Dinnerstein, Adjunct Assistant Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
Elizabeth Kane, Adjunct Lecturer, College of Staten Island
Thea Callender, Adjunct Lecturer, Borough of Manhattan Community College
Mark Donnelly, Adjunct English Lecturer
Veronl Antoniadis, Adjunct Assistant Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Angeles Donoso Macaya, Associate Professor, BMCC
Caroline Mays, Adjunct Lecturer, BMC
Hollis Glaser, Professor, BMCC
Anthony Alessandrini, Professor, Kingsborough Community College & The Graduate Center
Associate Professor, BMCC
Michael Montlack, Adjunct Lecturer, BMCC
David Leventhal, Lecturer, Queens Collage
Peter Matt PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Brooklyn College
Eleanor J. Bader, Adjunct Lecturer, Kingsborough Community College
Rochelle Rives, Professor, BMCC
Luis Vega, Adjunct Lecturer, Lehman College
Carli Snyder, PhD Student, Graduate Center
Beth Cooper, Adjunct Lecturer, Brooklyn College
Megan MeGibney - Adjunct Lecturer - BMCC, College of Staten Island
Margaret Carson, Assistant Professor, Borough of Manhattan Cammunity College
Catherine P, Adjunct Instructor, BMCC/Baruch
Oluremi Alapo, Adjunet, York College and Bronx Community College
Chandra Balkaran, adjunet lecturer, John jay college
Adjunct Lecturer Queensborough Community College
George Glantzis,Adjunct Lecturer,Brooklyn Collage
Peter Romano, Adjunct Lecturer, Hunter College
Maksim Vak, adjunct assistant prof, BMCC
Adjunct Lecturer
Christopher Winks, Associate Professor, Queens College
Cristina, Adjunct Lecturer, Hunter and Lehman Colleges
Vernice Miller, Adjunct Lecturer. John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Scott Kiernan, Adjunct Professor, Hunter College
Robin Smith, graduate student, Hunter College
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Open Letter of Commitment to Resist
Cuts at CUNY: No Cuts, No Layoffs, No
Class Size Increases, No Non-
Reappointments
We are faculty and staff at the City University of New York, and proud members of our union,
the Professional Staff Cangress. Along with the union and across campuses and job titles
we commit to standing firmly united against any austerity measures that further divest fram
public higher education.
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare longstanding structural inequalities that render the
most vulnerable the most impacted, causing unprecedented physical, emotional, and
economic hardship for the students, faculty, and staff of the university, many of whose
families have been thrown inte chaos due to layoffs, illness, or both. Precariously employed
adjunct laborers, who teach 60% of CUNY classes, have fought poverty-lavel wages and
virtually nonexistent job security for years preceding the current pandemic. Now, in response
to a budgetary crisis brought on by state responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, of which
New York City is currently the global epicenter, administrators are proposing preemptive
cuts that would leave hundreds of adjuncts without jobs or healthcare, students with fewer
course options in the fall, and already overcrowded classes even more bloated.
Such cuts can only be resisted through collective action. As members of a labor union we
understand that an injury to one is an injury to all. We will strenuously defend the jobs of our
fellow union members whenever management attempts to terminate or furlough them
without due process or not to reappoint them for reasons that have only to do with budget
and convenience. In particular, we recognize the limitations of lobbying tactics and commit
to more militant strategies such as work actions and strikes in order to reverse the
devastating effects of austerity, and will work in close solidarity with students to resist any
and all further tuition increases and cuts to student services. As educational professionals,
for Fall 2020 we recommend course caps be lowered proportionally and reflect best
practices for online teaching, which means a cap of no more than 20 students per course.
Course minimums should also be lowered to allow more courses at smaller class sizes to
run. Such actions will mitigate job loss and loss of health insurance, and better foster
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student engagement and continuity.
The City University of New York was founded on the principle of providing higher education
to the working class population of New York City. In fact, Brooklyn College, Queens College,
and Lehman College were founded in the midst of the Great Depression, arising from the
historical recognition that moments of economic crisis require public investment, not
austerity measures that foist the financial burden on the most marginal members of society.
Since tuition was introduced to CUNY in the 70s—the same time the student body majority
became students of color-—-it has grown to comprise the bulk of revenue for an institution
meant to be publicly funded. CUNY has the potential to emerge from this crisis even
stronger than it was before, but we can only build power through a broad coalition of faculty
and staff whe will categorically refuse any measure that weakens the strength of the whole.
We the undersigned fear the precedent that cuts establish for the future of New York's public
university and unequivocally oppose any measures that further weaken our students’
education and the integrity of our working conditions during and beyond the global health
crisis.
Shannan Clark, Associate Professor of History, Montclair State University (AFT Local 1904)
Nicodemus Nicoludis, Adjunct, BMC / CCNY
Corinna Mullin, Adjunct Assistant Professor, John Jay
Amber Slater, Adjunct lecturer, City Tech
Jonathan Larson, Adjunct Lecturer, QC
Alex Wolf, Associate Professor, Bronx Community College
Rowland Jackson, Student, Bronx Community College
Jane Guskin, Adjunct Lecturer, Queens College
Siena Ortega, Adjunct lecturer, NYC Collage of Technology
Veronica W, non-teaching adjunct (writing center), Baruch & School of Labor & Urban Studies
lan Ross Singleton, Adjunct Lecturer, Baruch, City Tech
Hakan Yilmaz, Adjunct Lecturer, John Jay Collage
Jarmila Harman, Adjunet and grad worker, Hunter and the GC
Kelsey Chatlosh, Adjunct Instructor, Brooklyn College
Mariapaola Gritti, Adjunct Instructor, Brooklyn College
ISABELLE LEE, adjunet lecturer, Hunter College
Marianne Madoré, Graduate Assistant/Adjunct Faculty, Graduate Center / Brooklyn
Isaac Rodriguez, Non-teaching Adjunct, School of Labor and Urban Studies
Arion Amer, Doctoral candidate, Graduate Center
pleranna pieroni, HEO, Brooklyn
Sami Disu, Adjunet Lecturer, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Leda Lee, adjunct lecturer, Brooklyn College
Angela Dunne, Adjunct, Guttman Community College
Tanya Pollard, Professor, Brooklyn College
Sherry Deckman, Assistant Professor, Lehman College
James lampidis, Adjunct Lecturer, Medgar Evers College
Stuart Kaufer, Adjunct Lecturer, Silberman School of SW Hunter College
Remi Brulin, Adjunct professor, John Jay
Patricia Tovar, Professor, John Jay College
Debarati Biswas, Adjunct Lecturer, Hunter College
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Jaime Weida, Assistant Professor, BMCC
Keith Winsted, FT Substitute/Adjunct Assistant Professor, BMCC
Pate Harrison, Adjunct, Baruch
Marthe Keller, Assistant Professor Adjunct, Hunter
Robert Balun, adjunct, City College
Thomas Watters, Adjunct Lecturer, Brooklyn College
Jose Laguarta Ramirez, Assistant Professor, John Jay
Katharine Uva, Adjunct Lecturer, Baruch, Lehman
Max Thom, Non-Teaching Adjunct, Queens College
Judah R Rubin, Adjunct / Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Center / Baruch
Benny Morduchowiltz, Adjunct Lecturer, BMCC
Casey LaDuke, Assistant Professor, John Jay Collage
Kieran, Adjunct Professor, NYCCT
Jody R. Rosen, Associate Professor, New York City College of Technology
Joanna Thompson, Non-Teaching Adjunct, Librarian, BMCC
Jaslin Kaur, Organizer, Know Your IX, Hunter College (alumna, c/o 2079)
Anthony Bongiorne, Adjunct Lecturer, C51
Nicole, Adjunct Assistant Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Evan Smith, Adjunct, Baruch and Hunter
Nora O'Connor, Adjunct Assistant Professor, College of Staten Island
Naomi Schiller, Associate Professor, Brooklyn
Christopher Trogan, Adj. Assoc. Professor of Philosophy, John Jay
Carlos Cuestas Pinto, Adjunct lecturer, Brooklyn College
Maria R Bellamy, Associate Professor, College of Staten Island
Nathaniel Finkelstein, Adjunct Lecturer, Lehman College
Jason Bishop, Associate Professor, College of Staten Island & The Graduate Center
Andrew Sidman, Associate Professor & Chair, John Jay College
Rhea B. Rahman, Assistant Professor, Brooklyn College
Kate Doyle Griffiths, Adjunct, Brooklyn College
Ryan Daley, Teacher, NYC DOE
Eric Dean Wilson, Graduate Teaching Fellow, Queens College
Linsey Ly, Grad assistant/adjunct instructor/doctoral student, Graduate Center, CUNY and
Hunter College
Alice Arnold, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Hunter College
Sarl Kisilevsky, Associate Professor, Queens College
Aaron Botwick, Assistant Professor of English, Hostes Community College
Emily Curtin, Adjunet Instructor, Baruch
Crystal Jackson, Ph.O, Assistant Professor, John Jay College
Anis Ghanem, Student, Hunter
Krause AS, Student, Hunter College
Veronique Bernard, Adjunct Lecturer, Hunter College
Joseph 5. Salemi, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Hunter College
Anna Tam, Adjunet Lecturer, College of Staten Island
Pedro, Adjunct Professor, John Jay
Joseph Orefice, College Lab Technician, Hunter
Elena Heimur, Adjunct lecturer, CS!
Hector Canonge, Adjunct Assistant Professor, New York City College of Technology,
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Kimberly, Adjunct Lecturer, BMCC
Jill Cirasella, Associate Librarian for Scholarly Communication and Digital Scholarship
(Associate Professor), Graduate Center
Ji Hye Ahn, Non-Teaching Adjunct, Hunter College
Brian Prager, Adjunct Lecturer, Borough of Manhattan Community College
Anru LEE, Associate Professor, John Jay
Abbie Tuller, Adjunct, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Matt Brim, Associate professor, College of Staten Island
Andreina Torres, Adjunct Lecturers Doctoral candidate, Brooklyn Colleges Graduate Center
Maria Plochocki, Adjunct Assistant Professor, York#
Hans Tammen, Adjunct Professor, Hunter College
Joey De Jesus, Adjunct Lecturer; Candidate for NY State Assembly District 38, BMCC
Jennifer Alberghini, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Queens College
Karol ¥. Ruiz, Attorney, M/A
Kamran Moshref, Adjunct, Lehman
Jesse Rice-Evans, Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Center
Esy Casey, Filmmaker, 68th St
Paul krause, college assistant, hunter
Jennifer M Jokinen, Graduate Program Coordinator, SUNY Stony Brook
Hyemin Kim, Adjunct assistant professor, Baruch
Vani Kannan, Assistant Professor of English, Lehman
Peter Hoffmeister, College Assistant / Adjunct, Hunter College
David Jonathan Wilson, Adjunct Assistant Professor and CA, Hunter College
Christina Freeman, Adjunct Assistant Professor / AHEO, Hunter Collage
Steven D Dube, Student, Hunter
Kat Downing, Adjunct, John Jay College
Amanda Killian, Adjunct, Brooklyn College
Anna zeemont, Non-Teaching Adjunct, Baruch Writing Center, Baruch College
Joan Beckerman, Adjunct, Hostos
Christopher Natoli, Graduate Assistant B, GC & Hunter
Gerry Martini, Associate Director of Admissions, The Graduate Center
Utku Sezgin, ADJUNCT ASST PROF, John Jay
Patricia Antoniello, Associate Professor, Brooklyn College
Reiko Tahara, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Hunter College
Olivia A Wood, Graduate Assistant B, Adjunct Senior College Laboratory Technician, The
Graduate Center, John Jay, City Tech
Carol Lang, Adj Asst Prof., Bronx Community College
Andrew McKinney, OER Coordinator, Central Office
Elizabeth Chua, Associate Professor, Brooklyn College
Taryn Fivek, Adjunet Lecturer, John Jay
M. Bryan Welton, Graduate Assistant, Graduate Center/Lehman
Caroline K. Hong, Associate Professor, Queens College
Rachel Corey, Grad B Assistant, Graduate Center
Tenn Joe Lim, Grad Assistant, Graduate Center
Kally Britt, Assistant Professor of Urban Archaeology, Brooklyn Callge
Erin Cully, PhD candidate, Graduate Center
Miranda Meyer, Graduate Teaching Fellow, Graduate Center/Queens College
Samuel Finesurrey, Assistant Adjunct Professor, Guttman
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Jessie Stein, TAS PhD Student, Grad Center
Timathy Scott Johnsen, CUNY GC Alum '16; Professional Assistant Professor, Texas A&M
University Corpus Christi, CUNY GC
Katherine Duckworth, Adjunct Lecturer, Brooklyn College
Michelle Fine, Distinguished professor, Graduate CEnter
Emelyn, Adjunct Lecturer, NYCCT
Laura Rivas, PhO Student, EES, The Graduate Center
Kate Antonova, Associate Professor, Queens Collage
Christa Paterline, Adjunct Lecturer, Brooklyn College
Elzbieta Tracz, Adjunct Associate Professor, Queens College & BMCC
James Dennis Hoff, Assistant Professor, English, BICC
Beth Sherman, Adjunct Lecturer, Queens College
Jiaxuan Zhang, adjunct lecturer, Queens College
Jacqueline Cornetta, Adjunct Lecturer, Queens Collage
Gav Meiri, Student, Queens College
Kwacey coggins, Deliver food for postmates and doordash, Queens college
Chinonye Otuonye, Adjunct lecturer, City collage
Gustavo Rivera, Adjunct / CET, BMCC / City Tech / KBOC
Kim Liao, Lecturer, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Eric Lehman, Adj Asst Prof, Queens College
Coline Chevrin, PhD student, Graduate Center
Joseph Emmett, Adjunct Assistant Prof., Queens College
Christopher Esposite, Adjunct associate professor, Queens college
Shima Houshyar, PhD Candidate, The Graduate Center
David Klassen, adjunct, BMCC
Beth Schettino, Adjunct Lecturer, Queens Collage
Derek Ludovici, Adjunct, Brooklyn College and CCNY
Alexandra meric, adjunct lecturer, qc
A. Jay Adler, Adjunct Professor of English, Queans College
Zahra Khalid, Graduate Assistant B, Queens College
Kim, College Assistant, City Tech
Lavelle Porter, Assistant Professor of English, City Tech
Jasmin Ali, Adjunct Lecturer, Queens College
Alberto Cordero, Professor of Philosophy, Queens College
Barbara Emanuele, Adjunct Lecturer, Queensborough Community College
Claudia Crowle, Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Center
Jeffrey Farber, Adjunct Lecturer, Queens College
Franeiseo Delgado, Assistant Professor, BMCC
Paisley Currah, Professor, Brooklyn College
Erica Schecter, Adjunct Lecturer, Brooklyn College
Sunny Knable, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Queens College
Carolyn Stallard, Adjunct Instructor, Brooklyn College
Leslie Akst, Ph.D, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Queens College, Queensborough Community
College
Lori, Associate-level Adjunet, Hunter
Tracey Billado, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Queens
Asher Wycoff, Adjunct Lecturer, Lehman College
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Boyda Johnstone, Assistant Professor, Borough of Manhattan Community College
Sohomjit Ray, Assistant Professor, College of Staten Island
Jason Schulman, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Lehman College
Kenn Vance, Adjunct Lecturer, John Jay College
Jeff Rosenberg, Grad student, MIT
Luis Barajas Saldana, Adjunct Assistant professor, John Jay
Param Ajmera, Digital Fellow/ PhD Candidate, Graduate Center
Natalie Bump Vena, Assistant Professor, Queens College
Beth C. Roberts, Ph.D, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Hostos Community Collage
Rebecca Smart, Adjunct Lecturer, BMCC and Baruch College
David Smey, Adjunct Asst Prof, Baruch
Fred Solinger, Assistant Professor, BMCC
Jean Kahler, Adjunct Lecturer, Borough of Manhattan Community College
Robert Masterson, Lecturer, BMCC
James Scales, Adjunct Lecturer, Borough of Manhattan Community Collage
William Novello, MA Student, CUNY Graduate Center
Adjunct Lecturer, Queens College
Nancy Derbyshire, Assistant Professor, Borough of Manhattan Community College
Benita Noveno, Lecturer, BMCC
Zachary LaMalfa, Adjunct Lecturer, Brooklyn College
Hugh Kesson, Instructional Designer, Princeton University (ex student’ adjunct Brooklyn
College
Randi Ross, Adjunct Assistant Professor, New York City College of Technology
Katie Albany, Adjunct Lecturer, NYCCT
Angela Florschuetz, Assistant Professor, Borough of Manhattan Community College
Katy Fischer, Adjunct Associate Professor, Lehman College
Maryam Habibian Adjunct Assistant Professor
Elizabeth Albrecht, Adjunct, BMCC
Kimo RedeR, Associate Professor, Borough of Manhattan Community College
Bruce Sharpe, Adjunct Lecturer, Borough of manhattan Community Collage
Joe Bisz, Associate Professor, BACC-CUNY
Victoria Tomasulo, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Queens College
Rebecca Olericn, Adjunct, NYCCT
Adjunct Professor, English, BMCC
Benjamin Lambright, Adjunct Lecturer, BMCC
Thyra Roff, Adjunct Lecturer, Lehman College
Jessica Rosario, Student Activist, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Nate Wright, Adjunct Lecturer, John Jay and Hunter
Kally 0. Secovnie, Assoc. Professor, BMCC
Garam Kwon, Adjunct, John Jay College
Dion Nania, Adjunct Lecturer, BMCC
Danielle M. Bacigalupo, Adjunct Lecturer, Borough of Manhattan Community College
Humayun Kabir, Adjunct Lecturer, Queens College.
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Natasha Lyela Ora Bannan, Adjunet Lecturer, John Jay
Amelia Bande, Adjunct Professor, John Jay College
Dr. Elham Yahia, Adjunct Assistant Professor, BMCC
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Conor Tomas Reed, Adjunct Faculty, Brooklyn College
Marcelo D. Viana Neto, Assistant Professor, Hostos Community College
Kristina Baines, Assistant Professor, Guttman Community Callege
Charles Rudig, Adjunct Lecturer, Brooklyn College
Michael Friedman, former CUNY adjunct, Assistant Professor of Biology, American
International College of Arts and Sciences of Antiqua
Christian Lewis, PhD Candidate, CUNY Graduate Center
Juno A. Morrow, Assistant Professor of Game Design, Hostos CC
Beatriz Levin, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Guttman Community College
Adjunct Assistant Professor, John Jay College
Kent Szlauderbach, Adjunct Lecturer, Queens College
Richard Payne, Adjunct Lecturer, Queens College
Denise Jamison, Adjunct Professor, CSI
Leah Entenmann, Adjunct Lecturer, John Jay College
Ramsey Scott, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Brooklyn College
Noé Dinnerstein, Adjunct Assistant Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
Elizabeth Kane, Adjunct Lecturer, College of Staten Island
Thea Callender, Adjunct Lecturer, Borough of Manhattan Community College
Mark Donnelly, Adjunct English Lecturer
Veronl Antoniadis, Adjunct Assistant Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Angeles Donoso Macaya, Associate Professor, BMCC
Caroline Mays, Adjunct Lecturer, BMC
Hollis Glaser, Professor, BMCC
Anthony Alessandrini, Professor, Kingsborough Community College & The Graduate Center
Associate Professor, BMCC
Michael Montlack, Adjunct Lecturer, BMCC
David Leventhal, Lecturer, Queens Collage
Peter Matt PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Brooklyn College
Eleanor J. Bader, Adjunct Lecturer, Kingsborough Community College
Rochelle Rives, Professor, BMCC
Luis Vega, Adjunct Lecturer, Lehman College
Carli Snyder, PhD Student, Graduate Center
Beth Cooper, Adjunct Lecturer, Brooklyn College
Megan MeGibney - Adjunct Lecturer - BMCC, College of Staten Island
Margaret Carson, Assistant Professor, Borough of Manhattan Cammunity College
Catherine P, Adjunct Instructor, BMCC/Baruch
Oluremi Alapo, Adjunet, York College and Bronx Community College
Chandra Balkaran, adjunet lecturer, John jay college
Adjunct Lecturer Queensborough Community College
George Glantzis,Adjunct Lecturer,Brooklyn Collage
Peter Romano, Adjunct Lecturer, Hunter College
Maksim Vak, adjunct assistant prof, BMCC
Adjunct Lecturer
Christopher Winks, Associate Professor, Queens College
Cristina, Adjunct Lecturer, Hunter and Lehman Colleges
Vernice Miller, Adjunct Lecturer. John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Scott Kiernan, Adjunct Professor, Hunter College
Robin Smith, graduate student, Hunter College
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Title
Open Letter of Commitment to Resist Cuts at CUNY: No Cuts, No Layoffs, No Class Size Increases, No Non-Reappointments
Description
This widely circulated open letter from Rank and File Action (a group of militant activists at CUNY challenging the culture of austerity in public higher education) argued against budget cuts at CUNY. This document specifically addressed activism in terms specific to the CUNY; it also expressed the need for collective action and "more militant strategies" beyond lobbying in order to secure necessary changes at CUNY.
This item is part of the City University of New York (CUNY) Distance Learning Archive, a group project developed as part of Prof. Matthew K. Gold's Spring 2020 Knowledge Infrastructures seminar in the Ph.D. Program in English at The Graduate Center, CUNY, in partnership with the Interactive Technology and Pedagogy Certificate Program. The project's goal was to resist or trouble the discourse of catastrophe around the shift to online learning caused by the COVID-19 pandemic by documenting the lived experiences of students, faculty, and staff across CUNY's 25 campuses. Further, the project wanted to document the moment of crisis response by taking a critical approach to educational technology.
This item is part of the City University of New York (CUNY) Distance Learning Archive, a group project developed as part of Prof. Matthew K. Gold's Spring 2020 Knowledge Infrastructures seminar in the Ph.D. Program in English at The Graduate Center, CUNY, in partnership with the Interactive Technology and Pedagogy Certificate Program. The project's goal was to resist or trouble the discourse of catastrophe around the shift to online learning caused by the COVID-19 pandemic by documenting the lived experiences of students, faculty, and staff across CUNY's 25 campuses. Further, the project wanted to document the moment of crisis response by taking a critical approach to educational technology.
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Rank and File Action
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English
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Google
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Rank and File Action. n.d. “Open Letter of Commitment to Resist Cuts at CUNY: No Cuts, No Layoffs, No Class Size Increases, No Non-Reappointments”. Google. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfJlmrY4E0lBhILz1lJ4p61gENpskh7E7rOUvGbDFJ-NJFNxg/viewform, CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE, accessed March 10, 2026, https://stephenz.tailc22a4b.ts.net/s/cdha/item/1941