Engaged Cornell Grants Awarded
ILR faculty and staff are part of cross-campus teams which have received Engaged Cornell grants to develop curriculum.
“International Migration Course: Integrating and Engaged Learning Component” was awarded to: Maria Cook, professor; Shannon Gleeson, associate professor; Kate Griffith, associate professor, and Verónica Martínez-Matsuda, assistant professor.
They are collaborating with Sofia Villenas, a professor in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and with professors Debra Castillo and Maria Cristina Garcia from the College of Arts and Sciences. This academic team will pool knowledge and resources to develop a course that takes a fresh view of migration.
Through faculty expertise and multiple disciplines, the course will involve a student engaged-learning component.
Team members for “Learning through Advocacy: A Cross-College Proposal to Minimize the Consequences of Unemployment in the Community” include: Ian Greer, project lead and a senior research associate; Kevin Hallock, ILR dean and professor; Paul Davis, assistant professor, and alum Harold Oaklander ‘52.
Project partners are Michaela Rossettie Azemi, Cornell Law School professor, and Stewart Schwab, professor and former dean, Cornell Law School; LawNY and Miller Mayer LLP.
Students will job shadow and collaborate with law students, legal professionals and attorneys, and interact with unemployed community members. The exposure to the reality of low-income unemployed people is designed to give students a deeper understanding of unemployment.
Students will observe pro bono legal advocacy and civil law, and report observations, data and recommendations to improve assistance for individuals who are unemployed.
Outcomes will be reflected in “Unemployment: Experiences, Causes and Responses,” a new course.
Engaged Cornell grants support cross-disciplinary learning, and qualitative and quantitative research to strengthen curriculum and generate innovative ideas that could potentially inform public policy or improve community relations.
The grants are also aimed at developing deeper alliances among Cornell colleges to elevate their work and student experiences.