In the News

CUNY SPS was featured in an article by the Spanish-language publication Noticia El Correo NY, which noted that the School has been ranked among the top ten in the nation on U.S. News & World Report's 2022 list of Best Online Bachelor's Programs.

Dr. Claudine Campanelli, who oversees the CUNY SPS Child Development Associate (CDA) and Children’s Program Administrator Credential (CPAC) programs, has been awarded the 2022 Outstanding Dissertation Award by the American Montessori Society (AMS) for her dissertation "Birth to Three Language Acquisition: Influences of Ambient Language in the Montessori Setting". She will be sharing her research findings at the 2022 national AMS conference this March.

Elizabeth Alsop, assistant professor and academic director of the CUNY SPS communication and media program, is pleased to announce her video essay, "The Television Will Not Be Summarized: Some Notes on Televisual Excess," was included in the 2021 Sight and Sound poll of best video essays. The video was originally published in [in]Transition, a peer-reviewed journal of videographic criticism.

Cassandra Evans, assistant professor in the CUNY SPS disability studies program, was selected to participate in the CUNY Faculty Fellowship Publication Program (FFPP), where she will be mentored through the AY 2021/2022 to work on publications with other tenure-track faculty across CUNY. Dr. Evans will be working on her project Five Wives, a novel regarding disability justice and intersectionality.

Melanie Willingham-Jaggers, a CUNY SPS MA in Applied Theatre (MAAT) alum, has been named the executive director of the national LGBTQ nonprofit GLSEN. Mel, who graduated from the program in 2012, has also served as an MAAT faculty member, teaching the course "Theories II: Community, Culture, and Diversity" from 2018-2021.