LaGuardia Humanitarian Initiative (LHI)
Contact Us
General and Event Inquiries: humani@lagcc.cuny.edu
For teaching and program inquiries, contact Prof. Tuli Chatterji (Founder-Coordinator)
Faculty
Formed in 2019 and situated under the Office of Global and Experiential Learning (GEL), LaGuardia Humanitarian Initiative (LHI) is a college-wide experiential learning program that focuses on global issues as addressed by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Through partnership with local and global organizations, LHI’s high-impact pedagogical practices explore these issues in both local and global contexts, create career and scholarship opportunities for students and introduces them to professional development workshops. Ultimately students are mentored on how to translate their knowledge to advocate, educate, and support their communities. LHI addresses all General Education core competencies and communication abilities.
Ninety-six courses have incorporated LHI in their curriculum since its inception. LHI’s work has been acknowledged by the United Nations Academic Impact program, Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Laureate and Vice President Al Gore, among others.
Resources: LHI Library Research Guide
LHI has created a guide to help faculty prepare to teach about the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the issues they address, as well as guide students to useful materials for their research assignments. Including both authoritative web resources and library collections, the resources in the LibGuide support exploration and research of UN SDGs at local, national, and global levels. The guide can also help with finding data and statistics from around the world on global issues such as poverty, climate change, hunger, and related topics and includes tips on getting started with library research.
Opportunities
LaGuardia Humanitarian Initiative (LHI) is partnering with American Women for International Understanding and are looking for anyone interested in mentoring a project in Fall 2024 or next Academic Year 2024-2025. It could be a staff or a faculty working with 2-3 students on a project from Botswana or Sri Lanka.
For more information email Prof. Tuli Chatterji at tchatterji@lagcc.cuny.edu.
LHI Framework: Aligning with the United Nations
Faculty are encouraged to submit their LHI projects to be included in the United Nations Academic Impact Program annual report. Click here to submit the form.
Please complete the interest form here to be contacted by a LHI committee member. Contact Prof. Tuli Chatterji or Prof. Sada Jaman for further information.
Faculty are highly encouraged to share their LHI pedagogical projects/theme(s) to be included in the United Nations Academic Impact Program annual report. Click here to submit the form.
To receive more information on
- How to incorporate or integrate LHI in your existing curriculum/syllabi
- Designing LHI assignments
- Submitting LHI assignments to the Learning Matters Assignment Library
- Creating a LHI CUNYFirst Marker to your course, and/or for any additional queries please email Tuli Chatterji at tchatterji@lagcc.cuny.edu.
LaGuardia’s Library can support faculty and students in finding information and data around LHI’s yearly theme and UN Sustainable Goal. Consult our LHI Research Guide or contact Librarian Elizabeth Jardine at ejardine@lagcc.cuny.edu for further assistance.
To schedule classroom visits, contact Stefania Dinu at sdinu@lagcc.cuny.edu.
Please complete the interest form here to be contacted by a LHI committee member.
Faculty Leading LHI Projects
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Ellen Quish | First-Year Seminar |
| Dana Trusso | Humanities |
| Poppy Slocum | Humanities |
| Nancy Bandiera | Humanities |
| Thomas Dempsey | Humanities |
| Kevin McNeal | Humanities |
| Lisa DeSpain | Humanities |
| Maureen Drennan | Humanities |
| Lidiya Kan | Humanities |
| Beto O’Byrne | |
| Olivera Stankovic | Humanities |
| Sada Jaman | Business and Technology |
| Avis Anderson | |
| Marie Hanlon | Business and Technology |
| Tuli Chatterji | English |
| Lilla Toke | English |
| Caron Knauer | English |
| Lara Kattekola | English |
| Christine Marks | English |
| Rochell Isaac | English |
| Rochelle Spencer | |
| Carlos Hiraldo | English |
| Olga Aksakalova | English |
| Anja Vojvodic | Social Science |
| Daniel Herman | Social Science |
| Nichole Shippen | Social Science |
| Alice Baldwin-Jones | Social Sciences |
| Claudette Davis | Natural Sciences |
| Christopher Farley | Natural Sciences |
| Marina Klebanov | Natural Sciences |
| Sandra Sze | M.E.C |
| Kyoko Toyama | Counseling/Academic Advisement |
| Martina Clark | College Discovery |
| Caterina Almendral | Education and Language Acquisition |
| Michele De Goeas-malone | Education and Language Acquisition |
| Rebekah Johnson | ELA |
| Molly Rosner | LaGuardia and Wagner Archives |
| Marianna Kokkinaki | Health Sciences |
| Marek Pena | ACE/TELC |
| Heather Barikmo | The English Language Center |
| Gabriel Skop | |
| Alex Pence | The English Language Center |
| Craig Clarke | The English Language Center |
Classroom Learning/Inclusive Pedagogy (Led by Faculty)
- Dana Trusso (Humanities)
- Sada Jaman (Business and Accounting)
- Tuli Chatterji, Rochell Isaac, Rochelle Spencer (English)
- Anja Vojvodic, Alice Baldwin-Jones (Social Sciences)
- Claudette Davis, Christopher Farley, Marina Klebanov (Natural Sciences)
- Sandra Sze (M.E.C)
- Kyoko Toyama (College Discovery)
- Sada Jaman (Business and Technology)
- Rebekah Johnson (ELA)
United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4
- Dana Trusso, Poppy Slocum, Nancy Bandiera, Thomas Dempsey, Kevin McNeal, Lisa DeSpain (Humanities)
- Sada Hye Jaman, Avis Anderson (Business and Accounting)
- Mary Ryan (ELA)
- Martina Clark (College Now)
- Ellen Quish (First-Year Seminar)
- Anja Vojvodic, Nicholle Shippen (Social Sciences)
- Caron Knauer, Tuli Chatterji (English)
- Kyoko Toyama (College Discovery Program)
- Molly Rosner (LaGuardia and Wagner Archives)
United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 16
- Caterina Almendral, Michele De Goeas-malone, Maureen Drennan, Lidiya Kan, Beto O’Byrne, Olivera Stankovic (Humanities)
- Avis Anderson, Sada Hye Jaman, Marie Hanlon (Business and Accounting)
- Kyoko Toyama (College Discovery Program)
- Caron Knauer, Carlos Hiraldo, Tuli Chatterji, Olga Aksakalova (English)
- Marianna Kokkinaki (Health Sciences)
- Molly Rosner (Wagner Archives)
- Daniel Herman, Nichole Shippen, Ryan Mann-Hamilton, Julie Weinstein (Social Sciences)
- Marek Pena, Healther Barikmo, Gabriel Skop, Alex Pence, and Craig Clarke (ACE/TELC)
United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6
- Lilla Toke, Olga Aksakalova,Caron Knauer, Lara Kattekola, Christine Marks,Tuli Chatterji (English)
- Kyoko Toyama (College Discovery)
Get Involved – Contact Us
For general and event inquiries email us at humani@lagcc.cuny.edu
For teaching and program inquiries email Tuli Chatterji at tchatterji@lagcc.cuny.edu
For library and research support email Elizabeth Jardine at ejardine@lagcc.cuny.edu
For classroom visits and student engagement email Stefania Dinu at sdinu@lagcc.cuny.edu