Digital Pedagogy Specialist
Amanda Matles is a geographer, educator, filmmaker, graphic designer and doctoral candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center. Amanda joined the Baruch College Center for Teaching and Learning in 2021 and has taught writing intensive courses in the Social Science and Cultural Studies Department at Pratt Institute since 2017. Her dissertation focuses on young people’s experiences of growing up policed in gentrifying NYC using a critical participatory action research approach to community based research.
Amanda specializes in assignment design, active learning and experiential learning. She has a background in digital cartography, data visualization, communication design, website design and video production. Previously, Amanda worked as an Instructional Technology Fellow at the Macaulay Honors College, CUNY and has over 15 years of experience developing experiential learning assignments, projects and curriculum for NYC based organizations such as the Center for Urban Pedagogy, the Public Science Project, the Intergenerational Change Initiative and Make the Road New York.
Projects I’ve contributed to: Learning Struggles Survey, TIBI (Trauma-Informed Baruch Initiative) Advisory Team, Open-Source Digital Tools for Teaching Platform
Ask me about: Participatory action research, experiential learning, mapping, birds, and urban gardening