Developed by Benjamin Gillespie, Baruch College
This teaching material was developed as a result of the CUNY 1969 Teach-in & Retreat that took place in Summer 2024. The assignment asks students to create brief presentations on the intersectional nature of identity through an historical lens while actively improving their public speaking and presentation skills.
The Teaching Material
Assignment type:
Public speaking
Keywords:
Intersectionality, Archive, Presentation, Peer Review, Reflection
Faculty Information
Benjamin Gillespie (PhD) is Doctoral Lecturer in Communication and Women’s and Gender Studies at Baruch College, CUNY. His research focuses on the representation of gender and aging in contemporary theatre. His essays and reviews have been published in Theatre Journal, Modern Drama, Theatre Survey, Theatre Topics, Performance Research, Canadian Theatre Review, and a wide range of scholarly anthologies. He is currently editing two volumes: Split Britches: Fifty Years On and Late Stage: Theatrical Perspectives on Age and Aging, both to be published by the University of Michigan Press. He is Co-Editor of the Journal of American Drama and Theatre.
Licensing Information
“Unveiling Intersectional Histories: Exploring the CUNY 1969 Archive” is licensed under CC-BY-NC-SA. This license allows re-users to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. If you remix, adapt, or build upon the material, you must license the modified material under identical terms.
“Unveiling Intersectional Histories: Exploring the CUNY 1969 Archive” created by Benjamin Gillespie is an open educational resource (OER).
