Kristen Hackett

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Dr. Susan Saegert publishes piece on low income housing policy

Susan Saegert, faculty and chair of the Environmental Psychology program at the CUNY Graduate Center, recently published a piece entitled: ‘Interrupting Inequality: Crisis and Opportunity in Low-Income Housing Policy‘ for Metropolitics, a peer-reviewed online journal that specializes in publishing concise pieces on pressing urban issues.  In her piece, Saegert discusses past approaches to housing lower income households …

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Environmental Psych Students Represent at Critical Geography Conference!

Environmental psychology students made a wide presence this past weekend at the Critical Geography Conference at Temple University in Philadelphia.  Students presented on a range of topics including: the production of cumulative irresponsibility in neoliberal streetscapes and a proposal for reconstructing shared collective responsibility for more equitable streetscapes for all users, how the broad spectrum of people in …

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EP Alum, Dr. Jen Jack Gieseking in HuffPo Discussing (lack of) Queer Spaces

Jen Jack Gieseking, Environmental Psychology program alum and current Postdoctoral Fellow at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine recently published a Blog OpEd for the Huffington Post on the contextual implications of the closing of the only bar dedicated to serving lesbians in San Francisco.  Her post was followed up with an interview on HuffPost Live.  In her …

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RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT: Research on International Education

Jennifer M. Pipitone spent a winter break in Morocco and half of a summer in Bali conducting field research on international education. In her research, she argues that study abroad programs are not inherently educational nor do they intrinsically foster personal growth and cultural awareness; instead an appropriated international learning environment must be produced to impact …

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STUDENT BLOG SHARE: “Popular Disruption”

In a blog post entitled “Popular Disruption”, Kristen Hackett, a fourth year student in the Environmental Psychology program reflects on her experience participating in the People’s Climate March.  In particular, she reflects on the legality and corporatization of the march in relation to past participation in other political marches.  Though troubling at first, she comes …

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CSEP Represents at People’s Climate March!

Proud to share some photos from the Critical Social and Environmental Psychology block at the People’s Climate March last Sunday, September 21, 2014.  Shout-out to those who were representing with other groups scattered throughout the crowd as well as to those who could only be present in spirit !  

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