CUNY-IIE invites education faculty to participate in its Faculty Fellows Program during the Spring 2026 semester, which is focused on redesigning existing syllabi with a focus on immigration and education.

This program equips tenured and tenure-track faculty from any institution of higher education in New York State––specifically those within schools of education who teach in-service or pre-service educators––with resources and scholarship that can support them in teaching about the intersections between immigration and education in their classes.

Program Highlights:

  • Interactive Workshops: Engage in four monthly sessions during Spring 2026, focused on integrating immigration issues into your teaching.

  • Collaborative Learning: Participate in optional “soundboarding sessions” to share ideas and resources with peers.

  • Honorarium: Complete all program requirements to receive a $1,000 honorarium.

Key Dates:

  • Application Deadline: December 15, 2025 or until filled

  • Notification: January 9, 2026

  • Professional Development Timeline:

    • Session 1: Thursday, February 12th, 1:00pm - 2:30pm (on Zoom)

    • Session 2: Thursday, March 19th, 1:00pm - 2:30pm (on Zoom)

    • Session 3: Thursday, April 16th, 1:00pm - 2:30pm (on Zoom)

    • Session 4: Friday, May 15th, 10:00am - 3:00 pm (in person at The City College of New York)

  • Optional Soundboarding Sessions:

    • Thursday, February 26th, 1:00 - 2:00 pm

    • Thursday, April 23rd, 1:00 - 2:00 pm

The culminating session will be held in person on May 15, 2026 at The City College of New York. Participants residing outside of NYC will receive funding to cover travel and accommodation costs for the in-person convening.

Participants who attend all four meetings and complete the scaffolded assignments will receive an honorarium of $1,000. Please note that CUNY faculty will receive the honorarium via summer salary. 

Apply Here by December 15

The application form will close once we reach capacity. Please note that completing this form does not guarantee acceptance. All submissions will be reviewed in the order received, as long as space remains available.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Ariana Mangual Figueroa at amangualfigueroa@gc.cuny.edu or Rachel Duff at reduff94@gmail.com.

 
 

Led By:

 

Ariana Mangual Figueroa

Ariana Mangual Figueroa is a Professor in the Ph.D. Programs in Urban Education and Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She is an educational anthropologist who...

explores the ways in which the everyday lives of children and adults who belong to mixed-status families and communities are shaped by their legal and cultural citizenship. Her work has appeared in journals including Educational Researcher, American Educational Research Journal, and Anthropology & Education Quarterly.

Rachel Duff

Rachel Duff is an educator, organizer, and current PhD student in Urban Education at the Graduate Center, CUNY. She is from the Deep South and Puerto Rico, two integral parts of her positionality. She is a former educator of English...

for emergent multilingual students and has worked in education policy and research in both Washington, DC and Jacksonville, FL. Her research interests include understanding how early career educators develop critical consciousness and subsequently how critically conscious teachers impact student belonging and family engagement for newcomer and/or undocumented youth. Rachel obtained her bachelor’s in English Education at the University of North Florida and master’s in Educational Transformation at Georgetown University. She has organized in Northeast Florida with a Black-led grassroots organization fighting for self-determination and freedom.