THE 2011-12 OPENCUNY COORDINATORS

Gregory Donovan | Environmental Psychology
Room: 5396| Phone: 7862 | EMAIL
http://gtdonovan.org

Gregory Donovan is a Ph.D. candidate in Environmental Psychology and a certificate candidate in Interactive Technology and Pedagogy. He has held fellowships at The Center for Place, Culture, and Politics, the Macaulay Honors College, and The Stanton/Heiskell Center for Telecommunication Policy, and has conducted research at The CUNY New Media Lab, The Center for Human Environments, and with several children’s educational media groups. His research operates at the intersection of Urban Studies, Youth Studies, and Internet Studies, with a focus on understanding the mutual shaping of informational environments and young people’s work, play, civic engagement, and self-expression.

Maggie Galvan | English
Room: 5396| Phone: 7862 | EMAIL

Maggie Galvan is pursuing a PhD in English and a film studies certificate. She has taught at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Borough of Manhattan Community College and is now an Instructional Technology Fellow at Brooklyn College. Her research focuses on the representation of women’s bodies in twentieth and twenty-first century graphic, filmic, and text narratives. She serves on the review board of Frame, a transdisciplinary journal.

COORDINATOR RESPONSIBILITIES

As authorized by Media Board, the coordinators shall be responsible to facilitate communication and decision-making among the OpenCUNY Committee, publicly maintain an updated Terms of Participation, and ensure that all activities of OpenCUNY are in compliance with the DSC Constitution and Bylaws. The coordinators shall also perform maintenance on the digital medium, administer user accounts and requests, periodically review alternative free and open source software, and ensure the reliability of the medium and adoption of open standards.