UN Water Sustainability Comparative Project

Fall 2022

CUNY Class Information

Instructor Luiz Zambrano

Course: MATH 201 – Pre-Calculus

Guttman Community College

International Class Information

Instructor Salaheddin Abu Yahya

Jordan University of Applied Sciences, Jordan

Project Description: This project brought college students in Jordan and New York City together to address United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #6: Clean Water and Sanitation, through an exploration and comparative analysis of the quality of drinking water and clean water sustainability in different neighborhoods/regions in Jordan and New York City.  Students analyzed water samples for key metrics such as metals content, pH, and total dissolved solids, in order to determine the unique challenges faced in each country in their clean water sustainability efforts and to propose solutions to solve or mitigate these challenges.

Transnational Mental Health Stigmas

Spring 2022

CUNY Course Information

Instructor: Nicole Kras

Guttman Community College

Course: SOCI 231 – Introduction To Urban Community Health

International Class Information

Instructor: Heyam Dalky

Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan

Course: Mental Health Nursing-Theory

Module Abstract: As part of GSACS fellowship, I collaborated with a professor from Jordan University of Science and Technology to develop lessons, assignments, and a final collaborative research project with her mental health nursing students and my online introduction to urban community health students. The research question that guided this work was What inequalities and stigmas exist in seeking mental health care in Jordan and in New York City? Students had the opportunity to learn about Jordan and many of the social and political issues that influence their access to mental health in comparison to New York City.

Inequality at Work

Spring 2022

CUNY Course Information

Instructor: Alia Tyner-Mullings

CUNY Campus: Guttman Community College

Class Title: Ethnographies of Work II

International Class Information

Instructor: Jaouad El Habbouch

Partner Institution: Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Morocco

Project Description: Connecting to a class in Morocco, we explored workplace culture and inequality. Each student in the group visited and observed a workplace in the same industry (Sales, food services, social services, education, construction, transportation). Each student analyzed their notes and examined how their culture was present in the workplace and how inequality was present in the workplace.

Quality of Drinking Water in Jordan and New York City

Spring 2023

CUNY Course Information

Instructor: Ji Kim

CUNY Campus: Guttman Community College

Class Title: General Chemistry II

International Class Information

Instructor: Salaheddin Abu Yahya

Institution: Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan

Class Title: Chemical Reaction

Project Description: The joint virtual global learning activity brought together college students from Jordan and New York City to learn about UN SDG #6 and explore the issue of water pollution and drinking water quality in both regions. The activity involved undergraduate students from Guttman Community College and Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST). The students worked in binational collaborative learning groups, collected field data on drinking water quality, and presented their findings and policy recommendations at a virtual international student conference.

Small Stores, Big Cities

Fall 2021

CUNY Class Information

Instructor: Samuel Finesurrey

Campus: Guttman Community College

Class Title: The History of Urban Life

International Class Information

Instructor: Momen El-Husseiny

Partner Institution: American University of Cairo, Egypt

Class Title: Urban Planning

Project Description: In 2021, undergraduate researchers in Egypt and the U.S. designed an ethnographic study of small businesses in New York City and Cairo, two of the world’s economic and cultural capitals. These parallel studies explored how each cities’ small businesses navigated a global pandemic, movements for social justice, vast inequity, and the uneven distribution of government resources. The results were uneven, sometimes heartwarming,, and other times unsettling. The experience of producing knowledge, however, proved transformative for the students involved.

Livable Campuses, Healthy Communities

Spring 2022

CUNY Class Information

Instructor: Kristina Baines

Campus: Guttman Community College

Class Title: Introduction to Urban Community Health

International Class Information

Instructor: Momen El-Husseiny

Partner Institution: American University of Cairo, Egypt

Project Description: This project engaged students from AUC and CUNY to investigate the urban-health challenges facing university students when accessing spaces related to physical and mental health at AUC (Cairo) and Guttman CUNY (NYC). Using online platforms for virtual exchange, students built a comparative analysis of how spatial, social and economic inequalities in campuses are constructed similarly and/or differently in both contexts. The project addressed the United Nations’ SDG10 that emphasizes the importance of reducing inequalities within and among countries. The experiential learning project is twofold. First, it is a cross-cultural experience with group-work and teams created across the Atlantic between the global north (US) and the global south (Egypt). Secondly, students are challenged to explore the inherited social, economic and spatial registers facing university-campuses when dealing with the pandemic and turbulent uncertainties at each respective community

Investigating Gender Inequalities in Morocco and NYC

Fall 2021

CUNY Class Information

Instructor: karen g. williams

Campus: Guttman Community College

Course Title: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

International Class Information

Instructor: Aicha Bouchara

Partner Inestitution: Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Morocco

Project Description: This 8-week final project brought college students in Morocco and New York City together to explore the issue of gender inequality, in relation to the UN Sustainable Development Goal #10 of “ Reduced Inequalities. ” In this module, students learned how gender inequality manifests in the US and Morocco and conducted a survey project on gender inequality in our local communities

Gender-Related Inequalities

Spring 2023

CUNY Class Information

Instructor Jinzhong Niu

Campus: Guttman Community College

Class Title: INFT 221 – Web Technologies and Multimedia

International Class Information

Instructor: Rihabb Alsalamen

Partner Institution: Palestine Ahliya University, Palestine

Project Description: In this project, students at Guttman worked with their peers from Palestine Ahliya University (PAU) to investigate gender-related inequalities in the United States and Palestine and build websites to showcase the research results. To facilitate the virtual exchange and collaboration, assignments and activities were arranged for students to get to know each other and to learn about the cultural