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Biography
Emily Schnee is Professor of English at Kingsborough, where she has taught since 2008. She currently teaches Composition I and II, Introduction to Literature, Short Fiction, and in the Accelerated Learning Program. Her research focuses on questions of equity and justice in community college education.
Courses
Composition I- English 12
Composition II - English 24
Introduction to Literature - English 30
Short Fiction - English 40
Accelerated Learning Program
Education
Ph.D. in Urban Education, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
M.A. in International Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
B.A. in Latin American History, Tufts University
Selected Publications and/or Other Resources
Schnee, Emily. “’It Has Become Increasingly Difficult’ – Faculty Perspectives on Post-Pandemic Challenges at the City University of New York Community Colleges.” Community College Journal of Research and Practice, Forthcoming.
Schnee, Emily. “Exploring College Purpose.” Teachers College Record. vol. 126, no. 6-7, 2024, pp. 157-170.
Schnee, Emily. “Speaking Back to the Neoliberal Community College.” Radical Teacher, no. 122, 2022, pp. 84 – 93.
Bruno, Gregory, Annie Del Principe, Emral Devany, Ivana Espinet, Esther M. Gabay, Laura Kates and Emily Schnee. “What Works for Us: The Faculty Initiative on Teaching Reading.” Teaching English in the Two-Year College, vol. 50, no. 1, 2022, pp. 76-87.
VanOra, Jason and Emily Schnee. “Disappearing in Plain Sight: Developmental Education, Distance Learning, and the COVID-19 Pandemic." Children of the People: Writings by and about CUNY Students on Race and Social Justice. Eds. Grace M. Cho, Rose M. Kim & Robin McGinty. DIO Press, 2022.
Schnee, Emily. Review of The Costs of Completion: Student Success in Community College by Robin J. Isserles. Teachers College Record, September 2022.
Garland, Libby and Emily Schnee. “Classrooms Filled with Stories: Writing Immigrant Narratives in the Age of Trump.” Justice and Equity through the Immigrant Story. Eds. Danizete Martinez, Heather Ostman, & Howard Tinberg. Utah State UP, 2021.
Schnee, Emily, and Liesl Schwabe. “We Miss English Class.” Teachers College Record, June 26, 2020.
Schnee, Emily. Review of Changemakers! Practitioners Advance Equity and Access in Out-of-School Time Programs by Sara Hill and Femi Vance. School Community Journal, vol. 30, no.1, 2020, pp. 303-306.
Schnee, Emily. “Teaching Note: Reading Immigration with The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez.” Radical Teacher, no. 110, 2018, pp. 68 – 70.
Schnee, Emily. Review of Schooltalk: Rethinking What We Say About – and to – Students Every Day by Mica Pollock. Radical Teacher, no. 110, 2018, pp. 58 – 60.
Schnee, Emily. “Reading across the Curriculum at an Urban Community College: Student and Faculty Perspectives on Reading.” Community College Journal of Research and Practice, vol. 43, no. 12, 2017.
Schnee, Emily, Alison Better, and Martha Clark Cummings, Eds. Civic Engagement Pedagogy in the Community College: Theory and Practice. Cham: Springer, 2016.
Schnee, Emily. “Engaging Students in the Community of College.” Civic Engagement Pedagogy in the Community College: Theory and Practice. Eds. Emily Schnee, Alison Better & Martha Clark Cummings. Cham: Springer, 2016, pp. 223-34.
Schnee, Emily, and Jamil Shakoor. “Self/Portrait of a Basic Writer: Broadening the Scope of Research on College Remediation.” Journal of Basic Writing, vol. 35, no. 1, 2016, pp. 44 – 73.
Awards Recognition, Distinctions and Grants
Recipient of PSC/CUNY grants, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024
Recipient of National Council of Teachers of English Diana Hacker Two Year College
Outstanding Programs in English Award for Kingsborough Community College’s Faculty
Initiative on Teaching English in 2022
Recipient of CUNY Collaborative Pedagogical Research Grant, 2019
Recipient of CUNY Chancellor’s Research Fellowship, 2015