Outline of topics
The following table lists each weekly meeting, date, topic, and modality. Please use the drop down menu to find each week’s readings and assignments. The Zoom linke for remote courses is available as a pinned post in the PIT Class Group Forum.
| Week | Date | Topic | Modality |
| 1 | 8/28 | Introductions, “What is Public Interest Technology?” | In person || Room 5417 |
| 9/4 | Labor Day | No Class | |
| 2 | 9/11 | “The Public” and “The Commons” Who or what is the public? How does “public interest” change technology development | In person || Room 6495 |
| 3 | 9/18 | Issues of Access and Infrastructure: Broadband and Equity (Invited Guest: James Neal, Senior Program Officer, Institute of Museum and Library Science) | Zoom |
| 9/25 | NO Class | ||
| 4 | 10/2 | Designing for the Public, Part 1 | In person || Room 6495 |
| 10/9 | GC Closed | ||
| 5 | 10/10 | Designing for the Public, Part 2 Speaker: TBA | Zoom |
| 6 | 10/16 | Data by and for the Public | In person || Room 6495 |
| 10/17 | CUNY PIT Career Fair || Register here: https://careerplan.commons.gc.cuny.edu/events/pit_career_fair_2023 | ||
| 7 | 10/23 | Data by and for the Public (Part 2) | Zoom |
| 8 | 10/30 | Artificial Intelligence and Public Technology | In person || Room 6495 |
| 9 | 11/6 | Digital Black Futures Speaker: Dr. Fallon Wilson | Zoom |
| 10 | 11/13 | Reaching “The Public:” Tech for Outreach, Education, and Activism Speaker: Dr. Teddy R. Reeves | In person || Room 6495 |
| 11 | 11/20 | Individual Meetings | Zoom |
| 12 | 11/27 | Student Presentations / Book Reports Due: Study Guides | In person || Room 6495 |
| 13 | 12/4 | Legal Considerations in PIT and AI Speaker: Marissa Moran, J.D. | Zoom |
| 14 | 12/11 | Review and reflection | In person || Room 6495 |
| 15 | 12/20 | Final Projects Due |
