About the COVID-19 Impact Project

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The COVID-19 Impact Project was conducted by the CUNY Humanities Alliance, generously supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, to document the impact of the pandemic, including related and interlocking impacts of economic, social and political structures. These contributions from graduate fellows at The Graduate Center, CUNY, represent a compilation of reflections and resources that document how doctoral education and college teaching have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This takes many forms, including written reflections, classroom activities, and modified syllabi.

The projects have been curated into four sections:

Please follow the links to find out more about each category and explore the projects.


This collection has been curated by Patryk P. Tomaszewski.

Patryk P. Tomaszewski is a Ph.D. Candidate in Art History at The Graduate Center, CUNY. His research focuses on twentieth-century art, with a specific interest in modern art from Eastern and Central Europe. His dissertation examines Socialist Realist exhibitions of art in Poland between 1949 and 1959. He previously served as a Graduate Teaching Fellow with the CUNY Humanities Alliance from 2017 to 2019, and has been a Communications and Curatorial Fellow since 2020. Since 2016, Patryk has taught art history at BMCC. Born and raised in Warsaw, Poland, Patryk holds a B.A. with Honors in Art History and German from Fordham University and an M.A. in History of Art and Archaeology from The Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.