Faculty Interest Groups (FIGs) are interdisciplinary groups of faculty and staff members coming together to explore a common research, creative, or teaching interest. All BMCC faculty and staff are welcome to join existing FIGs or propose a new FIG

Upcoming Faculty Interest Groups Events

• Queer Communities Faculty/Staff Interest Group - Apr 25, 2025 - 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
• Queer Communities Faculty/Staff Interest Group - May 9, 2025 - 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
• Navigating the Campus Climate as Jewish Faculty in Today's World - May 14, 2025 - 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Past Faculty Interest Groups Events

• Faculty Research Cooperative FIG Meeting - Oct 16, 2017 - 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
• Going Natural: The Psychological and Health Implications of a Social Media Movement of African American Women Transitioning from Chemically Styled Hair to Natural Textured Hair - Nov 13, 2017 - 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
• Assistive Technology for the Blind - Nov 15, 2017 - 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
• "Feminism Today" Brown Bag - Nov 16, 2017 - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
• Clowning Around in Colored Faces: Correcting the Binary in Historical Narratives of Racial Impersonation in Early 20th Century Musical Comedy Performances - Nov 29, 2017 - 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm
• Faculty Research Cooperative FIG Meeting - Dec 4, 2017 - 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
• Culture and Women's Stories: A Framework for Capacity Building in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Related Fields - Dec 6, 2017 - 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
• Language, Society, and Culture FIG meeting - Dec 7, 2017 - 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
• The Social Construction of Individual Responsibility - Feb 14, 2018 - 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
• Misconceptions in Chemistry Education - Feb 21, 2018 - 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
• Universal Design for Learning (UDL) FIG - Feb 23, 2018 - 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
• The Flipped Approach: Teaching Communicative English through Technology-Mediated Tasks​ - Feb 27, 2018 - 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
• When I Say Move: Narrating Dance in English, Portuguese, and Spanish - Mar 15, 2018 - 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
• Culture, Women's Stories, and Creativity in STEM FIG - Mar 21, 2018 - 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
• Universal Design for Learning (UDL) FIG - Mar 23, 2018 - 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
• The Women's Studies Project Book Group - Apr 17, 2018 - 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
• Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Water Transport through a Biological Membrane - Apr 18, 2018 - 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
• Vocabulary Theatre - Apr 18, 2018 - 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
• Universal Design for Learning (UDL) FIG - Apr 20, 2018 - 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
• Unchartered Waters: Black Female Memoir - Apr 27, 2018 - 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm