Welcome to the class blog! The John Jay - Vera Fellows Program is a collaborative effort between John Jay College and the spin-off agencies of the Vera Institute of Justice, combining an internship and participation in a seminar taught by faculty from John Jay's Interdisciplinary Studies Program. (To see a video about the John Jay - Vera Fellows Program, click here.) Part of the seminar experience is weekly participation in the class blog, which keeps the conversation going from week to week and will be a place for you to share your thoughts and concerns about the materials discussed in seminar as well as the internship experience. The opinions expressed on this blog do not necessarily reflect the views of the Vera Institute of Justice or its spin-off organizations. While the blog is open to the public and anyone, theoretically, can comment, only class members and invited guests will be able to post. You can also look for us on our student and alumni page on Facebook.
Each student has been assigned one week to write the "post." Please post within 24 hours after class. Every week, each student must comment on the post (feel free to comment more than once). Please comment by Monday afternoon to allow time for further questions and responses and so that we can read all the entries before class.

Monday, September 7, 2009

Return of the Vera Fellowship Seminar

Welcome 2009-10 Vera Fellows (otherwise known as Verons). Hopefully you are reading this having successfully followed the prompts. We will have a sign-up in class on Thursday. Each Fellow will choose a week to write the "post" -- usually within 24 hours of Thursday's class. Every week, all other Fellows (and Professors) will comment on the post. In order to get a sense of how that works, read the posts/comments from last year's seminar. You can also "check out" some of the links to things mentioned in students' posts (articles, songs, video clips). If you want something put here, just send the address to me (creitz@jjay.cuny.edu) and I'll make sure it gets up there. There are also links to the websites of the participating agencies.

1 comment:

Professor Reitz said...

I'm so lonely with no comments here. Someone, speak to me!