Below is a list of the fascinating interview projects that our capstone students are conducting in November, 2025.

If you’re interested in being interviewed for one of these projects, please email Prof. Mike Owen Benediktsson at mbenedik@hunter.cuny.edu and tell him which interview you would like to be interviewed for.

He will then put you in touch with the team conducting the interview. Thanks!

Project A. This interview seeks to explore how individuals with diverse social identities experience communication and treatment within the healthcare system. By gathering personal narratives, the study aims to explore how these factors influence patients’ sense of comfort, respect, and trust when interacting with healthcare providers. Understanding these experiences is essential to identifying existing biases and barriers in care. The findings will help inform efforts to create more equitable, inclusive, and culturally responsive healthcare practices that improve patient outcomes and satisfaction.

Project B. This interview explores themes related to social media usage, mental health, and feelings of belonging. By investigating the links between social media and mental health, we hope to understand how changing technology may be affecting the individual and collective psychology of young people.

Project C. This interview examines the social and economic impacts gentrification on long-term residents of gentrifying neighborhoods. We are particularly interested in speaking with people who currently live in gentrifying communities, or have lived in a gentrifying neighborhood at some point in the past.

Project D. This interview is focused on the experiences of first or second-generation immigrant parents of children in New York City schools. The interview focuses on issues related to communication, language, and sources of information relied upon by multilingual families.

Project E. This interview will analyze the effects socioeconomics may have on schools. The goal is to understand the social and academic impact that economic marginalization may cause in the classroom, specifically as experienced by elementary school teachers and students.