James Muyskens Oral History

Collection

Identifier: QMP-0018

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

In this interview, James Muyskens, former president of Queens College, talks about the value of his background in philosophy in his work as college administrator. He also talks about his work to instill pride in the Queens College community, to inspire in the students and the faculty the idea that Queens College is one of the best institutions for higher learning in the country.

Dates

2013-12-05

Creator

Muyskens, James (Interviewee, Person)

Access

This oral history is open for research. Media files and transcript can be viewed and/or requested through the Queens Memory Project on Aviary: https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/150/collection_resources/25540. For help using the site, contact QC.Archives@qc.cuny.edu.

Conditions Governing Use

Interview shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Users are free to share or adapt the material for non-commercial purposes, as long as they meet the terms of the license. See license details at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/.

Biographical Note

James Muyskens was President of Queens College from 2002 to 2013. He has studied at Princeton University and the University of Michigan, taught at Hunter College, and held various administrative positions at Hunter College and other institutions. In 2019, he was appointed Interim President of The CUNY Graduate Center.

Extent

1 Digital Files ; Duration: 00:54:02

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated to Queens College and Queens Public Library by James Muyskens and Christian Barnes in December, 2013.

Processing Information

Oral history conducted as part of the Queens Memory Project (http://queensmemory.org), a collaborative program of the Queens Public Library and Queens College to collect stories, images, and other evidence of life in the borough of Queens.