In June of 2015 I had the honor of teaching 20 veterans at the University of Michigan’s second Warrior-Scholar Project. I was once again blown away by the dedication and perseverance the students showed as they struggled–and succeeded–to complete complex readings, participate in thoughtful class discussions, and write 3 papers–all in one week!
I wasn’t the only one to take notice of the program:
For the Spring 2015 semester, I had the opportunity to use Canvas, an educational learning platform, as part of a pilot program through Purdue University’s Information Technology department. In addition to using the program in my English 106 class, I gave an information presentation evaluating the pros and cons of my experience with Canvas to members of the University who were not participating in the pilot but wanted to learn about the program. Below is a video of that presentation, given at Purdue on April 2, 2015.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1BB_pujr8Q&feature=youtu.be
The Purdue Early Atlantic Reading Group (EARG) Colloquium took place April 10-11 at the Purdue Graduate Student Center. The Keynote address was given by Professor Wendy Belcher of Princeton University.
The colloquium was a great success, with an average of 15 participants attending each panel. For more information, see the attached program (designed by Stacey Dearing), flyers (designed by Kim Hunter-Perkins), or visit earg.weebly.com.
The EARG Program, 2015:
Flyer 1:
Flyer 2:
The CFP for Purdue University’s Early Atlantic Reading Group’s 2015 colloquium has been posted!
Visit earg.weebly.com for more details.
This year I had the privilege to serve as one of two writing instructors at the University of Michigan Warrior-Scholar Project. The student newspaper, the Michigan Daily, wrote an article about some of the awesome students and staff we had at the program this year! The photo features one of our students and my fellow writing instructor, Mary Beth Harris.
I recently had the opportunity to visit the 2014 Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP) at Yale University as part of my preparation to serve as a writing instructor at the inaugural pilot program of WSP at the University of Michigan. While there, I joined the students in visiting the Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscript library:
For more on my participation in WSP, please visit my Warrior-Scholar Project page.
This Friday and Saturday, April 11-12, I will be participating in the annual EARG colloquium at Purdue University. Please come support our early Atlantic scholars!
For more information visit earg.weebly.com
Panel organizers:
Stacey Dearing Stacey.Dearing@Gmail.com
Kirsten Iden Lindmark, Auburn University kti0001@tigermail.auburn.edu
In October 2012, Ubisoft is releasing Assassins Creed III, a video game which features a half Mohawk, half white protagonist who navigates the unstable boundaries of race, class and nationality in eighteenth-century New England. Presented as an observer and participant in the Revolutionary war, the protagonist Connor/ Ratohnhaké:ton (prounounced ra-doon-ha-gay-doo), explores the multiplicity of identity while challenging the master narrative of early American history and of the found fathers. Such modern adaptations seek to reinterpret eighteenth-century themes and place them in a contemporary context. This panel seeks to not only discuss how people are recreating the eighteenth century, but also how these revisions intersect contemporary politics, literature, historiography and culture.
This panel will explore modern adaptations of Early America. Possibilities include, but are not limited to, the TEA Party, Assassins Creed III, and Toni Morrison’s 2008 novel A Mercy. Papers may consider not only characters, events and issues privileged in these contemporary adaptations, but also which figures, issues, and topics are excluded. We are looking for papers which engage with how these modern interpretations illuminate, redefine or obscure traditional topics and approaches to eighteenth-century studies.
Send 250 word paper abstracts to Stacey Dearing at Stacey.Dearing@Gmail.com or Kirsten Iden Lindmark at kti0001@tigermail.auburn.edu by Friday, September 7, 2012.
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