How do we help learning take place when our curricula and contexts bring participants face to face with traumatizing subject matters?
Thinking Through Trauma in the Classroom
You’re a historian; Get the Memo?
One of the standard skills in a university education is the reading of a historical text. Traditionally this learning objective is explained in terms of two competencies--the engagement of primary sources and the use of secondary sources to assist in the interpretation of those primary sources. In fact, the very design of historical curricula is … Continue reading You’re a historian; Get the Memo?
Rocking the Annotated Bibliography
When getting started in the research process--whether for a project or a paper--the best position to adopt is curiosity. Sure, it's great to know things. But revel in the fact that you have an idea or two and want to explore more. It's too early to end up anywhere. You need to go find out … Continue reading Rocking the Annotated Bibliography
Crowdsourcing a Conference Talk on Politics, Pedagogy, and Public Scholarship
Were you to attend either of the following panels, ... what should we discuss so that the moment we share is not a waste of time?
Time Sensitive Islam Scholar Team-Up
So my Islam class at the University of Alabama is preparing for their second exam. It basically covers 7th to 13th centuries (but that's kind of a lie because we always jump around the timeline). I'd give you map coordinates but we jump around quite a bit there too. Anyway, I almost always hold a … Continue reading Time Sensitive Islam Scholar Team-Up
Sowing the Seed 