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Introductory Blog
Hi, everyone! My name is Rayana Brown. I currently attend Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi. I am interested in African American Literature, and I think it is important to focus on how black communities in Mississippi share their histories and stories! I will do a project on Douglas Conner’s, a NAACP activist and Black…
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Call for Papers: MLA Committee on Information Technology’s two panels at MLA 2025
For the MLA convention in New Orleans in 2025 (Jan. 9-12), the MLA’s Committee on Information Technology (CIT) is organizing two guaranteed sessions to help generate ideas related to the convention’s Presidential Theme of “visibility.” Abstracts: 300 words or less, by the end of the day (all time zones): 15 March 2024. Please submit your…
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CFP: Electronic Literature Organization (ELO) Conference and Media Festival
2024 – Virtual – Call for Proposals – #ELOnline We invite submissions for presentations, performances, and exhibition pieces at the annual Electronic Literature Organization Conference and Media Arts Festival (ELO), to be hosted fully online July 18-21, 2024 by a team based at the University of Central Florida with collaborators around the world. ELOnline 2024’s…
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Looking Back at #HASTAC2023: “Social Justice and the Power of Creative Education”
Donald Lee performing Element of Danger at HASTAC 2023 / photo by Ted Ngai
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Review: Introduction of Cathy N. Davidson & Christina Katopodis’ The New College Classroom
The New College Classroom. Cathy N. Davidson & Christina Katopodis, The New College Classroom. Harvard University Press, 2022. Pp. ix, 303. ISBN 9780674249954. Review by Waleska Solórzano, Cornell University. wds79@cornell.edu
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Collaborative Book Review: Chapter 2 “Structuring Active Learning” in The New College Classroom
In Chapter 2, “Structuring Active Learning,” Katopodis and Davidson outline some of the core pillars of active learning. Although short, this chapter begins to frame four central tools of active learning: scaffolding, growth mindset, the flipped classroom, and backward planning (30). A structure of activities becomes crucial, when trying to reimagine learning as an active…
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Review: Introduction and Chapter 1 of Cathy N. Davidson and Christina Katopodis’s The New College Classroom
Review of Introduction The Introduction of The New College Classroom by Cathy N. Davidson and Christina Katopodis begins with two quotes before the actual text. The first quote, which is on a separate page by itself, is by Audre Lorde: “We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.” The other…
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Review of Chapter 5 (“The First Class”) in Davidson and Katopodis’s The New College Classroom
Partway through Chapter 5, Davidson and Katopodis offer a straightforward statement that functions as a double-reminder to classroom instructors. They write, “Effective learning isn’t magic—and it’s not the same for everyone” (p. 103), which reminds instructors that (1) students come to class with a range of learning styles and experiences, and (2) there is more…
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Scholar Spotlight: Calvin Olsen
Why did you apply to HASTAC? Aside from the fact that it’s the best acronym of all time, I applied to HASTAC because my PhD program is interdisciplinary and a half. My list of academic and personal interests has skyrocketed over the last few years, and HASTAC seems to be a never-ending source of interesting…
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Scholar Spotlight: Marilia Kaisar
My work and research focus on the intersection of art practice, theory, and technology. I have been seeking spaces to engage with those ideas in theory and as a pedagogical tool. When I learned about HASTAC scholars through a departmental email, I decided it would be great to connect with other scholars and graduate students…