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Tag Archives: education
Q&A with Kimberly D. McKee and Denise A. Delgado, co-editors of Degrees of Difference
in author commentary, authors, education, gender, gender studies, higher education, Q&A, women
Tagged education, Graduate School, Women of Color
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Kimberly D. McKee and Denise A. Delgado recently answered some questions about their new book, Degrees of Difference: Reflections of Women of Color on Graduate School. Contributors include: Aeriel A. Ashlee, Denise A. Delgado, Nwadiogo I. Ejiogu, Delia Fernández, Regina … Continue reading
Release Party: Civic Labors, edited by Dennis Deslippe, Eric Fure-Slocum, and John W. McKerley
in education, labor history
Tagged Civic Labors, Dennis Deslippe, education, Eric Fure-Slocum, John W. McKerley, labor studies, teaching
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Civic Labors . . . is intended to prompt further discussion about engaged scholarship and teaching. The essays will help readers to think further about the theory and practices of engagement and scholar-activism, asking what publics ought to be addressed … Continue reading
Happy National Teacher’s Day
in higher education
Tagged An Illinois Sampler, Antoinette Burton, education, Mary-Ann Winklemas, teaching
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Teachers affect all our lives. I mean, that you can even read that sentence is because of a teacher. Whether the word teacher conjures up images of a fearsome nun or a Miss Othmar-esque crush, we owe them a lot for putting up … Continue reading
Digging out of Corrupt Illinois
in author commentary, authors, Chicago, Illinois / regional
Tagged Bruce Rauner, Corrupt Illinois, corruption, Dick Simpson, education, political science, politics, Thomas J. Gradel
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Some might say it is just a drop in a very deep and very full bucket but lawmakers in Illinois state government have taken at least one measure to amend a cycle of political malpractice among elected officials. On Friday, … Continue reading
Dirty Words wins NCA Health Communication Award
in american history, authors, awards, communication, women's history
Tagged education, Robin E. Jensen, sex education, women's studies
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Dirty Words: The Rhetoric of Public Sex Education, 1870-1924 by Robin E. Jensen has been awarded the 2015 NCA Health Communication Distinguished Book Award. In the book, Jensen details the approaches and outcomes of sex-education initiatives in the Progressive Era. The … Continue reading
Q&A with the editors of Studying Appalachian Studies
in author commentary, authors
Tagged appalachian studies, education, geography, sociology
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Chad Berry, Phillip Obermiller, and Shaunna L. Scott are the editors of the collection Studying Appalachian Studies. The editors collaborated to answer some questions about the book, which takes a global approach to the perspectives of Appalachian Studies. Q: In the … Continue reading
Beyond the White Negro wins Lois P. Rudnick Book Prize
in authors, awards, black studies
Tagged Beyond the White Negro, cultural studies, education, Kimberly Chabot Davis, New England American Studies Association
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The UIP book Beyond the White Negro: Empathy and Anti-Racist Reading by Kimberly Chabot Davis has won the 2014 Lois P. Rudnick Book Prize, sponsored by the New England American Studies Association (NEASA). The book focuses on how white engagement with … Continue reading
Fixing Illinois: steering the conversation to the future
in author commentary, authors, Chicago, Illinois / regional, interviews, local authors, new books
Tagged education, Fixing Illinois, J. Thomas Johnson, James D. Nowlan, poliltics
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In the 1950s, thriving commerce , strong leadership, and geographical good fortune made Illinois one of the most envied states in the nation. The authors of Fixing Illinois: Politics and Policy in the Prairie State have four decades of experience working inside … Continue reading
Hear Our Truths: the music video
in authors, black studies, forthcoming books, Illinois / regional, local authors
Tagged child development, child study, education, Ruth Nicole Brown, SOLHOT, women's studies
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To promote Ruth Nicole Brown’s forthcoming book Hear Our Truths: The Creative Potential of Black Girlhood, the UIP staff decided to get creative ourselves. The result is our first-ever self produced book trailer “music video.” The book examines how the radical … Continue reading
Vernacular music and learning with Christopher Smith
in author commentary, authors, folklore, music, new books
Tagged Christopher Smith, Creolization of American Culture, education, Michael Jordan
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Christopher Smith, author of The Creolization of American Culture gave a TED talk at Lubbock called “The Homeland of the Mind,” focusing on how people learn. Smith is an associate professor and chair of musicology/ethnomusicology and the director of the … Continue reading