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Milad Mohebali – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This two-article dissertation explores and exploits the heterogeneity of the social world that becomes visible at times of crisis--in this case, the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic created a portal to study the dynamics of race and capitalism. In this dissertation, I conduct critical analyses of systems of oppression at the institutional…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Criticism, Racial Factors
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Phillips, Nick – Hispania, 2021
This essay examines the state of Digital Humanities work in the subfield of literature from the Spanish speaking world. It provides a case study of a multiyear digital mapping project conducted with undergraduate students at a highly selective liberal arts college. This project serves as a means of examining the digital state of the field and…
Descriptors: Spanish, Fiction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Stukenberg, Jill – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2017
The creative writing workshop, involving peer critique of manuscripts in progress, is deeply connected to many writerly habits of mind. As such, this article examines workshop as a signature pedagogy in creative writing. Through workshop, students develop awareness of their readers, understanding of how texts are created by readers and through…
Descriptors: Workshops, Creative Writing, Criticism, Teaching Methods
Beller, Shannon – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study examined the phenomenon of what it takes to be a successful graphic designer. With an identity crisis in graphic design education, design curriculum is faced with uncertainties. With the diversity of programs and degrees in graphic design, the competencies and skills developed among the various programs reflect different purposes, thus…
Descriptors: Graphic Arts, Design, Job Skills, Qualitative Research
Casey-Williams, Jonas – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The emerging field of creative writing studies has provided new conceptions of creative writing's role within the English discipline. These conceptions focus on the relation of creative writing to composition studies, and there remains a need to reconsider creative writing's relation to literary studies. "Reading for pedagogy"--the…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, English Instruction, Scholarship, Writing Instruction
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Mills, Mark A. – PRIMUS, 2014
The article provides details of the process of starting an actuarial science major at a small, liberal arts college. Some critique of the major is included, as well as some challenges that may be faced by others wanting to start such a major at their institution.
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Liberal Arts, Risk Assessment, Program Development
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East, Katheryn – Studying Teacher Education, 2015
This study analyzes end of course institutional teaching evaluations (ITEs) done anonymously by students in a pre-service teacher education course over a 15-year span. The purpose was to determine if and how the ITE findings might inform practice and relate to teaching metaphors as a tool of study. Analysis revealed: (a) teacher effectiveness…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Figurative Language
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Draxler, Bridget; Hsieh, Haowei; Dudley, Nicole; Winet, Jon – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2012
In conjunction with Iowa City's 2008 designation as a UNESCO City of Literature, an interdisciplinary team of University of Iowa faculty, graduate and undergraduate student researchers formed UCOL--the University of Iowa UNESCO City of Literature Mobile Application Development Team. The project brings together community partners, faculty, students…
Descriptors: Multimedia Materials, Video Technology, Undergraduate Students, Handheld Devices