Granted, we never know as professors whether a new assignment will work. In the University of Alabama’s College of Arts & Sciences, we encourage our students to be “active learners,” an idea on which I riff via my blog’s mission statement. The idea is that we want our students to analyze information rather than “parroting”… Continue reading U.S. to 1865 students in the mix as well
I promised photos from the Alma Thomas exhibit at the Studio Museum of Harlem and other images. They now appear in my crudely put together slideshow. As time goes on, I am realizing these slideshows and often the blog posts are postcards to myself as I rarely have time to make scrapbooks, but I… Continue reading Alma Thomas exhibit and Harlem
Just when you think you have put a project in your rearview, it keeps coming back and saying, “I’m still here.” Today I have been responding to copy edit questions for a chapter I’ve contributed to an edited collection on Alabama women. The experiences of the freedwomen and girls in Ch. 5 of Remember Me… Continue reading research project to me: “I’m still here”
I finally have a moment to begin reflecting on the premiere of “The Grant Green Story” at the Harlem International Film Festival (HIFF). So much happened during my recent visit to New York. I was quite ill throughout the visit and am still gaining my strength. I am about 85 percent better. Nasty flu. … Continue reading a moment to reflect
I arrived in New York for the Harlem International Film Festival (HIFF) a bit under the weather. Okay, I was totally busted. From the moment the plane took off in Birmingham until the moment it landed at LaGuardia, I knew and saw little. Fever, chills, nausea, aches, the works. And it’s only the fifth week… Continue reading harlem nights (and days) better with a good film
I was reminded again of why we do what we do as instructors: our students never cease to surprise. Just when you’re ready to go, “What gives? Like seriously….(fill in the blank)” some of them manage to do something pretty incredible. I told my “American Civilization to 1865” and “Bebop to Hip Hop: Young America”… Continue reading why we do what we do
Hats off to my colleague Hilary Green for her participation this evening on a panel addressing the legacy of names tied to University of Alabama buildings. This student-led event presented a range of approaches to how the university community might reflect on and make active decisions about the names of some buildings, especially ones tied… Continue reading Legacy of campus building names addressed at student-led event
I was touched last night to see my colleague Michelle Robinson, a professor in the University of Alabama’s Department of English, present a project on which she has focused her energies for nearly two years. Working with three graduate students, she answered a call by the mayor of Alabama’s Hobson City to recover the town’s… Continue reading Hobson City via photos from young women
Special thanks to Molly Buffington, University of Alabama History major and Communications Committee intern, for taking many wonderful photographs at Monday night’s digital installation and book reading. I have taken to calling it the “Aug. 29 event.” Over the past month, I saved various digital files with that label on it. In truth, the spirit… Continue reading Photographs from Aug. 29 event
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