Category: Future of Education
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Cathy Davidson’s “The New Education” wins 2019 Frederic W. Ness Book Award
The Futures Initiative Team is thrilled (and proud) to announce that Cathy Davidson, Distinguished Professor at The Graduate Center CUNY and Founding Director of The Futures Initiative, is the winner of the prestigious 2019 Frederic W. Ness Book Award for her influential work The New Education: How to Revolutionize the University to Prepare Students for a […]
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Hello HASTAC Community!
I am so pleased to introduce myself as a new member of this vibrant community! As your current HASTAC Scholars Coordinator, it is my goal to be an open resource to anyone interested in becoming and staying involved with any HASTAC related opportunities. To kickoff the start of Fall, I’d like to remind everyone to apply for this year’s […]
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Innovation Histories and Futures at Midwestern Land Grant Universities
Introduction “I am simply a student who spent four disappointing years at the University of Illinois,” Paul Schroeder, the student speaker for Illinois’ Centennial Convocation in 1968, explained in one of various surprising moments in his address. It was both an expression of frustration in a lack of student-centered course designs and, in his estimation, […]
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What If A Nation Really Wanted To Transform Higher Education? A Conversation with Former President of the Dominican Republic, Pres Leonel Fernandez
Last week I had the honor to meet with President Leonel Fernández, former President of the Dominican Republic, and some of his colleagues, including Natasha Despotovic, Executive Director of the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development. President Fernández had read The New Education–indeed, it seems as if his entire staff had read it. When I […]
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My work! Namibia, Tanzania and more!
As a HASTAC Scholar, part of our charge is writing about our work! So this most recent post will share my doctoral research and interests at the University of Kansas. I am in the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) PhD program, and am also pursuing a graduate certificate in African Studies. My research interests […]
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Introducing Public Work, a Public Humanities Podcast
Public Work is a new podcast based out of Brown University’s John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage. The Center’s mission is to create education, research, and public engagement initiatives that connect individuals and communities to art, history and culture. Produced by Center members Amelia Golcheski and Jim McGrath, Public Work builds on this […]
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Digital Scholarship Lab: Thoughts on Laboratories and Libraries from MSU
On February 5th, 2018, I attended a reception celebrating the opening of the Michigan State University Digital Scholarship lab. It was introduced to me as a ‘transformative space for teaching and learning.’ From a glance through the website, it is easy to see that the DSL has a lot to offer. From work spaces including […]
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Putting the Humanities PhD to Work
I’m excited to announce that Putting the Humanities Ph.D. to Work: Theory, Practice, and Models for Thriving Beyond the Classroom is in contract with Duke University Press. The book is a project that I have been working on in one way or another ever since working with the Scholarly Communication Institute and the Scholars’ Lab at UVa. […]
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“New Education” Errata, Regrets, and New Year’s Resolutions: A Memoir of Mistakes and Corrections
Could it really be New Year’s Eve without looking back, taking in what the year has been, before taking a break, pouring the champagne, and welcoming a new year? Not for me! “Regrets, I’ve had a few . . . but then again, too few to mention . . .” Okay, okay! I will mention […]
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Boycott the NFL! Shame on them!
This article was written about the Colin Kaepernick situation. Feel free to comment, collectively we will find the solutions. Click here to view the article