[A Recap of the
month that was in AmericanStudying.]
May
1: DisasterStudying: The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake: A series on the 80th
anniversary of the Hindenburg crash kicks off with inspiring communal responses
to a destructive disaster.
May
2: DisasterStudying: The Triangle Fire: The series continues with three
legacies of a horrific early 20th century industrial disaster.
May
3: DisasterStudying: Boston’s Great Molasses Flood: Three telling details
about a unique North End disaster, as the series rolls on.
May
4: DisasterStudying: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927: Connecting
America’s most destructive river flood to three prominent historical figures.
May
5: DisasterStudying: Representing Katrina: Three stages of artistic
depictions of the recent, controversial tragedy.
May
6-7: DisasterStudying: The Hindenburg: The series concludes with two
contexts for the airship crash, one justifiably famous and one much more
complex but worth remembering.
May
8: The Scholars Strategy Network and Me: SSN Origins and Goals: An SSN
series begins with three contexts for how and why the group was created.
May
9: The Scholars Strategy Network and Me: Online Writing: The series
continues with SSN and the moment that changed everything in my career.
May
10: The Scholars Strategy Network and Me: Online Writing, Extended: Two
SSN-inspired posts that extended beyond their online starting points, as the
series rolls on.
May
11: The Scholars Strategy Network and Me: No Jargon Podcast: What I learned
from contributing to SSN’s wonderful podcast, and why we should all listen to
it.
May
12: The Scholars Strategy Network and Me: Boston March for Science: Three
takeaways from my participation in the activist effort.
May
13-14: The Scholars Strategy Network and Me: Leadership Summit: The series
concludes with three things about SSN that a recent event helped clarify for
me.
May
15: Spring 2017 Reflections: Fruitvale and Black-ish in Writing II: An
end-of-semester series kicks off with the limits and benefits of using
contemporary multimedia texts in first-year writing.
May
16: Spring 2017 Reflections: Sui Sin Far in the American Novel: The series
continues with what didn’t work and what did when I used a short story
collection in a novel course.
May
17: Spring 2017 Reflections: Contemporary Connections in American Lit I: Two
ways I linked my most historical class to our current moment, as the series
rolls on.
May
18: Spring 2017 Reflections: Contemporary Issues in Adult Learning: How my
most recent adult learning class evolved, and why I’m glad it did.
May
19: Spring 2017 Reflections: The Short Story—Online: The series concludes
with a few takeaways from my first experience teaching an all-online class.
May
20-21: Summer and Fall 2017 Previews: Previews of the new or heavily
revised courses I’ll be teaching this summer and fall—I’d love to hear about
what’s next for you!
May
22: Star Wars Studying: A Cross-Cultural Force: A Star Wars 40th anniversary series starts with how the
first film was inspired by international texts, and why that’s a good thing.
May
23: Star Wars Studying: The Force Awakens and Marketing: The series
continues with two things I love about the first film in the new trilogy, and
why it worries me a bit.
May
24: Star Wars Studying: Rogue One, Diversity, and War: Two ways the newest
film pushed the envelope for the franchise, as the series rolls on.
May
25: Star Wars Studying: Yoda, Luke, and Love: What the wise Jedi Master got
wrong about the Force, and why the opposite lesson matters so much.
May
26: Star Wars Studying: The Thrawn Trilogy: The series continues with what
Timothy Zahn’s novels can help us understand about genre storytelling.
May
27-28: Matthew Teutsch’s Guest Post: Five African American Books We Should All
Read: My latest Guest Post highlights five vital African American texts and
authors.
May
29: Better Remembering Memorial Day: My annual Memorial Day post kicks off
a Decoration Day series.
May
30: Decoration Day Histories: Frederick Douglass: The series continues with
one of the great American speeches and why it’s so relevant today.
May
31: Decoration Day Histories: Roger Pryor: The invitation and speech that
mark two shifts in American attitudes, as the series rolls on.
June
1: Decoration Day Histories: “Rodman the Keeper”: How a Constance Fenimore
Woolson short story can help us remember a community for whom the holiday didn’t
shift.
June
2: Decoration Day Histories: So What?: The series concludes with three
arguments for remembering Decoration Day alongside Memorial Day.
Next series
starts Monday,
Ben
PS. Topics you’d
like to see covered in this space? Guest Posts you’d like to contribute? Lemme know!
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