Teaching the Humanities in the Current Climate of Higher Education (A Roundtable)

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Center for Teaching Excellence, Rice Univ.

Organizer Name

Joshua R. Eyler

Organizer Affiliation

Rice Univ.

Presider Name

Frank M. Napolitano

Presider Affiliation

Radford Univ.

Paper Title 1

Can the Digital Humanities Save Medievalists?

Presenter 1 Name

Dorothy Kim

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Vassar College

Paper Title 2

"So are you going to open a history store?" Explicit Professionalization and the Undergraduate Humanities Major

Presenter 2 Name

Leigh Ann Craig

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Virginia Commonwealth Univ.

Paper Title 3

"Relatability" and the Ends of Empathy: A Manifesto for Teaching Medieval Studies at a Large, Urban, Minority-Serving Institution

Presenter 3 Name

Katharine W. Jager

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of Houston-Downtown

Paper Title 4

Perspectives from a Community College

Presenter 4 Name

Susannah Chewning

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Union County College

Paper Title 5

Perspectives from a Liberal Arts College

Presenter 5 Name

Aleksandra Pfau

Presenter 5 Affiliation

Hendrix College

Paper Title 6

Teaching to the Choir

Presenter 6 Name

Cameron Hunt McNabb

Presenter 6 Affiliation

Southeastern Univ.

Paper Title 7

A Plea for Research

Presenter 7 Name

Kisha G. Tracy, Joshua R. Eyler

Presenter 7 Affiliation

Fitchburg State Univ., Rice Univ.

Start Date

13-5-2016 3:30 PM

Session Location

Bernhard 209