Statistics - wrd https://stat.as.uky.edu/tag/wrd en Ridolfo Wins Computers and Composition Distinguished Book Award https://stat.as.uky.edu/ridolfo-wins-computers-and-composition-distinguished-book-award <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div> by Gail Hairston</div> <div>  </div> <div> Jim Ridolfo of the University of Kentucky and co-editor William Hart-Davidson of Michigan State University (MSU) were recently awarded the Computers and Composition Distinguished Book Award for their book “Rhetoric and the Digital Humanities.”</div> <div>  </div> <div> The distinguished book award is given once a year at the Computers and Writing Conference by the Conference on College Composition and Communication for book-length works that contribute in substantial and innovative ways to the field of computers and composition.</div> <div>  </div> <div> Ridolfo is an associate professor and director of composition at the UK College of Arts and Sciences Department of Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Studies. His second book, "Rhetoric and the Digital Humanities," was published by University of Chicago Press in January 2015.</div> <div>  </div> <div> Hart-Davidson is associate dean of graduate studies in the College of Arts and Letters at Michigan State and senior researcher at Matrix, a digital humanities and social sciences research center at MSU. Ridolfo is an associate researcher at Matrix.</div> <div>  </div> <div> Computers and Composition is an international journal devoted to exploring the use of computers in writing classes, writing programs and writing research. It provides a forum for discussing issues connected with writing and computer use. It also offers information about integrating computers into writing programs on the basis of sound theoretical and pedagogical decisions and empirical evidence.</div> <div>  </div> <div> The digital humanities is a rapidly growing field that is transforming humanities research through digital tools and resources. Researchers, for example, can now quickly trace every one of Issac Newton’s annotations, use social media to engage academic and public audiences in the interpretation of cultural texts, and visualize travel via ox cart in third-century Rome or camel caravan in ancient Egypt. Rhetorical scholars are leading the revolution by fully utilizing the digital toolbox, finding themselves at the nexus of digital innovation.</div> <div>  </div> <div> “Rhetoric and the Digital Humanities” is a timely, multidisciplinary collection bridging scholarship in rhetorical studies and the digital humanities. It offers guidance on how the theories and methodologies of rhetorical studies can enhance all work in digital humanities, and vice versa. Ridolfo and Hart-Davidson assembled a broad group of more than 30 accomplished scholars representing the cutting edge of research, offering guidance that will energize and inspire future collaborations.</div> <div>  </div> <div> Ridolfo is a recipient of the 2012 Middle East and North Africa Regional Research Fulbright for the West Bank and Israel and the 2014 Richard Ohmann Award for Outstanding Article, which recognizes excellent scholarship in the field of rhetoric, published by the professional journal College English. His work has also appeared in the journals JAC; Enculturation; Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy; Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition and Culture; and Rhetoric Review. For more information about Ridolfo, visit <a href="https://pa.as.uky.edu/fruitful-divergence-jim-ridolfo">https://pa.as.uky.edu/fruitful-divergence-jim-ridolfo</a>. His full curricula vitae is available at <a href="http://rid.olfo.org/doc/ridolfocv.pdf">http://rid.olfo.org/doc/ridolfocv.pdf</a>.</div> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <div> <em>UK is the University for Kentucky. At UK, we are educating more students, treating more patients with complex illnesses and conducting more research and service than at any time in our 150-year history. To read more about the UK story and how you can support continued investment in your university and the Commonwealth, go to: uky.edu/uk4ky. #uk4ky #seeblue</em></div> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/wrd" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">wrd</a></li></ul></div> Wed, 25 May 2016 19:56:48 +0000 jstayl1 309299 at https://stat.as.uky.edu Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies (WRD), 2016 Awards https://stat.as.uky.edu/video/department-writing-rhetoric-and-digital-studies-wrd-2016-awards <div class="field field-name-field-embed field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Embed code:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">&lt;iframe src=&#039;https://player.vimeo.com/video/165040427?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;color=7EACDC&#039; width=720 height=405 frameborder=0&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p></p><p></p><p class="first"></p><p><strong></strong></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0"><a href="/tag/wrd" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">wrd</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-1"><a href="/tag/writing" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Writing</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-2"><a href="/tag/rhetoric" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Rhetoric</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-3"><a href="/tag/studies" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">studies</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-4"><a href="/tag/uk" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">UK</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-5"><a href="/tag/kentucky" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">kentucky</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-6"><a href="/tag/university" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">university</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-7"><a href="/tag/education" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">education</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-8"><a href="/tag/arts" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">arts</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-9"><a href="/tag/sciences" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">sciences</a></li></ul></div> Thu, 05 May 2016 16:13:09 +0000 Anonymous 309058 at https://stat.as.uky.edu Professor Jan Fernheimer's New Project! https://stat.as.uky.edu/professor-jan-fernheimers-new-project <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Professor Jan Fernheimer discusses her new project with J.T. Waldman on Kentucky Jewish life and the history of bourbon. Read in its entirety at <a href="http://blogs.brandeis.edu/freshideasfromhbi/americas-chosen-spirit-field-report/?fb_ref=Default">HBI Research</a>.</p> <blockquote> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.714285714rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In the summer of 2013, JT Waldman and I made some curious observations taking in the sites on the </span><a href="http://kybourbontrail.com/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; outline: none; color: rgb(159, 159, 159);" target="_blank"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Kentucky Bourbon Trail</span></a><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">. JT noticed a lot of Jewish-sounding names, like Shapira and Boehm, while touring the </span><a href="http://www.bourbonheritagecenter.com/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; outline: none; color: rgb(159, 159, 159);" target="_blank"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Heaven Hill Bourbon Heritage Center</span></a> <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">and the </span><a href="http://bernheim.org/general-info/history/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; outline: none; color: rgb(159, 159, 159);" target="_blank"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest</span></a><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">. When I went back to </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">follow up, I discovered two Magen Davids in the gleaming silver planks of the Heaven Hill Bourbon Heritage Center’s tasting room as I sipped Kentucky’s favorite spirit (featured in the image to the right).</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> We began to wonder, just how deep are the Jewish roots of Kentucky’s bourbon industry? Could America’s “native” spirit, really be its chosen one?  And, were there any mysterious mavens in the mix? The hunt was on to find out…</span></p> <div>  </div> </blockquote> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/wrd" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">wrd</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-1" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/bourbon" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">bourbon</a></li></ul></div> Fri, 14 Aug 2015 16:51:47 +0000 jri236 280508 at https://stat.as.uky.edu WRD Faculty Updates! https://stat.as.uky.edu/wrd-faculty-updates <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>WRD faculty have been busy this summer.</p> <p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">In June, Jim Ridolfo participated in A&amp;S' Passport to the World initiative and travelled to Jordan and Morocco for a faculty development seminar. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">Jenny Rice gave an invited talk at Bar Ilan University this June entitled "What Are the Digital Humanities and Why Should We Care?"</span></p> <p>Jeff Rice gave an invited talk at Bar Ilan University this June entitled "Digital Outragicity."</p> <p>Brian McNely published a visual documentary entitled <a href="https://bmcnely.exposure.co/the-4th-on-film">"The 4th on Film."</a></p> <p>Along with Sara Alvarez, in July, Steve Alvarez taught a four day Personal Statement course at Bluegrass Community Technical College.</p> <p>Steve Alvarez also received a Smith Symposium Fellowship to attend the Southern Foodways Alliance Symposium in Oxford, Mississippi this October. </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/wrd" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">wrd</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-1" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/writing" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Writing</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-2" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/faculty" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">faculty</a></li></ul></div> Sun, 02 Aug 2015 20:23:07 +0000 jri236 280351 at https://stat.as.uky.edu What Can I Do With a WRD Degree? https://stat.as.uky.edu/what-can-i-do-wrd-degree <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/128166303" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe></p> <p><a href="https://vimeo.com/128166303">Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/user15031112">WRD</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/writing" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Writing</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-1" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/wrd" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">wrd</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-2" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/social-media" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">social media</a></li></ul></div> Mon, 18 May 2015 17:51:27 +0000 jri236 278640 at https://stat.as.uky.edu Why Major in WRD? https://stat.as.uky.edu/why-major-wrd <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong>Our</strong></span> age is an age of writing. Social media. Podcasts. Websites. Video. News. Stories. Analysis. Critique. Reports. Advertisements. Technical documentation. Writing is everywhere we look. </p> <p>WRD prepares you for a career in writing. Every industry includes writing. Every industry supports the writing of internal and external documents (memos, reports, technical documents, research studies, social media usage, website development). Every industry sponsors trade writing (magazines, journals, newsletters, other publications). </p> <p>WRD prepares you for a career as a writer. Scientists write. Engineers write. Those who work in the horse industry write. Brewers write. Chemists write. Nurses write. If you are a professional, you write. </p> <p><strong>Imagine yourself</strong> a lawyer drawing on argumentative, research, and legal writing skills you learned in WRD.</p> <p><strong>Imagine yourself </strong>working for a company such as <a href="http://www.ideo.com/">IDEO,</a> drawing on rhetorical, storytelling and research skills you learned in WRD.</p> <p><strong>Imagine yourself </strong>developing technical documentation for a major software company, engineering firm, of product developer based on technical and professional writing skills you learned in WRD.</p> <p><strong>Imagine yourself</strong> working for a podcasting company such as <a href="http://www.midroll.com/jobs/">Midroll,</a> drawing on WRD skills such as audience development, content writing, and persuasion in the creation and sales of podcasts. </p> <p><strong>Imagine yourself</strong> working for a pharmaceutical company, developing company documentation and sales information, drawing on research and writing skills you learned in WRD.</p> <p><strong>Imagine yourself </strong>working in the health industry desiging public service campaigns, health documentation and related products, and hospital digital information services, drawing on social media, persuasion, content management, and web development skills you learned in WRD.</p> <p><strong>Imagine yourself </strong>a content manager for ESPN.com, drawing on organizational skills you learned in WRD in order to design site sections or write essay length stories.</p> <p><strong>Imagine yourself </strong>working for an NGO or other non-profit, drawing on argumentative, research, advocacy, and social media skills you learned in WRD in order to lobby government officials or design social policy. </p> <p><strong>Imagine yourself </strong>in the video game or entertainment industry creating storylines and narratives for a variety of games, TV shows, or films, drawing on narrative and digital skills you learned in WRD.</p> <p><strong>Imagine yourself</strong> in the publishing industry, writing or editing for magazines or publishing houses in a variety of subject areas, drawing upon editing, style, and research skills you learned in WRD.</p> <p>In WRD, you will learn</p> <ul><li> rhetorical skills</li> <li> argumentative/persuasive skills</li> <li> organizational skills</li> <li> media skills</li> <li> web skills </li> <li> research skills</li> <li> storytelling skills </li> <li> information creation skills </li> </ul><p>Writing careers accompany every industry. Being an expert in writing and rhetoric will open many doors for you when you graduate from UK.</p> <p>Careers begin in WRD.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/wrd" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">wrd</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-1" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/writing" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Writing</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-2" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/careers" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">careers</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-3" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/rhetoric" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Rhetoric</a></li></ul></div> Tue, 05 May 2015 16:37:43 +0000 jri236 278180 at https://stat.as.uky.edu Year of the Middle East Continues Program https://stat.as.uky.edu/year-middle-east-continues-program <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>By Gail Hairston</p> <p><strong style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">(March 24, 2015)</strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;"> — University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences Year of the Middle East has scheduled three events this week. They are:</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">“The Arab Spring: The Youth Revolts of the Arab World Aren't Over” with Juan Cole</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">Tuesday, March 24, 7 p.m.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">UK Athletics Association Auditorium, William T. Young Library</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">The youth revolts of 2011 and after in the Arab world have permanently changed the face of the region. While most observers have mainly interpreted them through the lens of high politics, this lecture argues that the big story here is the rise of a new generation of young Arabs, the Millennials, who have innovated in grassroots organization (including, but not limited to new ways of using social media for politics). It is too soon to know how the political struggles that they initiated will end, but it is certain that a new generation, with distinctive values and aspirations, has announced its arrival on the scene.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">“The Arab World and American Democracy” with Jacob Berman</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">Thursday, March 26, 4-5:30 p.m.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">The Niles Gallery</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">“Specters of War” examines the influence of post-9/11 American military interventions in the Middle East on the production of both American and Arab literature. Focusing on images of ghosts, spectral illusions, the undead and the undying, the talk attempts to locate zones of inter-textual contact where contemporary American and Arab literary voices move past mutual redactions and engage one another’s respective cultural realities. The goal is to both introduce Arab literary voices into the conversation about America’s presence in the Middle East and to interrogate the haunting presence of the Middle East in contemporary American literature. Works discussed will include Ali Bader’s “The Tobacco Keeper,” Hassan Blasim’s “The Corpse Experiment and Other Stories of Iraq,” Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s “Guantanamo Diary,” Theo Padnos’s “My Captivity,” Phil Klay’s “Redployment” and Ross Ritchell’s “The Knife.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">“Religion, Identity and Competing Visions of Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia” with Devin Deweese</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">Friday, March 27, 3 p.m.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">Room 249 Student Center</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">For several decades, studying Islam in Central Asia meant beginning with questions, analytical categories and conceptual frameworks rooted in Soviet and Russian studies; this approach, combined with a lack of basic understanding of the historical experience of Central Asian Muslims prior to the Soviet era, led to host of misconceptions surrounding the character of Muslim religious life in the Soviet era, the impact of Soviet policies and realities, and trends in the renegotiation of religious identities in the post-Soviet age. Recent years have brought, in some circles, growing awareness of the need for approaches drawn from Islamic studies and from a historically grounded understanding of the history of Muslim religiosity in Central Asia. This lecture will discuss some of the misconceptions rooted in the ‘Sovietological’ approach to Islam in the region, and the lessons to be drawn from viewing the region through the lens of Islamic studies, with a particular focus on the ways in which religiosity was manifested in Soviet times, and on the ways in which religiosity shaped or interacted with notions of ‘national’ identity.</span></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/college-arts-sciences" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">college of arts &amp; sciences</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-1" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/year-middle-east" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">year of the middle east</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-2" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/history" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">history</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-3" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/wrd" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">wrd</a></li></ul></div> Tue, 24 Mar 2015 16:21:49 +0000 trra223 276674 at https://stat.as.uky.edu Fruitful Divergence: Jim Ridolfo https://stat.as.uky.edu/fruitful-divergence-jim-ridolfo <div class="featured-nodes-image"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://stat.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/Jim-Ridolfo---WRD.jpg" alt="" /></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>By Sarah Schuetze</p> <p>As a graduate student at <a href="https://www.msu.edu/" target="_blank">Michigan State University</a> in 2008, <a href="https://wrd.as.uky.edu/users/jri237" target="_blank">Jim Ridolfo</a> embarked on what he thought was a short-term research project that diverged from his dissertation work. This “secondary” project on Samaritan manuscripts has led to nationally-funded, award-winning research. </p> <p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">An article that stemmed from his “side project,” “</span><a href="http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Resources/Journals/CE/0762-nov2013/CE0762Delivering.pdf" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">Delivering Textual Diaspora: Building Digital Cultural Repositories as Rhetoric Research</a><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">,” was published by </span><a href="http://www.ncte.org/journals/ce" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">College English</a><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;"> in November 2013 and was selected by the editor for the </span><a href="http://www.ncte.org/college/awards/ohmann" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">Richard Ohman Award</a><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">. The award, which recognizes excellent scholarship in the field of rhetoric, is given annually by the </span><a href="http://www.ncte.org/" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)</a><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">. Ridolfo’s fascinating article serves as a model of intellectual rigor and passionate study.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">In his article, Ridolfo, </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">now an Assistant Professor in the </span><a href="http://wrd.as.uky.edu/" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Studies (WRD) Department</a><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;"> and </span><a href="https://jewishstudies.as.uky.edu/" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">Jewish Studies</a>,<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;"> addresses the accessibility of manuscripts that have cultural significance to the Samaritan people. The Samaritans are “one of the smallest religious and ethnic communities in the Middle East Today,” Ridolfo writes (136). Numbering fewer than 800 people, the Samaritan population is concentrated in the midst of the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">Historic manuscripts belonging to the Samaritan people have been dispersed from the Middle East, across Europe and North America. There are even a few documents in South America and Australia. Ridolfo calls this “textual diaspora.” The word “diaspora” typically refers to people who have been displaced from their homeland; Ridolfo’s innovative use of the term to describe texts, reiterates the significance these manuscripts, and their removal, have to Samaritans.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">Housed in special collection libraries all over the world, Samaritan manuscripts are far from their cultural home and the people who cherish them. In fact, Ridolfo’s work on the Samaritan manuscripts began when he realized some were among the special collections library at Michigan State University.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">Ridolfo was working on his dissertation in the </span><a href="http://wrac.msu.edu/graduate-programs/" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">Rhetoric and Writing</a><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;"> program at MSU, and while looking through the library’s finding aid for the </span><a href="http://special.news.msu.edu/scrolls/collection.php?collection" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">Chamberlin Warren Samaritan Manuscript</a><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;"> Collection, he came across the notes from a meeting between </span><a href="http://www.israelite-samaritans.com/benyamim-tsedaka/" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">Benyamim Tsedaka</a><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">, a Samaritan Elder, and the University Board of Trustees in 2003. Since 1982, Tsedaka had been making trips from his home in Holon, Israel, to Europe and North America and visiting various public and university libraries that housed Samaritan manuscripts.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">After reading the notes from the 2003 meeting, Ridolfo got in touch with Tsedaka to ask if he wanted to work on a project together. The nature of that project continues to develop new contours. Ridolfo noted, “As you get involved in these long-term projects, larger research projects that you might not expect can emerge from doing this kind of work.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">The goal of the collaboration between Tsedaka and Ridolfo was to make these texts available to the Samaritan cultural stakeholders by digitalizing them. Since then, Ridolfo has worked closely with Tsedaka and other Samaritan leaders. He received a </span><a href="http://www.neh.gov/grants/odh/digital-humanities-start-grants" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">National Endowment for the Humanities Digital Startup Grant</a><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;"> (2008-2009) and a </span><a href="http://www.cies.org/region/middle-east-and-north-africa" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">Middle East and North Africa Regional Research Fulbright Scholarship (</a><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">2011-2012) to develop the digitized archive. The funding also allowed him to conduct fieldwork in Israel.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">For Ridolfo, this work has been so much more than a digitization project. Reflecting on the project as a whole, Ridolfo said, “I ended up learning a great deal about the diaspora of manuscripts in relation to what potential it might be for the Samaritans to communicate their cultural identity.  As they explain to their neighbors who they are and why they’re distinct and different and why they have unique cultural heritage in this region, digital resources have a greater role in that.“</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">His article delves into the history of the Samaritan people and their diaspora as well as their current uses of the digitized manuscripts. Ridolfo is “really interested in what happens to this work down the road with the community, how they use the digitized texts, how they reference them and draw on them.” Therefore, also significant to the project are the relationships Ridolfo has developed with Tsedaka, other Samaritans, as well as archivists, librarians and other scholars.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">Ridolfo brings an ethos of activism to academic research, which he attributes to his graduate program. The program in Rhetoric and Writing at MSU emphasized the appreciation for rhetoric in combination with organizations within and beyond the community. Ridolfo explained, “Since rhetoric is a practitioner art, we learn it through practice, helping other groups if acceptable, if applicable, and we learn from that process of involvement.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">One of the outcomes of Ridolfo’s involvement is his development of a Samaritan keyboard, free and downloadable from his </span><a href="http://rid.olfo.org/keyboard/" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">website</a><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">. The keyboard will allows Samaritans, scholars, and students to type more easily in Samaritan across applications that support the UNICODE standard. With this tool, users can continue to build on the Samaritan’s online presence in a new way—making it an active script on the web.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">In thinking about his approach to digital studies and the people involved, Ridolfo recalled something one of his graduate school mentors, </span><a href="http://wrac.msu.edu/people/william-hart-davidson/" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">William Hart-Davidson</a><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">, would say, “some of what we do is to put the humans back into humanities. And we’re not just dealing with inanimate texts, we’re dealing with the relationship of people to these texts.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">This relationship is something Ridolfo discusses at more length in his forthcoming book, "Digital Samaritans.</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">" And because the book (under contract with the </span><a href="http://www.press.umich.edu/" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">University of Michigan Press</a><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">) will be an enhanced text with maps, and images of manuscripts that Ridolfo created, readers will have their own unique relationship with his text.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">Ridolfo never thought his work on these manuscripts would lead to a book, national funding, or continued collaboration with the Samaritan community, but his article and future publications on the Samaritan textual diaspora are a testament to the fruitful course one follows when one begins with passion for the subject and the people connected to it.</span></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/jim-ridolfo" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">jim ridolfo</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-1" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/wrd" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">wrd</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-2" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/jewish-studies" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">jewish studies</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-3" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/digital-humanities" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">digital humanities</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-4" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/samaritans" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">samaritans</a></li></ul></div> Wed, 15 Oct 2014 21:46:58 +0000 brconn2 258323 at https://stat.as.uky.edu UK Faculty Members Conduct College Teaching Workshops in Qingdao Technological University https://stat.as.uky.edu/uk-faculty-members-conduct-college-teaching-workshops-qingdao-technological-university <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 5, 2014) — Assistant Professor Brandi Frisbi and Associate Professor Kevin Real, from the University of Kentucky <a href="http://ci.uky.edu/ci/" target="_blank">College of Communication and Information</a>, and Katherine Rogers-Carpenter, lecturer in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digitial Studies at the UK <a href="http://www.as.uky.edu/" target="_blank">College of Arts and Sciences</a>, led a series of college teacher training workshops at Qingdao Technological University in China from July 14 through Aug. 1, 2014.</p> <p>The three-week workshops were collaboratively designed to improve English and teaching skills for campus-wide faculty members at Qingdao <img alt="Group from UK in China. " src="/sites/default/files/resize/china_trip_3-350x259.jpg" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5; width: 350px; height: 259px; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; float: right;" width="350" height="259" /><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">Tech and attracted the participation of more than 25 faculty members representing several disciplines (e.g., architecture, landscape design, pollution control, energy, literature, civil engineering). Real taught a course on the college curriculum; Carpenter-Rogers focused on writing and reading in her class; and Frisby offered her course on speaking and listening.</span></p> <p>During the three week courses, Qingdao Tech faculty members and the three UK professors participated in cultural exchange discussions and lessons, which culminated in teaching simulations, research presentations, and disciplinary writing opportunities. All workshop participants took part in weekly roundtable discussions on how to apply these integrated approaches in Chinese college classrooms.</p> <p>Additionally, the hosting university took Real, Rogers-Carpenter, and Frisby on tours of the city including the world’s longest bridge over water, Lao Shan, Tai Shan, numerous historical temples and churches, and the birthplace of Confucius.</p> <p>The workshops were organized and coordinated by Sunny Yujie Sun, the Dean of the International College of Qingdao Tech, and Zixue Tai, a professor at UK’s College of Communication and Information.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/katherine-rogers-carpenter" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">katherine rogers-carpenter</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-1" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/china" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">china</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-2" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/qingdao-technological-university" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">qingdao technological university</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-3" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/wrd" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">wrd</a></li></ul></div> Tue, 05 Aug 2014 14:57:38 +0000 jcho222 244902 at https://stat.as.uky.edu Craft Writing: Beer, the Digital, and Craft Culture https://stat.as.uky.edu/craft-writing-beer-digital-and-craft-culture <div class="field field-name-field-asdate field-type-datetime field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Date:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">02/15/2014 - <span class="date-display-start" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2014-02-15T10:00:00-05:00">10:00am</span> to <span class="date-display-end" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2014-02-15T17:00:00-05:00">5:00pm</span></span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-location field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Location:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Center Theater</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p> <p>Register at: <a href="http://craftwriting.as.uky.edu">http://craftwriting.as.uky.edu</a></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 24px; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This one day event will bring to UK brewers and professional writers from the craft beer industry. Craft beer, the annual production of under six million barrels of beer by small breweries, is one of the fastest growing areas of the food industry. According to the Brewers Association, craft beer provides over 108,000 jobs and its retail dollar value in 2012 was estimated at $10.2 billion. In the last twenty years, over 2,000 new breweries have come online, commanding almost 6% of the overall American beer market. These breweries have, in turn, helped revitalize city neighborhoods, generated new jobs in related industries, and played a key role in expanding digital and social media usage.</span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 24px; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This event will showcase the professional writing – in print and digital media – that is dominant in the craft beer industry. Writing has played a major role in promoting the business of craft beer. Craft Writing will serve as an event that draws interdisciplinary attention to the ways industry utilizes writing – in various digital forms – to promote, inform, highlight, argue, market, brand, and foster relationships between products, consumers, and other relevant parties.</span></p> <p style="padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 24px; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.71rem; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </p> <p style="padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 24px; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.71rem; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; vertical-align: baseline;">Featured Speakers:</strong></p> <p style="padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 24px; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.71rem; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Stan Hieronymus, author of <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; vertical-align: baseline;">For The Love of Hops</em>, <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; vertical-align: baseline;">Brewing with Whea</em>t, and <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; vertical-align: baseline;">Brew Like a Monk</em>. Blogger at Appellation Beer and For the Love of Hops.</p> <p style="padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 24px; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.71rem; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Julie Johnson, Co-owner of <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; vertical-align: baseline;">All About Bee</em>r, former Editor of <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; vertical-align: baseline;">All Bout Bee</em>r. Currently Technical and Contributing Editor.</p> <p style="padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 24px; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.71rem; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Teri Fahrendorf, 25-year beer industry veteran, founder of the Pink Boots Society, author of beer related articles, 19 years brewmaster at Steelhead Brewing, Triple Rock Brewing and Golden Gate Brewing, and blogging gypsy “Road Brewer,”</p> <p style="padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 24px; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.71rem; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; line-height: 1.7142; font-size: 1rem; vertical-align: baseline;">Roger Baylor, owner of New Albanian Brewing, author of The Potable Curmudgeon.</span></p> <p style="padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 24px; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.71rem; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Jeremy Cowan, owner of Shmaltz Brewing, author of <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; vertical-align: baseline;">Craft Beer Bar Mitzvah</em>.</p> <p style="padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 24px; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.71rem; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Mitch Steele, Brewmaster at Stone Brewing, author of <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; vertical-align: baseline;">IPA: Brewing Techniques, Recipes, and the Evolution of India Pale Ale</em>.</p> <p style="padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 24px; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.71rem; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; vertical-align: baseline;">Keynote speaker</strong></p> <p style="padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 24px; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.71rem; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Garrett Oliver, Editor of <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; vertical-align: baseline;">The Oxford Companion to Beer</em>, author of <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; vertical-align: baseline;">The Brewmaster’s Table</em>, regular contributor to <i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; vertical-align: baseline;">All About Beer</i>. Brewmaster at Brooklyn Brewery</p> <p style="padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 24px; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.71rem; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </p> <p style="padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 24px; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.71rem; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags/Keywords: </div><ul class="links inline"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0"><a href="/tag/writing" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Writing</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-1"><a href="/tag/wrd" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">wrd</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-2"><a href="/tag/food" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">food</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-3"><a href="/tag/beer" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">beer</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-4"><a href="/tag/lectures-and-presentions" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">lectures and presentions</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-5"><a href="/tag/martha-b-reynolds-speakers-series" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">martha b reynolds speakers series</a></li></ul></div><ul class="links inline"><li class="calendar_link first last"><a href="/calendar-asdate/month" title="View the calendar.">Calendar</a></li> </ul> Thu, 24 Oct 2013 13:59:28 +0000 jri236 208482 at https://stat.as.uky.edu Reshaping Writing Instruction https://stat.as.uky.edu/reshaping-writing-instruction <div class="featured-nodes-image"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://stat.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/12-12-ReshapingWritingInstructionREV.jpg" alt="" /></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>By Sarah Geegan</p> <div><a href="http://wrd.as.uky.edu/users/ajba227-0" target="_blank">Adam Banks</a>, associate professor in the <a href="http://wrd.as.uky.edu/" target="_blank">UK Division of Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Media</a>, will serve as chair of the <a href="http://www.ncte.org/cccc" target="_blank">Conference on College Composition and Communication</a> (CCCC), a professional organization of teachers of writing as well as scholars in rhetoric, composition and literacy studies.</div> <div> </div> <div>The CCCC promotes the teaching and study of college composition and communication. It publishes scholarly materials for the exchange of knowledge about composition, composition pedagogy and rhetoric, and supports a variety of research on composition, communication and rhetoric. The CCCC also serves to enhance the conditions for learning and teaching college composition, and promotes professional development by advocating for language and literacy education both nationally and internationally.</div> <div> </div> <div>The position of chair is a four-year chair rotation. Banks is now assistant chair, responsible for planning the 2014 CCCC Conference; he will become associate chair in December 2013, chair in December 2014 and immediate past chair in December 2015.</div> <div> </div> <div>Banks joined UK’s Division of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Media in 2010, after spending a semester as the Langston Hughes Visiting Professor of English at the University of Kansas. His second book, "Digital Griots: African American Rhetoric in a Multimedia Age," was published in the influential Studies in Writing and Rhetoric series with Southern Illinois University Press last spring.</div> <div> </div> <div>He said he thought his connection with the strong group of faculty within the division at UK, who are all actively working on reshaping writing instruction in innovative ways, was a factor in his election as chair.</div> <div> </div> <div>"My first reaction to being elected chair was one of mild surprise, given that I ran somewhat reluctantly," Banks said. "On a more substantive level, I was gratified that my colleagues saw fit to elect me to leadership, and I see the election as a chance to challenge us all to think differently — and boldly — about the future of writing instruction."</div> <div> </div> <div>Banks said he was very thankful for the support he has found within the division.</div> <div> </div> <div>"My colleagues around the country tell me repeatedly that they see exciting, important work happening at UK," Banks said. "I'm very glad to be a part of the vision that Roxanne Mountford has done so much to shape and colleagues like Beth Connors-Manke, Brian McNely, Steve Alvarez, Jenny and Jeff Rice and others are working to shape and build."</div> <div> </div> <div>For more information about Adam Banks, his publications and projects, <a href="http://wrd.as.uky.edu/teaching-students-be-bearers-history-0" target="_blank">click here</a>.</div> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/adam-banks" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">adam banks</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-1" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/wrd" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">wrd</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-2" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/faculty" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">faculty</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-3" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/composition-and-communication" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">composition and communication</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-4" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/momentum" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">momentum</a></li></ul></div> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:23:57 +0000 brconn2 193091 at https://stat.as.uky.edu Creating own projects https://stat.as.uky.edu/creating-own-projects <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><strong><span style="font-size:22px;">Some ideas for creating your own 110 projects</span></strong></p> <ul><li>Think of creative ways to engage students in forms of inquiry. Ask them to focus on local places, events, and people. Look to primary resources about these places, events, or people that are available to students. For example, have them look to the <a href="http://kdl.kyvl.org/">Kentuckiana Digital Library</a>.</li> </ul><ul><li> Think about "real world" or hands-on projects that require students to provide informative (and well-researched) writing for an audience who actually needs it. For example, students may create a group of well-written Wikipedia pages about local Kentucky historical figures who are not currently recognized there. </li> </ul><ul><li>Work ahead of time with a social organization who is looking for students to help them write informative literature for their audiences. (Note: If you wish to set up a community project, please talk with the Director or Intern ahead of time so that they can help make this partnership as strong as possible.</li> </ul><ul><li>Have the class identify and research a local community or event. Have them record oral histories of these communities. Create a website that introduces the entire project.</li> </ul><ul><li>If you have students who are in similar disciplinary backgrounds, create a focus on disciplinary investigations. Ask students to "shadow" someone in their future field. Create a multimodal project around this mini-internship.</li> </ul><p><strong><span style="font-size:22px;">Some ideas for creating your own 111 projects</span></strong></p> <ul><li>If groups are doing their own case studies, you might consider holding a class debate for each group. Have the group discover its point of "stasis" (i.e., its point of disagreement or the point at which there are differences of opinion). Have the group divide into two position sides, which will both deliver speeches and evidence to the audience. </li> </ul><ul><li>Think about "real world" or hands-on projects that require students to make persuasive or evidence-based claims for actual audiences. For example, they might work with a student organization who needs help in attracting volunteers. </li> </ul><ul><li>Ask students to attend live talks on campus of speakers who are making argumentative claims. Have students create rebuttals or extended affirmation to that speaker's claims.  </li> </ul><ul><li>Have groups (or a whole class) produce an audio or video podcast over a particular issue. They will first need to figure out what the stasis is, or how they can create such a piece in a way that allows for disagreement to productively emerge.</li> </ul></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0"><a href="/tag/wrd" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">wrd</a></li></ul></div> Tue, 10 Jul 2012 02:06:47 +0000 jhri223 183693 at https://stat.as.uky.edu Sample 110 Syllabi https://stat.as.uky.edu/sample-110-syllabi <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href="https://wrd.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/Palumbo%2520WRD110%2520Syllabus%2520Template.docx">Sample Syllabus 1</a>: A syllabus with a reflective focus on students' own <span style="color:#008000;"><em>position shifts</em></span>. Includes multimodal assignments that are scaffolded. (Also see: <a href="https://wrd.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/Palumbo%2520WRD%2520110%2520Weekly%2520Schedule.docx">schedule of work</a>.) </p> <p><a href="https://wrd.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/WRD%2520110%2520Syllabus%2520Fall%25202012%2520Monday%2520Wednesday%2520Friday.docx">Sample Syllabus 2</a>: A syllabus with a focus on <span style="color:#006400;"><em>ethics</em> and <em>social issues</em></span>. (See <a href="https://wrd.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/WRD%2520110%2520Syllabus%2520Fall%25202012%2520Tuesday%2520Thursday%2520version.docx">T/TH version</a>.) </p> <p><a href="https://wrd.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/Jennys110.doc">Sample Syllabus 3</a>: A syllabus with a focus on <span style="color:#006400;"><em>storytelling</em> and <em>archival research</em></span>. </p> <p><a href="https://wrd.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/Parmer%20WRD%20110%20Fall%202012.docx">Sample Syllabus 4</a>: A syllabus with a focus on <em><span style="color:#008000;">digital documentaries</span> <span style="color:#008000;">about place</span>. </em></p> <p><a href="https://wrd.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/WRD%2520110Fall2012Abboud_Submitted_Revised.docx">Sample Syllabus 5</a>: A syllabus with a focus on <span style="color:#008000;"><em>multimedia </em>and <em>digital tools</em></span>.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0"><a href="/tag/wrd" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">wrd</a></li></ul></div> Tue, 10 Jul 2012 01:33:48 +0000 jhri223 183692 at https://stat.as.uky.edu 'Global Classroom' Increases Student Opportunities for International Experience https://stat.as.uky.edu/global-classroom-increases-student-opportunities-international-experience <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>By Sarah Geegan, Amanda Osborn</em></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="flags" src="/sites/default/files/resize/remote/d70a2b4d7ee868353f940a2d6e1ec274-301x201.jpg" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; float: left; width: 301px; height: 201px; " title="" width="301" height="201" />Imagine being a University of Kentucky student in Lexington, but sharing a "global classroom" with students in China, France or India.  In collaboration with the associate provost for <a href="http://www.uky.edu/IntlAffairs/">International Affairs</a> and the <a href="http://www.uky.edu/CELT/">Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching</a> (CELT), the UK <a href="http://www.as.uky.edu/">College of Arts and Sciences</a> recently established a program called Global Classroom Connections that will promote international learning and experiences through the use of contemporary technology.</p> <p>As university graduates increasingly require international perspectives, skills and knowledge to succeed in the multicultural and interconnected world, <a href="http://www.classroom-connection.org/index.html">Global Classroom Connection</a><a href="http://www.classroom-connection.org/index.html" target="_blank">s</a> seeks to expand these opportunities through the use of new technologies, allowing students to gain international experiences independent of financial or other constraints.</p> <p>Arts and Sciences began using the program in March.  It is designed to provide cross-cultural experiences and possibly even help develop friendships among students at UK and in other countries. Global Classroom Connections also allows faculty to collaborate with institutions outside of the U.S. through electronic links between courses.</p> <p>During the spring semester, A&amp;S asked faculty to propose links between A&amp;S courses and courses at institutions outside the U.S. Five courses were chosen for the first set of Global Classroom Connections courses.</p> <p>Among them is a class taught by <a href="https://anthropology.as.uky.edu/users/aeki222">Ann Kingsolver</a>, director of the <a href="http://appalachiancenter.as.uky.edu/">Appalachian Center and the Appalachian Studies Program</a>. Kingsolver proposed to link APP 200 at UK and a course at India's University of Delhi in a dual exploration of mountain and hill regions, specifically Appalachia and the Himalayas.</p> <p>"I believe that every university student, not just those who are able to study abroad, should have the opportunity to learn through international collaboration with students in other countries," Kingsolver said. "In the spring of 2013, my Global Appalachia students at UK and professor Subhadra Channa’s students in a graduate course at the University of Delhi will all do two readings in common: one book on Appalachia and one book on the Himalayan region."</p> <p>Kingsolver said that she and Channa will each give background lectures to the classes. Channa plans to record her lecture in the fall while visiting UK for a conference that the UK Appalachian Center is planning.</p> <p>"I will be visiting her classroom next spring, and the students will discuss the readings with each other by Skype," Kingsolver said.</p> <p>Another Global Classroom Connections will link SOC 343 and a course at Sun Yat-Sen University in China. Taught by <a href="http://soc.as.uky.edu/users/tjanos">Thomas Janoski</a> of the <a href="http://soc.as.uky.edu/">Department of Sociology</a>, the course will focus on the theme of civil society in China and the U.S.</p> <p><a href="http://history.as.uky.edu/">History</a> professor <a href="https://history.as.uky.edu/users/kern">Kathi Kern</a> will provide a link between HIS 405 and a similar course at Sourbonne Nouvelle in France, explaining the history of American women after 1900.</p> <p><a href="https://wrd.as.uky.edu/users/jwfe223">Janice Fernheimer</a> of the <a href="http://english.as.uky.edu/">Department of English</a> will partner with Al-Qods University in Palestine. Combining ENG 440 and 441 with a similar course at the partner institution, the class will explore the representations of the Eastern Mediterranean area and the Holy Land, focusing especially on travel writing and literature.</p> <p>Also from the Department of English, <a href="http://english.as.uky.edu/users/rroorda">Randall Roorda</a> will lead a course linking ENG/WRD 401 and a course at Masaryk University in the Czech Republic. Students will study in detail the regional landscapes and the natural and cultural histories of Kentucky and Moravia.</p> <p><a href="https://philosophy.as.uky.edu/users/schatzki">Ted Schatzki</a>, senior associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences, said the program will benefit students in multiple ways. “By interacting with students in other countries through discussions, presentations and joint projects, our students will become a little more knowledgeableabout the world and a bit more capable of negotiating differences,” Schatzki said. “It is also hoped that faculty will be energized to pursue deeper and more extensive connections between UK and institutions in other countries.”</p> <p>The courses chosen to participate in the program will take advantage of synchronous and asynchronous technologies such as videoconferencing, social media, wikis and blogs.</p> <p>The college will support the development of these links through course development funding, technical assistance and travel expenses that allow UK faculty to meet with their partner instructors to plan the links. CELT and the College of Arts and Sciences' <a href="http://hive.as.uky.edu/">Hive</a> will provide technical support for all links.</p> <p> </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/university-kentucky" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">university of kentucky</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-1" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/arts-sciences" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">arts &amp; sciences</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-2" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/international-affairs" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">international affairs</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-3" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/celt" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">celt</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-4" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/global-classroom-connections" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">global classroom connections</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-5" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/ann-kingsolver" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">ann kingsolver</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-6" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/faculty" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">faculty</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-7" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/appalachian-center" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">appalachian center</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-8" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/anthropology" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">anthropology</a></li><li 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property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">janice fernheimer</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-15" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/english" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">english</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-16" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/randall-roorda" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">randall roorda</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-17" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/wrd" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">wrd</a></li><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-18" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tag/hive" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">hive</a></li></ul></div> Tue, 29 May 2012 16:07:23 +0000 jlbeam4 182252 at https://stat.as.uky.edu A&S Psychology Honors Program https://stat.as.uky.edu/photos/psychology-honors-program Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:36:47 +0000 Anonymous 180010 at https://stat.as.uky.edu A&S 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