Digital Humanities Sites Worth a Visit
How much humanities can a Professor of Humanities chuck and still have a solid humanities course? Quite a bit as it turns out. This semester, my Introduction to Humanities course Continue Reading →
The Homepage of Prof. John B. Wolff
How much humanities can a Professor of Humanities chuck and still have a solid humanities course? Quite a bit as it turns out. This semester, my Introduction to Humanities course Continue Reading →
I’m exhausted and going blind from staring at my WFH screen for the past 10 hours. Why, I wonder, do I stay superglued to it for R&R after the workday Continue Reading →
I’m off today to talk with the fabulously friendly faculty and administrators at the University of Michigan’s School of Information. The topic? A free-ranging discussion about how my students at Continue Reading →
I absolutely love what the folks at Countable are doing to save what’s left of our government. You can get their app for your phone, and you can embed a Continue Reading →
Why is it so hard to understand the world? Do I really understand the facts of current events? Do events taking place far away affect my life? What difference can Continue Reading →
Currently in development, PaperBoat is an online writer’s service that speeds the work of research and research writing while simultaneously teaching less experienced writers the art and science of appropriate Continue Reading →
I’m pleased by the clarity and concision of the following article from the Nation of Change website: Why It’s a Privilege to be a Progressive in 2013 | NationofChange. But Continue Reading →
A Philosophy of Academic Leadership Better let me be tossed around– To the end of my days, between the city of Yes and the city of No! —Yevgeny Continue Reading →
My Educational Philosophy (for Jennifer, Matt, Rebecca, and Natalie) My educational philosophy is informed by at least four influential streams: the centrality of communication; the ideals of a liberal education; Continue Reading →
I was inspired, some months ago, when reading about a group of students at the Fletcher School of Tufts University who worked around the clock with ordinary laptop computers to Continue Reading →