Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere

Reports from Ph.D. Student Residencies in Virtual Summer 2020 Workshops: Passionate Teaching in the Research Environment: How to Create Meaningful Online Learning Experiences and Podcasting the Humanities: Creating Digital Stories for the Public

(Held at the National Humanities Center and the Digital Humanities Center at San Diego State University, funded by Barbara Mennel’s Waldo W. Neikirk Professorship)

Please pre-register for the event through the Zoom link.

Speakers

 Samantha Baugus (Ph.D. Candidate, English), “Caring Virtually: Creating a Valuable and Interactive Online Learning Experience”

This presentation will demonstrate how creating a caring classroom is essential to building a strong learning environment in the humanities, particularly in a virtual classroom during the pandemic.

Victoria Machado (Ph.D. Candidate, Religion), “Creatively De-Constructing the Virtual Classroom”

This talk will explore the opportunities that exist when we re-imagine online education by encouraging, supporting, and cultivating confident and creative learners of a wide range of abilities in order to promote a more inclusive and equitable learning environment.

Kimberly Williams (Ph.D. Student, English), “Abolishing is not a Metaphor:  Re-Examining the Course during the Black Lives Matter Movement”

 This presentation will examine the parallel between policing in academia and the Black Lives Matter Movement with an emphasis on adopting student-centered practices in this new, virtual space.

Lauren Cox (Ph.D. Candidate, English), “The Pleasures and Displeasures of Zoom: How has Zoom blurred the line between public and private spaces?”

 This talk will discuss how Zoom aesthetics have changed our ideas of public and private spaces through the lens of film studies.