Several months ago the Scholarly Communication Institute (SCI) put out a request for proposals for participation in the 2017 theme "Scholarly Storytelling: Compelling Research for an Engaged Public." I jumped at the chance to bring together medievalists and organized a team who helped me to write a proposal. Our team recently received word that our proposal was accepted, … Continue reading Storytelling for Medievalists: A Proposal
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How I #KeepJoyInScholarship on the Tenure Track
When my friends Micah Goodrich, Bre Leake, and I came up with the #KeepJoyInScholarship hashtag on Twitter, I was fairly new to my job. I was in my first semester of my first year at Rhode Island College, after a year as a teaching post-doc, and I was learning to navigate life as a tenure-track … Continue reading How I #KeepJoyInScholarship on the Tenure Track
Teaching Writing for the Public
Last summer, I participated in a week-long Summer Seminar on the Teaching of Writing (SSTW) hosted through our campus Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning. The Seminar has continued in some ways, as our group of faculty have met twice a semester to share how we've been implementing some of our ideas into our classes. … Continue reading Teaching Writing for the Public
My Debt to Public Education
The latest news cycle brings a media storm about Tuesday's (January 17) confirmation hearing for President-elect Donald Trump's choice for Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos: news stories, live-streaming of the event, video clips saved for later, tweets on both sides of the political divide, and of course hot-takes. Consider this one of the latter. Specifically, I want to respond to … Continue reading My Debt to Public Education
Digital Culture and Liberal Arts
I was recently prompted (for an application) to write "a statement articulating the role of the digital arts, media, and technology for informing and positioning traditional liberal arts disciplines for success in the 21st century." I didn't have such a statement on hand, and spent several days working on it. Over the past few years, I've written … Continue reading Digital Culture and Liberal Arts
Brandon W. Hawk 