teaching
Introduction to AAAS/ENG 264 - Major Black Writers
Dr. Young and Michelle Talbot introduce their course AAAS/ENG 264 Major Black Writers.
You can find a description of the assignments for the course on the English Department website: english.as.uky.edu/fall-courses-1
Conversational Chinese at Shanghai University: Liang Luo
Since 2010, the Chinese Studies program at UK has taken groups of students to Shanghai University in the summer for a 6-credit Conversational Chinese course. Liang Luo is a professor of Chinese culture and language, and has accompanied two of these groups to Shanghai.
Golding Describes Benefits of Facebook in Inside Higher Education Op-ed
Jonathan Golding, professor in the Department of Psychology in the UK College of Arts and Sciences, was recently featured in Inside Higher Education describing his integration of Facebook into his courses.
Biology Professor Wins Award, Finds Inspiration From UK's History
Professor James Krupa was recently recognized by the National Association of Biology Teachers.
Storytelling Across Cultures: the Shanghai Student Summit with Michelle Sizemore
At the end of May 2012, the American Studies Center at Shanghai University hosted a three-day symposium and student summit.
Teaching Tools for Public Participation and Digital Mapping Workshop
This workshop explores how community mapping and geospatial technology can be incorporated in the classroom. A primary goal of this technique is helping students develop and demonstrate higher order thinking skills that engage them in the process of discovering and answering questions about their community. The goal is to introduce a range of simple open source/open access mapping tools that can be easily leveraged in class projects to highlight local issues and initiate conversations about community dynamics, space, and priorities.
Rhetoric in a Multi-Modal World: Craig Crowder
Written texts, YouTube videos, podcasts - these are all means of communicating ideas to others. Craig Crowder is a graduate student in the Department of English and teaches Composition & Communication classes, WRD 110 & 111. In this podcast, Crowder discusses ways to engage students via multimedia projects, and his research, which examines social movement rhetoric in a society that uses multiple modes of communication.
"Groups, Organizations and Identity: Intercultural Communication in Black Greek Letter Organizations" with Robert Mock
On November 9, 2011, as part of the Carter G. Woodson Lecture Series, the Africana and African American Studies program hosted a talk entitled “Groups, Organizations, and Identity: Intercultural Communication in Black Greek Letter Organizations.” The talk, presented by Robert Mock, UK’s Vice President for Student Affairs, highlighted a course that Mock will be teaching next semester called “Special Topics in African American Studies: Black Greek Letter Organizations” (AAS 400/COM 591). We talked with students, faculty, and staff in attendance about the event and their involvement in Greek life.
Math is Poetry: Ben Braun
Ben Braun is an assistant professor in the Mathematics Department. In the summer of 2011, he led a research program for undergraduate mathematics students.
In this podcast, Ben talks about his own research interests, discusses what the program was like for students, answers the two questions every mathematician gets asked and says that math is a liberal art.
Produced by: Stephen Gordinier