Summertime mantra, or remembering why we do what we do
As we get close to a month away from classes starting again at UMW, I am working (as I often do in this months long in-between space of spring and…
A great class in a chaotic semester
Grades are in a mere 15 hours before the deadline. Nine commencements in four days certainly delayed them, even as those in-person commencements for the class of 2020 and 2021…
On Teaching and Administrating and Grieving and Celebrating
I started this post nearly six weeks ago, and couldn’t finish it. I’ve thought about it a number of times since then. But as we reach the night before what…
Reflecting on Digital History (Pandemic Edition) through Memes
I asked the students in HIST428–Adventures in Digital History to close out the semester with a meme reflecting on the semester in general or the class in particular. From Hunter…
Presenting the Adventures in Digital History 2020 Class Projects
In a normal year, yesterday would have been the day in the semester when the students in Digital History would present their projects to an audience at the History and…