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Flipping a student rave into a library-sponsored event
(Association of College & Research Libraries, 2020)
Library pranks, raves, and flash mobs have become increasingly popular in academic libraries. This recipe provides step-by-step
instructions on how our library turned this unofficial library rave into a collaborative ...
Reduction deduction: Facets as a key ingredient to searching effectively in a discovery layer
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2016)
One of the benefits of a discovery layer is the large number and variety of results. In order to search effectively, students must learn to narrow down those results in a meaningful way. This activity helps students tap ...
Emerson and the Digital Humanities
(The Modern Language Association of America, 2018)
Afterword: Trump as Anarchist and Sun King
(SOCIETAS, 2018)
Trump’s 2016 campaign was anarchy—it longed for a distant past outside of the current system. Trump argued repeatedly that the current American political system had to be destroyed because it had been corrupted by weak ...
The End of Bootstraps and Good Masters: Fostering Social Inclusion by Creating Counternarratives
(Columbia University Press, 2020-03)
"And Andrea Roberts explains how the Texas Freedom Colonies Atlas, another online mapping tool, serves as a platform for collaborators to collect and store data about Black settlements. But as Roberts asserts, rendering ...
Finding the right ingredients: Using discovery layers to find different types of sources
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2016)
This recipe was created to encourage first-year students to explore the different flavors of materials available in the library using the discovery layer.
Structural Aspects of Traditional Cretan Masonry
(15th International Brick and Block Masonry Conference, 2012)
The island of Crete has a long tradition of stone masonry construction, beginning over 8000 years before present. As noted by architectural historians, the vernacular architecture of modern (pre-World War II) villages on ...
Teens and the new media environment: Challenges and opportunities.
(Routledge, 2008)
Researchers interested in the impact of media on the adolescent audience often use content analysis as a first step in assessing the kinds of messages available in mainstream media. These content-analytical studies typically ...
Mediated Mindfulness, Inter-Religious Bonds, and Collective Healing: A Quarantine Diary
(2020)
In this brief essay, I reflect on my spiritual journey through my quarantine diary during the COVID-19 pandemic. I move through various phases of denial, worry, fear, peace, solidarity, betrayal, withdrawal, and finally, ...