In Class: Sound Sampler
I teach classes on art and design and on gender and women’s studies. One of my courses is called Facilitating Art Experience. Two of the main questions we address are
Remembering Stanley Ikenberry
In the days and weeks following the April 1st death of Stanley Oliver Ikenberry, the University of Illinois’ 14th president—its youngest at 44 and longest-serving at 16 years—family, colleagues and
Exit Interview
What are your feelings about leaving Illinois? Mixed emotions. Leading this institution has been the most profound experience of my 46 years in higher education. But, sometimes things happen. Back
Ingenious: Molecular Prosthetics
When Martin Burke, M.D., was making his rounds at Harvard Medical School in 1999, he visited a young woman suffering with cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease that can severely damage
In Class: Power Transformer
Our engineering students are technically brilliant. They’re going to be fantastically successful in what they do. But can they reflect? I’m afraid that we’re getting them to think too much
In Class: Comics Connection
I teach graduate students who are going to be working with young people in school and public libraries. This includes a readers’ advisory course on helping library patrons of all
In Class: Dig Leader
Archaeology is very much a part of our Center’s work because this is how we understand the histories of indigenous societies in the Americas. Even though my position is primarily
Critical Thinker
The official title of the course Psych 598 is the Personality Journal Club. But its participants know it as PIGIE: Personality Interest Group, Including Espresso. Once a week, psychology professor
In Class: Identity Explorer
I teach graduate students in our writing program, and I teach literature and cultural studies courses, as well as creative writing, to undergraduates. One of my courses is on slavery
In Class: Ethical Strategist
I teach a required undergraduate class in business dynamics. Students engage in a complex, very cool computer simulation, running one of six companies making sensors and all competing against each
