One day, as I was walking downtown on my way to my car, my dad called me. He knew I was done with teaching and called to ask me something. I don’t even remember the details of our conversation. What…
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Strategies for Exposing Humanities PhD Students to Multiple Career Paths
Discussions about how fewer tenure-track positions in the humanities and the social sciences are becoming are well documented by scholars like Kezar and Maxey (2012) and Rodgers (2020). No doubt, this dynamic is a major feature of the current neoliberal era that…
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Interpreting Research Creatively: Making a Zine
How can research be expansive? What can research produce? I have been considering these questions this summer while working with Public Space One to investigate their newly acquired historic homes. As I was collecting and curating a selection of texts…
Let’s paint murals in Iowa City childcare centers!
In 1943 the esteemed Abstract Expressionist painter Jackson Pollock completed Mural, both his first commission and largest ever canvas. Pollock’s technique was his earliest effort in what art historians call “action painting,” as he splashed, as opposed to brush, some…
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Oral histories: an invitation to reflection
“Oh, please tell me what my son will be,” my mother glanced anxiously from me to Ultima. “He will be a man of learning,” Ultima said sadly. “¡Madre de Dios!” my mother cried and cross herself. Bless me Ultima Rudolfo…
Comparative Collections Rock!
My first week at the Office of the State Archaeologist (OSA) was exciting for several reasons. I was in a new position, learning not only about my role as an intern, but also about the organization, their work, and…
Working Your Networks
When I finished my service as an AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) member in 2017, I hated the concept of networking. At the time, I envisioned networking as a process of chatting people up to leverage their connections…
The Close House
A Bird’s Eye View A. Ruger and Chicago Lithographing Co. Bird's eye view of Iowa City, Johnson Co., Iowa [Chicago Chicago Lith. Co, 1868]. https://www.loc.gov/item/73693398/. A bird’s eye view of Iowa City, printed by Chicago Lithographing Co. in 1868, depicts the…
5 Things I wish I had known before working in a collaboration
To graduate students considering participating in a collaboration project: This summer I had the opportunity to be one of the graduate interns in the Humanities for the Public Good with the Obermann Center. Throughout my internship I have learned different…
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Opinion: Iowa City needs rooftop playgrounds
Imagine yourself at five years old, having a blast at your favorite park alongside friends and peers. Maybe you’re climbing the jungle gym, soaring high on the swing set, or traversing the perilous monkey bars. Perhaps these amenities were available…
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