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Category: Interns

Below, participants in our HPG Summer Internship program reflect on what the humanities mean in their workplace, how concepts and methods from their disciplines translate to their workplace, and they are reimagining their own research and writing in their scholarly work in light of their internship experiences.

The Importance of Language in Our Community

by María G. Marroquín PérezJuly 29, 2022August 4, 2022

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

by ebenezeradeyemiJuly 27, 2022

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

by ameliagoldsbyJuly 25, 2022

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…

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Let’s paint murals in Iowa City childcare centers!

by mpbowman300July 25, 2022

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

by María Leonor Márquez PonceJuly 21, 2022July 21, 2022

“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…

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Comparative Collections Rock!

by Rebekah ErdmanJuly 17, 2022

                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…

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Working Your Networks

by lindgrenhansenJuly 15, 2022

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…

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The Close House

by ameliagoldsbyJuly 14, 2022

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…

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5 Things I wish I had known before working in a collaboration

by María G. Marroquín PérezJuly 12, 2022July 13, 2022

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

by mpbowman300July 10, 2022

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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