Category: Professional Notes

Stommel Talks About Marylhurst Closing in Inside Higher Ed

Market Changes, Missteps and Marylhurst’s Closure (Inside Higher Ed)Jesse Stommel, executive director of the division of teaching and learning technologies at the University of Mary Washington and a former professor and digital humanist at Marylhurst, agreed via email that “institutions like Marylhurst can’t keep up with … the marketing machine that many online programs have tapped […]

Gupta presents her research at an OECD-World Bank workshop

Surupa Gupta, associate professor of Political Science and International Affairs, presented her research on the political economy of agricultural subsidies in India at an OECD-World Bank workshop on “Facilitating policy change towards sustainable water use in agriculture” in Washington DC on May 29-30 2018.Her presentation was titled “Fertilizer and Electricity for Groundwater Irrigation: Insights from […]

Whalen, Blevins, and Skallerup Bessette Present at Computers and Writing Conference

Zach Whalen, Associate Professor of English; Brenta Blevins, Assistant Professor of English; and Lee Skallerup Bessette, Instructional Technology Specialist, recently gave presentations that constituted a panel at the 2018 Computers and Writing Conference, held at George Mason University.The session was titled “Locating Digital Writing Space,” and the presenters talked about the origins of the Console Living Room project, using Augmented Reality with students to […]