Category: #s1c

  • A Room of One’s Own: Creating Place for the Queer Studies History at Denison University

    Sheilah Wilson and Shannon Robinson (Denison University) The Queer Studies program at Denison University has a history that includes: inception in 2000, a close call with dissolution in 2009, and the current re-emergence with many highly engaged students and faculty contributing to the thriving program. In 2014, a grant was awarded to create a digital…

  • Using Historypin to Engage Students at the Archives

    Donna Baker (Albert Gore Research Center at Middle Tennessee State University) In the 2013 spring semester, the Albert Gore Research Center at Middle Tennessee State University uploaded material to Historypin, a crowdsource platform for historical materials. Instead of populating the center’s profile with collection highlights selected by staff, the students of Dr. Mary Hoffschwelle’s Tennessee…