Monthly Archives: January 2017

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Hello everyone! My name is Maria Gershuni and I am a senior International Relations major from SUNY College at Geneseo. I was born in Moscow, Russia, but grew up in Brooklyn, NY. I, like my partner Rachel, am very excited to learn more about my local upstate history because I have spent most of my education learning about faraway places. I am excited to do start this class and discover all I can about the experimental format!

Introduction!

Hi all! I am Elizabeth Kurz Michel (but feel free to call me Liz), I am originally from Rochester, NY, and I am a senior in my last semester at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, majoring in History and minoring in English. I am currently in the process of applying for graduate schools in Library Science and Archival Studies, and as soon as I heard of this course I knew that it would be the perfect opportunity to try to hone in skills that I will be using throughout my graduate career. I look forward to interacting with everyone involved in this, and seeing the way our different styles of learning and thought processes based on our different institutions and locations will allow us to interact with each other and the course material in different ways!

Liz

Introduction–Madeleine McKeon

Hi everyone! My name is Madeleine McKeon and I am a sophomore History major at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. I am also minoring in Art History and Public History. I am really excited to take this course–the growth and development of communities is something I find particularly interesting and it will be even more fascinating to explore when the opposite occurs. I am also excited to have the opportunity to conduct independent research and to gain experience with digital tools. I look forward to working with and getting to know everyone!

Madeleine.

Personal Post

My name is Kendall. I’m a history and literature double major at UNC Asheville. I am taking this class to learn more computer skills so that I will be able to make my research more accessible. I am also excited to see the research conducted by my peers at other universities. I am really interested in music and I play classical guitar.

Introduction

Hi everyone! My name is Rachel Gdula and I am from Syracuse, New York. I am a junior at SUNY Geneseo where I am majoring in International Relations. I am excited to take this class and learn more about secessionist and separatist movements in the United States, which, being an IR major, I don’t have much opportunity to study in my regular courses. I am also eager to develop my skills with digital tools, and learn more about how to use these tools to make information and academic research more accessible to the public. Looking forward to working with all of you!

Introduction

Hi everyone!

My name is Abi. I grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina and moved to Nelson, New Zealand when I was twelve. After finishing high school, I decided to come back to North Carolina for university.

I’m a history major, interested in colonialism and medical history, especially the history of infectious diseases. I like learning about how catastrophe impacts the social world. I am also curious about the history of the pre-Columbian Americas, which often strays more into archaeology than traditional history. In general, though, if it happened more than thirty years ago I want to know about it.

This class drew my attention because it was about the history of division. As stated above, I enjoy studying how change affects people. On top of this, I would like to know more about building websites. It is important for academic research to be accessible to the general public in order to foster inclusion instead of division. I also believe that technological literacy is an important skill for historians to have.

I look forward to getting to know all of you.

Abi

Introduction

Hello everyone! My name is Jonas Chang and I am a double History and Anthropology major at Truman State University in northern Missouri. I am excited to take this class because I am interested in conducting independent research and in making research ore accessible to people who are not well-versed in the research aspect of academia. Last summer I interned at the digital archives in the special collections at Missouri State University and was amazed by the depth and precision that goes into both creating and using digital archives. During that internship I only scratched the surface of the work that goes into digital humanities and am really excited to learn ins and outs of making a website to share what I learn with others.

Kodey Springate’s Introduction

Hello everyone,

My name is Kodey Springate. I’m from Independence, Missouri and am a Senior at Truman State University. I’m a history major, sociology minor, and hope to get into the Masters of Art and Education (MAE) program at Truman after I graduate. I plan on teaching high school history and sociology. I have always had an interest in secession and separatist movements and look forward to having this class with you all.

Sincerely,

Kodey Springate

The Semester Ahead

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Professor Mathews and I are really looking forward to teaching this class in the coming semester. We’re in the process of finishing preparations, and pretty soon you should have all the materials you need to prepare for class available through this site.

The syllabus, and a link to a schedule of assignment deadlines, is available using the ‘Syllabus’ heading at the top of the page. Readings will shortly be made available using the ‘Readings’ tab – please check your email for the password to access the PDF files. If you have any questions, please email me or Professor Mathews.

The other information you should have received recently is a link for setting up your course blog. You’ll note, from the schedule of assignments, that there will be a number of blog posts due in the early weeks of the semester. So if you’re having any difficulty setting up your course blog, please let me or Professor Mathews know.