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By Bridget Draxler on Feb 25th, 2013
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On Saturday, I participated in a fabulous one-day conference organized by UIowa’s HASTAC Scholars called “Rewiring the Classrooom." The opening...
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By Bridget Draxler on Feb 23rd, 2013
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This week, I spent three days at the University of Iowa to give a series of talks on digital writing, civic engagement, and the transition from life...
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By Bridget Draxler on Feb 13th, 2013
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This weekend, I spent three days at the Macalester College campus in St. Paul, MN as part of an “Introducing Change” workshop.
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By Bridget Draxler on Dec 7th, 2012
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 Recent articles like this one have explored the connection between MOOCs and the liberal arts. Cathy Davidson has carried the conversation...
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By Bridget Draxler on Nov 8th, 2012
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The 2013 Digital Humanities conference may include a panel on The Future of Undergraduate Digital Humanities.  That's us!  Here are some...
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By Bridget Draxler on Oct 24th, 2012
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Hi Friends in the Liberal Arts,I've talked with several of you briefly via email or phone, and Joshua Finnell had the great idea of creating a group...
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By Bridget Draxler on Oct 9th, 2012
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"I love that IA is content neither to do without imagining nor to imagine without doing." Jan Cohen-Cruz 
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By Bridget Draxler on Oct 1st, 2011
Last week, I spoke at an Association of American Universities conference with graduate deans about the future of graduate education in the humanities...
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By Bridget Draxler on Sep 14th, 2011
Last week, two important things happened: my students started working on their first major paper assignment, and I signed up for twitter.  In...
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By Bridget Draxler on Sep 4th, 2011
I recently attended a lecture by Nikola Watson about literary tourism surrounding Jane Austen.  Interestingly, Watson presented the lecture at...
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Bridget Draxler is an Assistant Professor of English and Director of an interdisciplinary writing program at Monmouth College, a liberal arts college in Monmouth, IL. Her current role at the college allows her to support student speaking and writing skills by developing public digital humanities initiatives within the college's core curriculum. As a graduate student at the University of Iowa, Bridget served two terms as a HASTAC Scholar and as a fellow at the Obermann Graduate Institute for Engagement and the Academy. Bridget recently developed a course in Iowa literature as part of The University of Iowa UCOL Mobile Application Development Team, highlighting UNESCO's designation of Iowa City as a World City of Literature through undergraduate student research. She continues to collaborate with the UCOL team, and her students are writing multimedia biographies of civic leaders for a "Local Heroes" mobile app.
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