It was from, and because of the hard living conditions of slavery, the spiritual was born. The spiritual was the creation of the American slaves brought from Africa. Spirituals expressed the history, treatment, and thoughts of Black people in t
Dr. April Massey, Ph.D.–my Dean at UDC is coming on again and we are going to talk about building bridges across disciplines, across humanities and STEM, gender, race, and more. Please join us–she is doing what many wish they could do in higher
In Professor Jameel Paulin's 2020 MFA project "Congo Square", an audio-visual album produced and developed for virtual reality, Paulin situates Afrofuturism and hip-hop within the long history of Afrocentric aesthetic and spiritual practices; e
Three Black British women from different centuries who are pioneers in using the power of the pen and in doing so have highlighted the Black experience in Britain: Mary Seacole 19th century - First Black woman to publish an autobiographyCla
Black queerness has long been absent from the adoration of black histories. The stories of black queer women -- their courage, creativity, and audacity -- are hidden beneath even deeper shadows of history, of memory. Queerness is understood as
Dr. Rosie Sneed is currently an associate professor in the Biology Program, Division of Science and Mathematics at the University of the District of Columbia, Washington DC. Dr. Sneed’s current research centers on planarian regeneration. The
Eileen James teaches literature, composition, and public speaking at the Community College of RI. Cherie Ann Turpin, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the English Program at the University of the District of Columbia, an HBCU. Together, we
Eileen James teaches literature, composition, and public speaking at the Community College of RI. Bill Dalessio is an Associate Professor of English at the Community College of Rhode Island, where he teaches multicultural American literature
Ajeune Lynch is a black feminist committed to improving the lives of black queer people and femmes. She is a graduating senior at UDC. Ajeune currently serves as a housing advocacy specialist for a local non-profit. She is also a member of Alph
Jamila A Stone, a recent alum of the English Program at UDC, not only successfully published a Urban Fantasy/Paranormal/LGBTQ book series and a murder mystery/crime series but created her own publishing company here in Washington, D.C. Driv
Born and raised in South Dakota, Chase Duffy has been studying in DC for the past four years and UDC for the last two. He has been working on a collection of poetry over this time. He intends to go into teaching high school English in the DC ar
Dr. Craig Wynne, the newest professor in the English Program at UDC, will be the next guest on my podcast show At the Edge: Think Culture. We will talk about Dr. Wynne’s latest book “How to be a Happy Bachelor” (2020), where he discusses how
Dr. Lawrence T. Potter, Jr., was appointed UDC’s Chief Academic Officer/Provost in February 2019. Withmore than two decades in higher education, Dr. Potter has moved through the professorial ranks as anassistant, associate, and full tenured
The importance of information literacy and the role of libraries in diversity and social justice in higher education.Meghan Kowalski is the Outreach and Reference Librarian at the University of the District of Columbia. Previously, she wor
Final project diiscussion and guidance. Have your Blackboard discussion board page open--we will chat and write today! Call in at 4!Call in here! (516) 418-5402
Even scholars take notice of the silence. Listen to Dr. Carl Moore and Dr. Cherie Ann Turpin talk poetry, the mind, the spirit, the self and the collective in the midst of a pandemic moment in human history
Corona Virus: History and PreventionIn the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, I am hosting a show where you can listen to Lisa Rose Rodriguez, Mph. (University of Connecticut Health) talk about how we got to this place where we are in collect
We will meet and discuss Sherman Alexie, Maxine Hong Kingston, final projects, and catching up. This will be a chance for you to get info on final projects, final readings, and a quick demo on how you can use a podcast platform to do a class
We will meet and discuss Sherman Alexie, final projects, and join in a demo on podcasting. This will be a chance for you to get info on final projects, final readings, and a quick demo on how you can use a podcast platform to do a class pre
Words like equity and humanities, as well as phrases like "pathways for a better life" are skeletons of concepts we will unpack and discuss as part of a larger conversation about changes coming to the University of the District of Columbia (UD