Category Archives: history

Will the Common Core improve knowledge of history?

Posted on November 14, 2013 by droyles

History… it’s not just facts and dates anymore!

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Grover Cleveland and the Era of Unremarkable Presidents

Posted on November 6, 2013 by droyles

When I teach the second half of the U.S. history survey, I often gloss the period between Reconstruction and the Spanish-American War as one in which industrialists ruled the country, and presidents did little other than stay out of big … Continue reading →

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Summer Writes: Week 9

Posted on July 23, 2013 by droyles

Week 9 is upon us! Sorry to have been delinquent in adding my own goals to last week’s wrap-up post–I’m actually still trying to meet my goal for last week, which was my goal for the previous week, which is… a … Continue reading →

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Crowdfunding

Posted on February 26, 2013 by droyles

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Crowdfunding I have a guest post up today at Tenured Radical about crowdfunding in the humanities. Really, it’s just a narrative of what I did to get the Kickstarter page up, running, … Continue reading →

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Frankly missing the point.

Posted on September 13, 2012 by droyles

Read this now: Maya Rupert’s criticism of Barney Frank for using of the phrase “Uncle Tom” in his rebuke of openly gay Republicans’ continued support of a party that seems increasingly retrograde on just about everything, but especially on social … Continue reading →

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How to Survive a Plague

Posted on August 20, 2012 by droyles

The ACT UP/TAG documentary How to Survive a Plague, which has a theatrical release set for September 22, has an official trailer… …as well as a tumblr of ACT UP images that also invites users to submit their own artwork about current … Continue reading →

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FRONTLINE–Endgame: AIDS in Black America

Posted on July 12, 2012 by droyles

Last night, PBS aired Endgame: AIDS in Black America, the latest installment of its documentary series FRONTLINE. Viewers unaware of just how prevalent HIV and AIDS are in black communities may be shocked to learn that today half of new HIV … Continue reading →

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Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes.

Posted on May 5, 2012 by droyles

Over the past few months, I’ve been trying to use this blog more as a professional mouthpiece as I prepare to go on the job market in the fall, and less as a dumping ground for music videos and mastermixes … Continue reading →

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Sh!tstorm @ Brainstorm

Posted on May 4, 2012 by droyles

Since Monday, my Twitter feed has been blowing up with (brief) commentaries about Naomi Schaefer Riley’s recent post, “The Most Persuasive Case for Eliminating Black Studies? Just Read the Dissertations.” on the Chronicle of Higher Ed‘s group blog, Brainstorm. Riley … Continue reading →

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Friday… fun?

Posted on February 17, 2012 by droyles

Via Joe.My.God., here’s a… um… fun browser-based mapping application you can use to simulate the detonation of a nuclear warhead over the city of you choice.  By selecting from a drop-down menu, you can drop anything from “Davy Crockett,” the smallest … Continue reading →

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