Frank X Walker, a professor of English and African American and Africana Studies, was featured on Key Conversations Radio in December 2011. Walker participated in a discussion of the S. T. Roach Community Conversations series, of which he is a part.
This podcast was produced by 1580 AM, and hosted by Lezell Lowe and Andrea James.
Doug Boyd is the Director of the Louie B Nunn Center for Oral History, part of the University of Kentucky Libraries. The great thing about oral history is its subjectivity and content; the not-so-great thing about it is that most of it is in analog format, un-transcribed, and time-consuming for researchers to use. Boyd and his team have been working diligently on software known as the Oral History Metadata Synchronizer, which will enable users to synch up transcribed interviews to their place in an audio or video recording. It will also…
Jenny Rice studies rhetoric: the art and science of effective persuasion and communication. In this podcast, Rice discusses rhetoric's past, its place in an institution like the University of Kentucky, and its importance in an age of text messages, e-mails, and widespread access to digital devices.
This podcast was produced by Stephen Gordinier.
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Building bridges between campus and community, Matthew Wilson's GIS Workshop course will connect various Fayette and Lawrence county organizations with groups of students to develop partnerships, gather data for GIS analyses, and create unique maps. GIS, an acronym for 'geographic information sciences,' examines intersections of technology, cartography and culture.
This podcast was produced by Samuel Burchett.
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Carl Nathe, host of UK at the Half, a segment that airs during each UK football game, interviewed Jonathan Golding about his recent award: 2011's Professor of the Year. Given by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, Golding was among 300 of the nation's top professors considered for the award. UKnow has the full story.
The Hive is the College of Arts and Sciences' newly unified team of both creative and technical services, which provides A&S with support on web and print media projects, public relations, and computing and informational services. We sat down with Nijad Zakharia to discuss his role in The Hive as the Web Services Functional Team Lead.
This podcast was produced by Christina Buckner.
The Hive is the College of Arts and Sciences' newly unified team of both creative and technical services, which provides A&S with support on web and print media projects, public relations, and computing and informational services. We sat down with Angie Fox to discuss her role in The Hive as the Instructional Technology Coordinator for Online Education.
This podcast was produced by Christina Buckner.
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The Hive is the College of Arts and Sciences' newly unified team of both creative and technical services, which provides A&S with support on web and print media projects, public relations, and computing and informational services. We sat down with Derek Eggers to discuss his role in The Hive as the Director of Online Education and the Functional Team Lead of the Instructional Design Team.
This podcast was produced by Christina Buckner.
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The Hive is the College of Arts and Sciences' newly unified team of both creative and technical services, which provides A&S with support on web and print media projects, public relations, and computing and informational services. We sat down with Christian Ecker to discuss his role in The Hive as its Co-Director and the Director of Technical Services.
This podcast was produced by Christina Buckner.
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On November 9, 2011, as part of the Carter G. Woodson Lecture Series, the Africana and African American Studies program hosted a talk entitled “Groups, Organizations, and Identity: Intercultural Communication in Black Greek Letter Organizations.” The talk, presented by Robert Mock, UK’s Vice President for Student Affairs, highlighted a course that Mock will be teaching next semester called “Special Topics in African American Studies: Black Greek Letter Organizations” (AAS 400/COM 591). We…
