Professor Erika Bucciantini, Adjunct Professor, Latin photo credit: Erika Bucciantini What does Latin have to do with American history? Latin is a language which did not originate on this continent nor this hemisphere. It is the official language of the…
Professor Jona Colson, English Language for Academic Purposes On Saturday, 10/22/22, my ELAS 980 course took a trip to the National Museum of American History. Since this was a Zoom course, it was the first time that many of my…
Amanda Lebleu, Associate Professor, English Language for Academic Purposes On a chilly but sunny October day, I had the pleasure of doing something I had not done in years: I got to look my students in the eye, face to…
The MC-Smithsonian Faculty Fellowship program is delighted to announce the 10 new Fellows selected for the 2023 cohort. As always, competition was strong, and the Committee was faced with the tough task of selecting the new cohort. The group represents…
Heather Bruce Satrom Professor, English Language for Academic Purposes A question I often ask myself as an educator is how I can teach my students about complex problems without making them feel hopeless or overwhelmed. When I think of…
The National Museum of the American Indian was at the center of our final 2022 museum seminar, with the topic for the afternoon being Living Earth: Saving Sacred Spaces. Throughout the United States, sites sacred to the Native peoples of…
Our fifth museum seminar found us at the National Museum for African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). We were honored once again to have Kinshasha Holman Conwill, Deputy Director of NMAAHC, join us for the afternoon sharing both her wisdom…
A rich afternoon awaited our group on March 31 with presentations from the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center (APAC) and the National Museum of the American Latino (NMAL). Andrea Kim Neighbors, Manager of Education Initiatives for the APAC, began the…
“The story of America as a destination for the homeless and hungry of the world is not only a myth. It is a story of desperation, of sadness, of uncertainty, of leaving your home. It is also a story of…
After a month spent exploring museum learning in light of the 2022 theme, “Social Justice in the time of Pandemic: The Hurdles Behind, the Urgency of Now, and Moving Forward after Covid," the 2022 Smithsonian Faculty Fellows museum seminar series…