Coming together again
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…
We have new Fellows!!!!
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…
11/7 Contemplating Protest, Defiance, and Resilience at NMAAHC
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…
4/28 Living Earth: Saving Sacred Spaces
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…
4/14 Social Justice in the Time of Pandemic: Presentations from the National Museum of African American History and Culture
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…
3/31 Civil Intersections : Social Justice in the Time of Pandemic: Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and National Museum of the American Latino
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…
3/10 In Dialogue: Smithsonian Objects and Social Justice with the National Portrait Gallery
“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…
3/3 The 2022 Museum Seminars are Underway!
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…
The Intersection of the Fellowship and my Life’s Work
by Professor Howard Feinstein, History and Political Science Throughout a highly challenging 2021, the Smithsonian Faculty Fellowship consistently served as a welcome weekly ray of light. The interdisciplinary aspect of the cohort was particularly satisfying – with our own departments…
The Covid Interregunum
by Dr. Opeyemi Oniya, Jr. Professor of Biology The "Covid World" had come. We were entering a world "unknown". The complexities and the challenges - like an avalanche cascaded. The world became immersed in the turbulence of self survival, of…