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CFP: Conference on Community Writing

Deadline December 5, 2014

The Program for Writing and Rhetoric at University of Colorado Boulder will host on October 16-17, 2015 the first Conference on Community Writing — a forum for scholars, teachers, program...

Posted: November 2, 2014, 10:43 PM

Job Announcement: Adult Literacy Researchers Wanted!

Fall 2015 - Georgia State University

Georgia State University has faculty lines open for THREE scholars with established external funding and research in adult literacy. Faculty members will be hired at the rank of professor or...

Posted: November 2, 2014, 10:28 PM

Info on the Maryland Legislative Assembly Internship!

Interested in becoming a Legislative Intern for a member of the Maryland General Assembly? Legislative Session January 14 - April 13, 2015 Applications should be received by the MGA...

Posted: October 30, 2014, 12:26 PM

Policy, Politics, Administration, and Legal Internships!

Political Science Internships The Political Science Department's internship programs combine academic study with practical work experience.  The Legal Internship Program places selected interns...

Posted: October 30, 2014, 12:22 PM

Kate Drabinski: Field Tripping, Getting Historic

I have one of those sweet day jobs where I don’t generally have to be anywhere on Fridays. I schedule all the stuff of life outside the workplace in that day—dentist appointments, therapy, trips...

Posted: October 30, 2014, 11:47 AM

Folklorists partner with UMBC to create living archives

In April, Maryland Traditions, a program of the Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC), transferred its archives to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Sustainability of folklore fieldwork...

Posted: October 29, 2014, 4:05 PM

Congrats to Dr. Yang!

Dr. Yang publishes article on censorship and recoding practiceson the Chinese web in New Media & Society.

Posted: October 28, 2014, 5:06 PM

Jason Loviglio, MCS, On BBC Radio Program about Vox Pop

MCS chair featured on BBC Radio

BBC Radio 4 recently aired a special one-hour program about interviewing members of the public in the historic format of the vox pop (also known as "voice of the people" or "man on the street"...

Posted: October 28, 2014, 2:22 PM