Heather McShane (DePaul University)
Teaching Undergraduate Students to Conduct Social Promise, Peaceology, and Better News Research
Peter St. Jean (North Park)
Writing Chicago: Engaging Students in Rhetorics of the City
I describe how my Writing Chicago course introduced students to rhetorics of the city and supported them as they worked on their own academic, creative, and community-based writing projects.
Read moreZines, Libraries, and the Chicago Community
Firmly rooted in the tradition of independent publishing and presses, zines and other similar small-run publications have been instrumental in understanding creative communities, often serving as the glue that holds them together.
Read moreChicago Quarter: Chicago as extended classroom and topic of research
In this session, you will learn about DePaul University’s Chicago Quarter program, which is required of all undergraduate students during their first quarter. In Discover Chicago and Explore Chicago classes, students travel around the city studying various aspects of the city.
Read moreTell Us About It: Facilitating Student Research through Chicago Area Site Visits
Jacob Hill, Peg Cook, Elaine Page, Jennifer Paliatka, Donna Goodwyn (Elmhurst College)
Gendered Transitions: Women's Experiences of Experiential Education
Rebecca Burwell (Trinity Christian College) and Mackenzi Huyser (Chicago Semester)
Chicago History at Chicago Public
The Chicago Public Library system is home to over 500 unique archive collections as well as historic municipal publications and a wide range of neighborhood newspapers.
Read moreDemystifying the Museum Experience: Using the Depaul Art Museum in Your Courses
Laura-Caroline Johnson (DePaul University) and Heather McShane (DePaul University)
Developing a Course-Based Undergraduate Experience (CURE): Lessons Learned from the What’s In Your Soil Project
This session will focus on the design and implementation of Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs), with particular focus on a CURE I have developed in my 300- level environmental science course.
Read moreMaking a Neighborhood Food Culture Documentary
David Koeller (North Park University)
Cross-Departmental Collaboration and Undergraduate Engagment with Research
We will share some of the pedagogical and administrative successes as well as institutional lessons learned through the Newberry Library’s Undergraduate Seminar Programs.
Read moreJournalism as Community-Based Service Learning
Journalism and social justice have a long history together. However, the idea of journalists performing service learning bumps up against journalistic ethics of objectivity.
Read moreCompare and Contrast for Context: Using Couples and Throuples When Teaching with Primary Sources
Lisa Schoblasky (Newberry Library)