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Digital Humanities Workshop: Dr. Steven Mintz

A New History for A New Century In this keynote presentation, Dr. Steven Mintz of the University of Texas at Austin redefines an instructional approach to history that views students as passive…

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Digital Humanities: Digital Museums

In “Digital Museums” Professor of History, Tomiko Meeks explains how a digital museum assignment in History or other Humanities courses empowers students to engage in thoughtful curation…

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Digital Humanities: Oral Histories

In “Oral Histories” History Professor, Dr. Natalie Garza presents best practices for conducting and teaching students how to conduct oral histories. Dr. Garza’s work with the oral…

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Digital Humanities: Digital Archiving

In “Digital Archiving: Making History Come Alive One Archive at a Time” History Professor, Dr. Jesse Esparza, discusses the research projects he assigns in collaboration with the Houston…

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Immersive Humanities

HCC Humanities Explores New Kinds of Immersive Learning in the Virtual Reality Lab.HCC Central VR Lab hosted humanities students from professors Ann Nunes(Central) and Lorena Fernandez(Northwest)…

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Rodman Almassi

THE HURRICANE HARVEY STORIES: August 27, 2017 - Rodman offers another perspective on the storm, one that many of us might overlook. Not only have many experienced devastating losses, but the…

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Brittany Adams

THE HURRICANE HARVEY STORIES: August 27, 2017 - Like many of our students at HCC, Brittany works, attends school, commutes, etc. and admits she was so busy with work, school, daily tasks, etc. that…

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Sharon Tatuaca

THE HURRICANE HARVEY STORIES: August 27, 2017 - Many students rely on public transportation to get to and from school, as well as other places necessary for day-to-day tasks. The hurricane shut…

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Kasey Washington

THE HURRICANE HARVEY STORIES: August 27, 2017 - While Kasey was not immediately impacted by Hurricane Harvey, despite having a flooded backyard, his aunt lost everything and was still working to…

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Renata Givens

THE HURRICANE HARVEY STORIES: August 27, 2017 - The juxtaposition of tragedy and loss, with strength and courage, were repeated throughout the stories shared within our community. Renata tells of a…

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Ariel Prince

THE HURRICANE HARVEY STORIES: August 27, 2017 - Ariel, a mother of three young children, shares her story openly and honestly, telling clearly of the fear from her losses with Hurricane Harvey -…

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Darius Minott

THE HURRICANE HARVEY STORIES: August 27, 2017 - Like a few students participating in the interviews, Darius was not directly impacted by the Hurricane. And like all of those students, he worked to…

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Christopher McKenzie

THE HURRICANE HARVEY STORIES: August 27, 2017 - Christopher shares the unfolding of his loss, and the struggles to rebuild in a context where some people might have greater need to...take advantage.…

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Montoya Harris

THE HURRICANE HARVEY STORIES: August 27, 2017 - We do not live in isolation, as the "invisible others" connected to us are forever present; their loss can be our loss, and Montoya tells us…

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Ileana Martinez

THE HURRICANE HARVEY STORIES: August 27, 2017 - Ileana tells of her loss, while reminding us of what really matters - the people with whom we share our lives. Ileana reaffirms what we sometimes…

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Tamika Williams

THE HURRICANE HARVEY STORIES: August 27, 2017 - Tamika shares her story of loss and "devastation," and the subsequent sacrifices required to care for herself and her family, but her…

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