Jeannette Cockroft, Associate Professor, History/Political Science, Schreiner University
Proposal Type: Panel
Abstract: Our topic deals with a 2011 interdisciplinary honors seminar created at Schreiner University in Kerrville, Texas. That seminar used the various resources of the area–including a significant number of community members-to explore and elucidate the history of the Texas Hill Country and to relate that history to contemporary issues of the frontier, such as race relations and terrorism.
Seeking: Since this topic is essentially an exercise in Heritage Education, I’d like to be part of a panel dealing with issues of place, community outreach and education. Thus, I am looking for people who have done comparable work with which to form a panel.
Related Topics: Civic Engagement, Teaching, Place
If you have a direct offer of assistance, sensitive criticism, or wish to share contact information for other people the proposer should reach out to, please get in contact directly: Jeannette Cockroft, jcockroft[at]schreiner.edu
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Might it make sense for you to combine forces with the panel on digital students projects as scholarship and to create a session that talks about the intellectual and practical value of student work.