Of Note: Public Writing Projects from the Classroom
Curated by the Jacobson Center
Author, Authority, Authoritarianism: Writing and Resistance in the Portuguese-Speaking World. An Instagram page curated by students of Portuguese and World Literatures at Smith College (POR/WLT 212) — exploring and sharing voices and visions from Lusophone literatures. Instructor: Malcolm McNee, Spanish & Portuguese
Domestic Worker History. Seminar students in a course on the history of domestic work and organizing (HST 383) prepared research dossiers and drafted slides for a digital timeline. Instructor: Jennifer Guglielmo, History
Taking the Archives Public. Capstone students in ARX 340 created portfolios on a class blog that included public writing, mini exhibits, and a final project. Instructor: Kelly Anderson, Study of Women & Gender
Food For Thought. Incorporating images, sound, and video, Students in Chinese 352 authored multimedia articles themed around health and wellness. Instructor: Lu Yu, East Asia Languages & Cultures
Chinese III. Students explored their family culture and history, creating podcasts in Chinese with brief written introductions (CHI 352). Instructor: Yalin Chen, East Asia Languages & Cultures
Decolonize This Museum? This website features student writing produced in the Spring of 2022, in the class, “Decolonize This Museum?” —a course at Smith College (LAS 291), cross-listed in the Program in Latin American and Latino/a Studies and the Art Department. Accessible only via Smith credentials. Instructor: Dana Leibsohn, Art
Africa and the Environment. These essays and collaborative podcasts, produced by students in ANT 229: Africa and the Environment, teach us how to think critically about Western portrayals of African environments, which continue to circulate widely in the USA and abroad. Accessible only via Smith credentials. Instructor: Colin Hoag, Anthropology
The Black Radical Imagination. This site showcases two of the major assignments for AFR202: Art, Activism, and Media – artist activist profiles and final independent creation projects. Accessible only via Smith credentials. Instructor: Traci-Ann Wint, Africana Studies
The Stories We Tell. Students in an Education course at Smith (EDC 331) shared stories with each other through a weekly newsletter combining academic research from developmental psychology, education, and linguistics with everyday inquiries. Accessible by Substack invitation only. Instructor: Shannon Audley, Education & Child Study
Notorious Trailblazers: Reading Women’s Lives, Past and Present. In this East Asian Language and Literature course (EAL 360), students wrote essays connecting their personal journeys to those of historical women. Accessible only via Smith credentials. Instructor: Sujane Wu, East Asia Languages & Cultures
