In 2010 I spent over half the year in East St. Louis helping to develop a set of grant proposals requesting a bit over $32 million in federal stimulus funds. Little did I know this would be my capstone project as changing funding priorities increasingly pulled me away from a community I had come to… Continue reading A tinkerer, a traditionalist, and a change agent walk into a library one day…
Today my wife and I have a deep sense of joy and satisfaction as we celebrate with both our sons their new internships. But even more to the point, we have joy that they are living a counter-cultural good life. As I walked around campus after class today, I began to reflect on the dominant… Continue reading Living a Good Life
Collaborative reflections on field notes, data, and experiences within our research team the last couple of weeks have been immensely helpful in bringing to light some key ideas regarding our approach to digital literacy. We refer to the general approach as Demystifying Technology. Demystifying technology is a method that seeks to encourage movement from passive use to co-creation of… Continue reading Demystifying What???
Community happens when the many realize their oneness1 … When the neighbor is loved as the self;2 When the suffering that is experienced by the one directly is also suffered by the many indirectly;3 When the common good – and especially the good of the poor, the oppressed, the stranger – is cherished as well as… Continue reading Community happens when…
I appreciate the introduction provided me by Randy Stoecker to the concept of sociological imagination, a term coined by C. Wright Mills in 1959. It is a way of seeing the broader sociological situations that result in many people experiencing similar outcomes. And so it was with interest that I read a piece regarding the diversity… Continue reading Sociological Imagination & Diversity Gaps
