Student Projects
In my courses, students often create public-facing final projects. This allows for students to share their understanding of course topics, themes, and readings to a wider public and create content that is more than for a grade. This page showcases several projects drawing on archival materials at the University of Alabama, digital databases and DH Projects.
Note: These students are not professional. These projects presented without any significant editing on my part for grammatical errors and technical errors. These slight imperfections should not detract from the content.
This page is a work in progress and will expand with the completion of additional projects.
Slavery, Memory and the University of Alabama
These projects and presentations explore the history of race, slavery, the afterlives of slavery, and memory at the University of Alabama.
African American Memory
In the Fall 2019 semester, graduate students enrolled in my Memory, Politics and Identity researched and developed documentary reader chapters exploring African American memory, politics and identity through one of the three course themes--(1) Slavery, (2) Civil War and Reconstruction, and (3) Jim Crow Remembrances.
Unessays
After reviewing recent literature and conference sessions centered on teaching pedagogy, I opted for the unessay assignment as the final course assessment in my undergraduate courses. An unessay assignment allows students to select a topic related to the course content that interests them, conduct research, and creatively demonstrate their understanding of the topic in deeper and meaningful ways in a format other than a traditional research paper. This page showcases several examples.
Note: These students are not professional. These projects presented without any significant editing on my part for grammatical errors and technical errors. These slight imperfections should not detract from the content.
This page is a work in progress and will expand with the completion of additional projects.
Slavery, Memory and the University of Alabama
These projects and presentations explore the history of race, slavery, the afterlives of slavery, and memory at the University of Alabama.
- Presentation: Why Nott Talk: What Have We Built, a project done with AAST/AMS 201 Intro to African American Studies, Spring 2017
- Slavery and the University of Alabama: AAST 201 Students Reflect, a project done with AAST 201 Intro to African American Studies, Fall 2018
- Virtual Exhibition: After Slavery: A Pop Up Museum (Adobe Spark version, a project done with BUI 301-015 Slavery, Emancipation and the University of Alabama students, Fall 2018.
African American Memory
In the Fall 2019 semester, graduate students enrolled in my Memory, Politics and Identity researched and developed documentary reader chapters exploring African American memory, politics and identity through one of the three course themes--(1) Slavery, (2) Civil War and Reconstruction, and (3) Jim Crow Remembrances.
Unessays
After reviewing recent literature and conference sessions centered on teaching pedagogy, I opted for the unessay assignment as the final course assessment in my undergraduate courses. An unessay assignment allows students to select a topic related to the course content that interests them, conduct research, and creatively demonstrate their understanding of the topic in deeper and meaningful ways in a format other than a traditional research paper. This page showcases several examples.