William W. Loring fought in the Wars of Florida (1835-1842, 1855-1858), the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), and the Civil War (1861-1865) that helped in the expansion and unity of the American territory as well as in the ...

Bob Fosse directed Lenny (1974), about the profane American comedian Lenny Bruce, who died in 1966, at a time when he had won complete artistic control over his films. As an intermedial artist, with equal facility forthe ...

Women frequently benefit from focused faculty development opportunities not because they need to be “fixed,” but rather it is a means to demonstrate that success, even in chilly environments, is possible. The Stepping ...

Systematicity theory—developed and articulated by Paul Hoyningen-Huene—and scientific realism constitute separate encompassing and empirical accounts of the nature of science. Standard scientific realism asserts the ...

Is your assessment practice value-laden, value-free or value-neutral? What role do your own value commitments play when you design learning assessments or program evaluation metrics? What impact do values have on outcomes? ...

It has long been understood that political knowledge in the U.S. is very low. For those who care about the quality of American democracy, this is a big problem. In attempting to find a solution, many people often blame ...

This article examines Zoë Wicomb’s wide-ranging use of intertextuality in the novel Playing in the Light to explore the links between identity construction and postcolonial authorship. Focusing on the characters as ...

This article examines the oratorical strategies adopted by Frederick Douglass in the late 1860s and early 1870s when he joined the ranks of professional lyceum speakers. Douglass's speaking shifted away from the long-established ...