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DeSpain and Hildebrandt host IRIS Center Open House, showcase projects

DeSpain and Hildebrandt host IRIS Center Open House, showcase projects

According to English professor Jessica DeSpain, William Pannapacker, writer for the “The Chronicle for Higher Education” called digital humanities not only the next big thing, but the future of all research.
English professors DeSpain and Hildebrandt co-founded SIUE's IRIS Center in 2009. Photo courtesy of Theresa San Luis.
“We need that on campus,” DeSpain said. “We need […]

SIUE program to immerse East St. Louis middle school students in technological learning projects

SIUE program to immerse East St. Louis middle school students in technological learning projects

Middle school students in East St. Louis will experience a technologically rich learning environment through an SIUE program.
Sharon Locke, STEM Center director, Jessica DeSpain, English professor and IRIS center director and Liza Cummings, professor of curriculum and instruction collaborated to receive an ITEST grant from the National Science Foundation.
SIUE received an Innovative Technology Experiences for […]

English professor explores culture of reprinting through book

English professor explores culture of reprinting through book

English professor Jessica DeSpain is set to release her book, “Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Reprinting and the Embodied Book,” September 25th through Ashgate Publishing. Photo courtesy of Howard Ash.
With no copyright law between Britain and the U.S., reprints were multiplicitous and even promiscuous during the period of 1840-1891.
At least according to English professor Jessica DeSpain in her […]

CAS Colloquium: Panel addresses how humanities majors can find career niche

CAS Colloquium: Panel addresses how humanities majors can find career niche

Librarian Lora Smallman organized a panel discussion consisting of faculty, students and alumni who addressed how to find career paths following humanities studies. They shared their journeys as part of the College of Arts and Sciences Colloquium Series. Photo provided by Smallman
A panel of faculty, students and alumni addressed students during their discussion, “On the […]

DeSpain wins teaching distinction award

DeSpain wins teaching distinction award

The Teaching Excellence Awards Committee (TEAC) has named the 2012 winners for the Teaching Distinction Award (TDA). Jessica DeSpain, associate professor of English language and literature, was awarded the honor, along with the $500 cash prize.
The chair of TEAC, Denise DeGarmo, associate professor and chair of political science, stated that the winners of TDA were […]

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