“Dogfaces.” “Dough feet.” “The poor bloody infantry.” Soldiers in Europe during the second World War called themselves a range of names, and neither knew nor cared much about their generals’ plans. But they filled their …
College of Letters and Science
The Ubuntu approach to research
As a first-generation college student in a new country, there were so many unknowns with respect to culture, conduct, academics, interests, foods, accents and more. However, these pale in comparison to navigating a colossal college …
Civilizing Influence: Kathryn Ciancia explores how “civilization” has been used to include and exclude certain groups.
Kathryn Ciancia’s fascination with how people have historically mobilized the idea of “civilization” began with the stories her Polish grandfather shared. As a child growing up in a town near Liverpool in the United Kingdom, …
Beth Nguyen in TIME Magazine: The Comfort of a Lunar New Year in Isolation
Professor of English shares her memories of celebrating the Vietnamese holiday as a child. “Lunar New Year might bring to mind festivals and fireworks, but I’ve always associated it with a kind of isolation. Long before …