Historians and philosophers alike remember Peter Abelard as the most brilliant, original,
and influential philosopher of the twelfth century. Much ofthis reputation stems not
from Abelard's intellectual contributions but due to Abelard's scandalous...
African Americans--Education--Kentucky--Louisville--History; Education--Kentucky--Louisville--History; Louisville Public Schools (Louisville, Ky.)--History; Literacy--Social aspects--Kentucky--Louisville--History
I conducted my dissertation research in the national, state, and local archives. Using Deborah Brandt's "Sponsors of Literacy" as a conceptual framework and Critical Race Theory as a theoretical framework, I offer Louisville, Kentucky as...
Catalog of an exhibition of work by Hite scholarship recipients presented by the University of Louisville, Allen R. Hite Art Institute, June 5-30, 1956. This was the last catalog Creighton Gilbert edited.
Catalog of an exhibition of works by winners of the Hite Scholarship presented by the University of Louisville, Allen R. Hite Art Institute from May 28-June 23, 1951.
Allen R. Hite Art Institute; Paintings; Sculptures
Catalog of an exhibition of the work of Hite scholarship winners for 1954-1955, presented by the University of Louisville, Allen R. Hite Art Institute, May 24-June 19, 1954. Includes names of scholarship winners from 1951-1955.
Catalog of an exhibition of the work of Hite scholarship winners for 1955-1956, presented by the University of Louisville, Allen R. Hite Art Institute, May 23-June 18, 1955.
This project examines the Conservation in Action series, twelve texts produced by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) from 1947-1957 and developed and written by Rachel Carson and other agency employees. She developed the series to...
Creative writing (Higher education)--Study and teaching--United States; Composition (Language arts)--Study and teaching; English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher)
The trend in writing curriculum has been to diversify and separate courses. This dissertation looks at one set of divided curricula--creative writing and composition--in order to examine the ways in which writing pedagogy has been affected by this...
English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching; College prose--Evaluation; Interaction analysis in education; Education, Higher--Computer-assisted instruction; Distance education--Computer-assisted instruction
Current scholarship indicates an increase in the use of asynchronous electronic
formats by writing instructors and tutors responding to student writing. However, little
research has been done to understand the ways in which different formats affect...
Woman demonstrating something with tuning fork and water to young boy during the Carnival of Science and The Arts. Conceived by Mrs. Robert Whitney (wife of the dean of the music school) and Mrs. Richard Kain, newly elected president of the U of L...
Human-animal relationships in literature; Coetzee, J. M., 1940---Criticism and interpretation; Coetzee, J. M., 1940---Characters--Elizabeth Costello; Animals (Philosophy); Animal rights
For the past four decades, scholarship on the relationship between human and
nonhuman animals has been growing inside the academy and sprouting ontological and
epistemological concerns about the status of the Humanities as an institution....
Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Psychological aspects; Writing--Psychological aspects; Psychic trauma in literature; Crisis in literature
The discourses of "trauma" and "post-trauma" have become pervasive in representations of life as it is lived in contemporary globalized culture. As new media technologies make the world more accessible, we become accustomed to...
Indians of North America--British Columbia; Literacy--British Columbia--Case studies
This dissertation examines the literacy practices of a group of First Nations women who live in British Columbia and whose jobs entail the production and dissemination of texts which reflect the local, Carrier, culture. In this qualitative study of...
Istanbul (Turkey)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Architecture, Ottoman--Turkey--Istanbul--History
Following the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 by the Ottomans, a new trend in architecture developed that achieved a balance between the traditional Ottoman building practices of Bursa and Edirne with the styles found in Byzantium and the West....
Learning and scholarship--Outlines, syllabi, etc.; English language--Rhetoric-- Outlines, syllabi, etc.; Education, Higher--Curricula; Instructional systems--Design
This dissertation is an investigation of composition's disciplinary conceptions of the course syllabus, from its often-relegated position as textual object to a more interactive and complex subject of our discipline. The course syllabus is an...
This dissertation examines the competing views of multilingualism that shape U.S. and Canadian post-secondary literacy education. Drawing on education, English studies, globalization theory, applied linguistics, translation studies,...
This dissertation examines popular periodicals in the late 19th- and early 20th-century America as pivotal artifacts in the history of literacy education. It first reviews current histories of literacy, writing instruction, and magazines at the...
Portrait of Louella Liebert of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing wire-framed glasses and her hair back. The photograph has been painted on and marred with discolorations. Stamped on bottom, front of image: Standiford, Louisville. Handwritten on back:...
Portrait of Elizabeth Farnsley of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing her hair in a short bob and a halter-style dress. The photograph has spots of discoloration and is yellowing around the edges. Stamped on back of image: credit, Walton Jones...
A person lays on the lawn during the Carnival of Science and The Arts. There is an book covering his face; people, tables, and other features of the Carnival of Arts and Sciences can be seen in the background. Conceived by Mrs. Robert Whitney (wife...
