Newsletters - Imagining America

Issue 1, Fall 2000

Imagining America — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:33:27 PDT

Highlights of Issue #1 (Fall 2000) include: the inaugural director’s column by Julie Ellison that introduces the work of Imagining America and proposes ten steps to cultural engagement.

Issue 2, Summer 2002

Imagining America — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:33:24 PDT

Highlights of Issue #2 (Summer 2002) include: a director’s column reflecting on the role of arts and humanities after 9/11; and profiles of campus-community projects supported by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.

Issue 3, Spring 2003

Imagining America — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:33:22 PDT

Highlights of Issue #3 (Spring 2003) include: an associate director’s column recounting how Imagining America got its name; and a report on the intersection of state humanities councils and research universities.

Issue 4, Fall 2003

Imagining America — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:33:21 PDT

Highlights of Issue #4 (Fall 2003) include: a director’s column on the local and global aspects of engagement; a feature article on the University of Iowa; and a profile of the campus-community project, Keeping and Creating American Communities.

Issue 5, Summer 2004

Imagining America — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:33:19 PDT

Highlights of Issue #5 (Summer 2004) include: a director’s column introducing tenure and promotion as a public matter; and a feature article on campus-community partnerships at University of Pennsylvania, Haverford College, Lafayette College, and Bucknell University.

Issue 6, Summer 2005

Imagining America — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:33:18 PDT

Highlights of Issue #6 (Summer 2005) include: a director’s column on specifying the scholarship of engagement; a feature article on public scholarship efforts at Rutgers University; and an interview with David Scobey.

Issue 7, Spring 2006

Imagining America — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:33:17 PDT

Highlights of Issue #7 (Spring 2006) include: a director’s column on a campus-community collaboration with Sekou Sundiata; a feature article on campus-community partnerships at the University of Washington campuses; and an interview with George Sanchez.

Issue 8, Spring 2007

Imagining America — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:33:15 PDT

Highlights of Issue #8 (Spring 2007) include: an introduction to IA’s new host campus, Syracuse University, by Chancellor Nancy Cantor; a final director’s column by Julie Ellison; and a feature article on campus-community partnerships at SUNY Albany, SUNY Buffalo, Cornell University, Colgate University, New York University, Columbia University, Pace University, SUNY Stony Brook, and Nassau Community College.

Issue 9, Fall 2007

Imagining America — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:33:13 PDT

Highlights of Issue #9 (Fall 2007) include: an article featuring Bates College, Boston College, Brown University, Clark University, Dartmouth College, Eastern Connecticut State University, Emerson College, Hampshire College, Rhode Island School of Design, and Wesleyan University; and an article on humanities and public scholarship by Teresa Mangum, University of Iowa.

Issue 10, Spring 2008

Imagining America — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:33:12 PDT

Highlights of Issue #10 (Spring 2008) include: an article featuring University of Southern California, University of California-Santa Barbara, California Institute of the Arts, University of California-Irvine, and University of California-Los Angeles, Stanford University, and University of California-Davis; an article on peer reviewed journals; and an interview with Randy Martin, New York University.

Issue 11, Fall 2008

Imagining America — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:33:10 PDT

Highlights of Issue #11 (Fall 2008) include: an update on the Tenure Team Initiative in Public Scholarship’s research, policy, and action; a director’s column on motivations for civic engagement; an article featuring design campus-community partnerships at CITYbuild in New Orleans, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Miami University of Ohio; and an interview with Jill Dolan, Princeton University, on democracy.

Issue 12, Spring 2009

Imagining America — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:33:09 PDT

Highlights of Issue #12 (Spring 2009) include: an article featuring Vanderbilt University, University of Texas at Austin, and Tulane, Xavier, and Dillard Universities; an article on the role of faith in public scholarship and practice; and an interview with Evan Carton, University of Texas at Austin, on public humanities.

Issue 13, Fall 2009

Imagining America — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:33:08 PDT

Highlights of Issue #13 (Fall 2009) include: an article featuring five of IA’s founding members, Richland College, University of California-Santa Barbara, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Vanderbilt University, and University of Michigan; a director’s column on our tenth anniversary conference; and a Keywords article by Director Emerita Julie Ellison on “hope,” a word that remains central to our organization’s ethos.

Issue 14, Spring 2010

Imagining America — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:33:06 PDT

Highlights of Issue #14 (Spring 2010) include: an article featuring University of Washington, University of Oregon, and Portland State University; a director’s column on translocal communities of practice; an interview with Ron Krabill, University of Washington Bothell, on digital humanities; an interview with Tim Eatman, IA, on aspirations and decisions of early career publicly engaged scholars and artists; and a book review of Civic Engagement in the Wake of Katrina.

Issue 16, Fall 2010

Imagining America — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:33:05 PDT

Highlights of Issue #15 (Fall 2010) include: an interview with Gladstone “Fluney” Hutchinson about IA’s relevancy to social sciences; a director’s column on interdisciplinarity and engagement; a feature article on interdisciplinary initiatives at Fordham University, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona, University of New Mexico, and North Carolina State University; and an interview with Amara Geffen, Allegheny College.

Issue 16, Spring 2011

Imagining America — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:33:03 PDT

Highlights of Issue #16 (Spring 2011) include: a feature article on sustainability initiatives at Macalester College, University of Minnesota, Winona State University, Carleton College, and Augsburg College; a director’s column on sustainability and the commons; an interview with DeAnna Cummings, Juxtaposition Arts; an article on mentorship, sustainability, and graduate education; and a book review of Gravyland: Writing beyond the curriculum in the city of brotherly love.