Writing Fiction on Appalachian Culture: A Conversation with Authors Lee Mandelo and Ashley Blooms

Fall semester classes begin on Aug. 23, 2021. View the full academic calendar for the fall semester here.
As a prelude to the Fall Semester, Associate Provost Kathi Kern and Dean Mark Kornbluh will discuss the challenges posed by teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Faculty and students alike worry about the logistics. How will we maintain a safe and healthy learning environment? How much of instruction will need to be moved online or “flipped”? How does technology enable or restrict us? How do we continue to foster strong student-teacher bonds at a distance? How do we build community in our current environment?
And while these questions are urgent for the particular moment, they also point to a lasting shift in how we go about our work as educators. Even after the pandemic subsides, we will likely find ourselves reflecting on the unexamined, yet sacred elements of what makes a college education. As disruptive as the pandemic has been, it has also ignited a climate of innovation. We are led to think anew about the journeys that our students take, how our research and disciplines best serve a diverse community of learners, how the wicked problems of the world defy institutional silos, and how we can best support individuals while also strengthening communities. Our lessons learned and enduring challenges from the past few months afford us a unique opportunity to anticipate these emergent paradigms for teaching and learning.
Pandemic and the Professor from UK College of Arts & Sciences on Vimeo.
As a prelude to the Fall Semester, Associate Provost Kathi Kern and Dean Mark Kornbluh will discuss the challenges posed by teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Faculty and students alike worry about the logistics. How will we maintain a safe and healthy learning environment? How much of instruction will need to be moved online or “flipped”? How does technology enable or restrict us? How do we continue to foster strong student-teacher bonds at a distance? How do we build community in our current environment?
And while these questions are urgent for the particular moment, they also point to a lasting shift in how we go about our work as educators. Even after the pandemic subsides, we will likely find ourselves reflecting on the unexamined, yet sacred elements of what makes a college education. As disruptive as the pandemic has been, it has also ignited a climate of innovation. We are led to think anew about the journeys that our students take, how our research and disciplines best serve a diverse community of learners, how the wicked problems of the world defy institutional silos, and how we can best support individuals while also strengthening communities. Our lessons learned and enduring challenges from the past few months afford us a unique opportunity to anticipate these emergent paradigms for teaching and learning.
Pandemic and the Professor from UK College of Arts & Sciences on Vimeo.
Appalachian Studies Association Conference Plenary II, Black Appalachian Women: Testimonies, Environmental Justice, and Historical Reparations
Friday, March 13, 2020, 5:00pm-6:15pm in the Gatton Student Center Worsham Cinema. A panel of Black Appalachian women discuss their work in the academy, film, social justice organizations, literature, and museums.
Panelists include: Karida Brown, UCLA Associate Professor of Sociology; Kelly Navies, Museum Specialist Oral Historian at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture; Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson, Co-Executive Director, Highlander Research & Education Center; and Crystal Wilkinson, UK Associate Professor of English; moderated by Jillean McCommons, UK Department of History PhD Candidate
This event is a part of the Appalachian Studies Association Conference and is a sponsored by the Year of Equity
Appalachian Studies Association Conference Plenary II, Black Appalachian Women: Testimonies, Environmental Justice, and Historical Reparations
Friday, March 13, 2020, 5:00pm-6:15pm in the Gatton Student Center Worsham Cinema. A panel of Black Appalachian women discuss their work in the academy, film, social justice organizations, literature, and museums.
Panelists include: Karida Brown, UCLA Associate Professor of Sociology; Kelly Navies, Museum Specialist Oral Historian at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture; Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson, Co-Executive Director, Highlander Research & Education Center; and Crystal Wilkinson, UK Associate Professor of English; moderated by Jillean McCommons, UK Department of History PhD Candidate
This event is a part of the Appalachian Studies Association Conference and is a sponsored by the Year of Equity
Appalachian Studies Association Conference Plenary II, Black Appalachian Women: Testimonies, Environmental Justice, and Historical Reparations
Friday, March 13, 2020, 5:00pm-6:15pm in the Gatton Student Center Worsham Cinema. A panel of Black Appalachian women discuss their work in the academy, film, social justice organizations, literature, and museums.
Panelists include: Karida Brown, UCLA Associate Professor of Sociology; Kelly Navies, Museum Specialist Oral Historian at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture; Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson, Co-Executive Director, Highlander Research & Education Center; and Crystal Wilkinson, UK Associate Professor of English; moderated by Jillean McCommons, UK Department of History PhD Candidate
This event is a part of the Appalachian Studies Association Conference and is a sponsored by the Year of Equity
For more information, visit: https://www.uky.edu/commencement/springceremonies