Disciplinary Interests: Identity
Winona Wynn
American Studies Association, Native American Indigenous Studies Association, National Indian Education Association, National, Council of Teachers of English
Developing an Indigenous Studies Major (global north and south focus) that is community integrated, Ethnographic Study of young at-risk minority women (gang affiliated), Community Engagement Development (moving beyond the service model), Native American Retention at the high school and college level (strategies for curriculum development and family intervention), Women in prison--local and global human rights issues, literacy and education
Winona Wynn earned her Ph.D. in American Studies from Washington State University. She currently serves as Chair of English and Humanities. Her research interests include indigenous identity constructs, Native American education and retention, ethnographic work with at-risk girls and women in prison. From her house, she can hear both train whistles and church bells.
Tharakeshwar V.B.
Pre-colonial Notions of Translation in India, Social Science Material Production Initiative in Kannada in the last 100 years.
Taught at Kannada University-Hampi for 12 years before moving to the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India
M C Smith
American Educational Research Association, International Reading Association, National Reading Conference
M Cecil Smith is a professor of educational psychology at Northern Illinois University.
George Panaghi
Association for Theatre in Higher Education, American Society for Theatre Research, American Theatre and Drama Society
I am interested in the use of technology to integrate primary sources in the history classroom, especially visual sources.
PhD Student in Theatre History at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York - also completing a certificate in instructional technology in conjunction with the doctoral program.
Parme P. Giuntini
Writing and co-editing GARB: A Reader on Fashion and Culture, Writing and co-editing a new textbook on Modern Art and Culture
Parme Giuntini is the Director of Art History at Otis College of Art and Design.
