Life in Academe
Events and experiences that remind me that I’m a professor and I love working in higher education.
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Book Launch – Digital Proxemics
GREENVILLE, SC — On June 23, 2016, M. Judson Booksellers & Storytellers hosted a book launch celebration for Dr. John A. McArthur’s first book, Digital Proxemics: How Technology Shapes the Ways We Move. Dr. McArthur read two sections of the book, describing proxemics to the audience and introducing the connection between proxemics and digital technologies.…
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Creating a Community Archive: Storing, Citing, and Sharing Visual Data at #NCA15
At the 2015 National Communication Association annual conference, Dr. John A. McArthur presented his paper titled “Creating a community-generated archive: Digital tools for storing, citing, and sharing visual artifacts.” The paper and teaching resource describes the benefits of social bookmarking and social networking for developing an archive of ideas in the classroom. NCA 2015 was held…
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At a college graduation? This might make it (mildly) more interesting.
If you’re reading this, you’re probably sitting at a graduation ceremony and the announcer is on name number 237 out of 1000. Congratulations. That means there’s only about 700 more names to go. With hundreds of graduations going on this weekend, attendees might need a little light reading to pass the time. But reader beware,…
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Next Generation Learning Spaces
I was honored to be invited to present at the Next Generation Learning Spaces conference in Nashville, Tennessee. Below are some resources for conference attendees and interested onlookers. Practical Lessons from User-Experience Design for Spaces for Learning Download the article now *** Managing Competing Agendas in Learning Spaces – Mastering the Art and Science of…
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Crowdsourcing my topic for the lightning round
The Knight School of Communication is hosting an event for our Master of Arts in Communication alumni. By alumni request, the faculty are giving lightning round presentations of our current research projects that have benefits for the community. Because I was asked to speak by crowdsourcing, I thought it only appropriate to crowdsource the topic…
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Everett Library’s Innovative Renovation
The following article was featured on the Queens University of Charlotte website on August 29, 2014. As students return to Everett Library this week at Queens, they might not recognize the place. The stunning transformation of the library’s second floor is a surprise summer renovation that will change the way our campus thinks of the…
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Masters Theses
I had the pleasure of working with the graduating class of 2014 in the Knight School’s Master of Arts in Communication program at Queens. As their capstone advisor, I was privileged to wade through the mountains of writing they produced, and to provide notes on each to help them improve. Based on their work, I…
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Experiencing Space and Place: Washington National Cathedral at #NCA13
Upon arriving at Washington National Cathedral for an on site panel discussion, I was most excited to see the Space window. The stained glass window honors the Apollo 11 moon landing and bears a moon rock embedded in the design. What I didn’t expect was to experience the cathedral through a variety of sensory approaches.…
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A (Caesar) Shift for the Traditional Classroom
Cryptography (the study of “secret writing”) might be a topic you’d hear about in the halls of MIT, the Naval Academy, or training sites at Langley. Here at Queens University of Charlotte, students are getting a taste of the basics of secret writing, codes, and ciphers using Simon Singh’s popular The Code Book as a guide. Over…
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“Well, this class makes me think”
On the third week of class this semester, I walked in to hear my students talking about a class that one of them slept through. Of course, I inquired: “Which class are you sleeping through this term?” The answer: chemistry. I responded: “I haven’t seen you sleep through any of my classes. Should I be…
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