These remarks were written for the dedication ceremony for the Elizabeth W. Cheney Studio Theatre at Plymouth State University. By some strange turns of fate, I have ended up working at the school where my mother worked for over 40 years — and as program director of the major she got her bachelor’s degree from […]
Year: 2021
Call for Proposals: Seeking Chapter for OER Textbook
The Open Learning & Teaching Collaborative and the Interdisciplinary Studies Program at Plymouth State University seek a chapter about the history of disciplinarity for an open textbook used in an introductory Interdisciplinary Studies course. The open textbook Cluster Learning: A Springboard for Interdisciplinary, Networked, and Individualized Education is a revision and development of Interdisciplinary Studies: […]
My Experience with Interdisciplinary Studies
In the summer of 2017, I arrived at my orientation as a first-year student at Plymouth State University already thinking about joining the Interdisciplinary Studies department. My mother, who has worked for universities my whole life listened to my grief regarding applying to schools and declaring a major. She supported my decision to start a […]