Hi Faith! Wow! Your post was so informative and really beneficial. As a full time college student, it is so hard to find healthy and nutritional meals while you are on such a tight budget as well as having minimal time to prepare. By being able to achieve these “boujee” meals on a budget, it will help a lot of people feel confident and less str…[Read more]

Hi Rhiannon! I really enjoyed your post. In today’s society, looks and appearance have become so important that the things that really matter such as personality, how you treat people, and overall kindness are being forgotten about. We live in a world today where social media and television series have taken over our lives. We have spent so much…[Read more]

Hi Nicole! I really enjoyed your story and your own experience with mental health. In today’s society, it is so important that we take the time to reflect and slow down. As someone who also suffered with mental health issues and severe anxiety, it has taught me to appreciate things more. As an outsider, this is important that we don’t judge…[Read more]

Hi Nicole,
Has someone who is studying disabled people and ways to help them live a more productive and successful life, this blog post really caught my eye. I really loved your discussion questions as it is something we see almost every day in public settings. I believe a student without disabilities can help disabled students with digital work.…[Read more]

Hi Ziqing!
I really enjoyed how you mentioned the idea of how much power a hashtag can have. Depending on your topic of interest, you can find a huge number of comments on that topic on any form of social media. Unfortunately, there are positive and negative comments no matter where you are looking. You hope that once specified under a group,…[Read more]

Hi Rhiannon!
I really enjoyed your post, and the affects twitter has been having on our society. Twitter can be really influential regardless if the story is positive or negative. Twitter is very accessible through the touch of your figures and can update you on current events every minute of the day. Books, on the other hand, can be a bit more…[Read more]

As much as digital humanities is about the actual writing and detail, I believe that with the help of images, videos, and animations it can really help bring the piece to life. These are part of the building blocks that help put pictures in the reader’s mind. With it actually there, it allows a better understanding of what the author is trying t…[Read more]

I think by adding universal designs can make it messy. By targeting a specific group it allow simplification and it is usually more meaningful. Such as if someone is interested in a topic they will be more engaged rather as directing it to the public can just be very general. I feel like it is good to have this balance to have of who you are…[Read more]

I am also not too sure if this is a good start to my project, but as someone who is going to graduate school for Speech Therapy I want to target my final project around this idea and it’s connection to public humanities. I think this post of disabilities was a good start but I want to focus it more on speech. If you have any other ideas for me…[Read more]

Hi Jen,
Thank you for responding. Podcasts are actually a really cool thing and easy to get started. I am a huge fan or horror and thriller, and I think I may look into these. Going back to the public vs audience debate, I am someone who suffers with severe anxiety and has tried everything. After I have found these podcasts that relate to health…[Read more]

Hi Professor and Leo,
I agree. I do not think that just the increase of disabled students in the education system is going to make a difference. By studying this field, I have learned that it takes way more than teaching to accept their differences. Based on this article, as well as other classes I have taken, in order to stop this growth of…[Read more]

Hi Rhiannon,
I completely agree with you. The targeted audience and public as a whole are two different things and can become confusing. Writers what all different kinds of groups to read their work which is great, but I can be misunderstood by someone who the text wasn’t directed about or can’t relate to it. People can be turned away from thi…[Read more]

Hi Brenna!
Never in a million years did I think we would experience something like this. You always hear about it in other countries or in the books of history, but never do you think for a chance that it will ever come to the United States. After being affecting in March of 2020, our spring semester of junior year, not once did I think this…[Read more]

Good Evening,
When it comes to the public, you want your story to catch the eye of the reader. No matter what topic it is about, it should be appealing, casual, and understanding. Casual tone allows you to have a comfortable and intimate connection with the reader. Appeal is what hooks your reader in to want to read more. It has detail, imagery,…[Read more]

Hi Cesar. I really enjoyed how you pulled your whole post together with your last sentence. The ivory tower is a great way for people to feel private and share things only with those who they want to share with. Going back to my post, I mentioned the idea that in public humanities, everything that you post or share is really now out there for…[Read more]

Hi Brenna! I really enjoyed how you mentioned the similarities between the ivory tower’s idea of seclusion and societies harsh opinions. Due to what is occurring today, I feel that these methods of public humanities can relate. A lot of what is going on in our world is happening behind closed doors, and more importantly behind screens. Social m…[Read more]

Hi Faith. Many people probably have heard of this podcast before as it is very popular in today’s modern society. Being in a relationship can be very difficult these days due to the impact of social media. There is constant information swirling through your phone whether it may be true or not. But most importantly, these are how rumors and…[Read more]

The ivory tower’s purpose is to keep things separate and protected from harsh realities. When it comes to pieces of writing, it is really hard to consider these “private”. Suppose items are posted to secluded groups. Once it is out there, it can be transferred and sent to anyone else who may not be in that group. That’s why you have to keep in…[Read more]