Using Twitter hashtags to teach The Wire at UW-Madison

The other half of my academic life involves teaching undergraduates, and I'm pursuing some interesting pedagogical innovations at UW-Madison. One of them involves using Twitter to teach my "Narratives of Justice and Equality in Multicultural America" course, which has the HBO drama The Wire as its main text. Alex Kowalsky recently wrote (here) about how courses like ours are using hashtags to help promote student learning. (Ours is #wire275.)

Catonsville Nine in The Notre Dame Review

The Catonsville Nine has earned a nice mention in The Notre Dame review, accessible here. The review mentions the publication of a revised, 40th anniversary version of Bill O'Rourke's great book, The Harrisburg Seven and the New Catholic Left (on sale here).

Catonsville Nine cover recognized by AAUP

Congratulations to Philip Pascuzszo at Oxford University Press! His awesome cover design for my Catonsville Nine book was selected for the 2013 Book, Jacket, and Journal Show sponsored by the American Association of University Presses (AAUP). More info is available here.