An Engaged Professor

I often say that students should be "engaged" in their learning. So should I! Learning should be fun. We should all remember that absolute joy we felt as toddlers as we began to explore the world around us. Let's capture that spirit of WOW in what we have to learn now as well. To that end, this blog is a mixed bag of grammar and writing advice, constitutional news, urban history, political news, and whatever else comes to mind for my students. Tell me below which topics will help you most.

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Redistricting issue again--on its way to the Supreme Court?

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As I mentioned in Constitutional history class yesterday, the Supreme Court has taken cases on redistricting (otherwise known as gerrymander...
Saturday, October 14, 2017

Movie Censorship...a nice new timeline with very cool graphics

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Here, courtesy of the First Amendment Center and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) is a cool new timeline on movie ce...
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Laura Wittern
Albany, NY, United States
BA, State University of NY at Albany; MA, Pennsylvania State University; PhD, University at Albany. I have taught US history at Castleton State College in Vermont, at the University of NC at Wilmington, and since 2007, at the University at Albany (SUNY). I was the 2007 NYS Archives and Regents researcher of the year, the 2006 Lecturer of the Year (at UNCW), and I have published two books about the First Amendment, free speech, and movies.
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