Truth Sorting as a Personal Empathetic Commitment | Empathetic Information Literacy Essay 4 by Olivia Mann

Corrigan’s Editorial Note: I designed and taught a first-year writing course on the theme of Fake News. I asked students to write four essays. The first grounded the course in an exploration of what truth is, why it matters, how to sort it out, and how to avoid being duped by those who would distort it. […]

Investigating the Primary Catalyst of the Civil War | Empathetic Information Literacy Essay 3 by Olivia Mann

Corrigan’s Editorial Note: I designed and taught a first-year writing course on the theme of Fake News. I asked students to write four essays. The first grounded the course in an exploration of what truth is, why it matters, how to sort it out, and how to avoid being duped by those who would distort […]

Investigating the Reality of an Immigrant “Invasion” | Empathetic Information Literacy Essay 2 by Olivia Mann

Corrigan’s Editorial Note: I designed and taught a first-year writing course on the theme of Fake News. I asked students to write four essays. The first grounded the course in an exploration of what truth is, why it matters, how to sort it out, and how to avoid being duped by those who would distort […]

I Regret the Years I Believed the Lie that My Curls Were Somehow Less | A Survey on Black Hair by Kimberly Edmunds

Corrigan’s Editorial Note: Kimberly Edmunds conducted original survey research on Black hair as part of my Academic Writing & Research class (AWR 201) at the University of Tampa in Spring 2022. I am delighted to share her essay, followed by a video presentation of her findings. The photos included in this essay were gathered by […]

This World Was Not Built for Girls | A Short Film Analysis by Ganna Mahmoud

Corrigan’s Editorial Note: Ganna Mahmoud wrote this analysis of a short film in my Writing & Inquiry course (AWR 101) at the University of Tampa in Spring 2023. I am delighted to share it here on account of how well she conducts academic analysis in such an engaging and human “voice.” We often hear about […]

What Soul Food Means to Us | A Survey of Three Generations of Family and Friends by Abbie Nock

Laughter echoing through the house, delicious aromas circulating the air, male sports comments shouted at the tv, the pitter-patter of children’s feet running to sneak into the kitchen, clanging of pots and pans, and the ding of an oven are all included in the first few minutes of the movie Soul Food. All of this […]

The Power of Street Art | A Creative Research Presentation by Jessie Goldstein

Editor’s Note: In the fall 2020 semester, during the pandemic, Jessie Goldstein conducted a survey about her fellow students’ experiences and views of street art for a research essay in my Writing and Research class at the University of Tampa. For a follow-up assignment re-mediating the research (or putting it into a new medium) to […]