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2022 Resident Scholar Reflection: Liz Hutter
No full textLiz Hutter, an assistant professor of English at the University of Dayton, received the Marian Library Resident Scholar Fellowship for the project “Reading, Writing, and Seeing Health and Disability in Community at Lourdes Sanctuary.”
An account from the writer Flannery O’Connor, whose cousin suggested a pilgrimage to Lourdes as a healing intervention for a chronic illness, prompted Hutter’s interest in pursuing what she sees as a binary logic often associated with Lourdes, the shrine commemorating the 1858 apparitions of the Virgin Mary to Bernadette Soubirous.
O’Connor made a distinction clear to her cousin: “I am going as a pilgrim, not a patient.”
Religious beliefs and spiritual practices play a role in how many people understand their illnesses or disabilities, Hutter posits. At the same time, religious institutions and spiritual communities are commonly involved in health promotion and communication around illness and disability. These individual beliefs and institutional practices merge on the therapeutic and spiritual landscape of the Lourdes sanctuary. Using materials and expertise in the Marian Library, she plans to examine Lourdes from multiple disciplines as not only a place for individual reflection and healing, but also as a space for examining community relationships and access to community services for persons with neurological, physical, sensory and other disabilities. By employing a disability studies perspective, she says, she plans to destabilize the rigid distinction O’Connor articulated between pilgrim and patient
Research Sanctuary
No full textResident scholar Liz Hutter reflects on her fellowship in the Marian Library, her research on therapeutic and spiritual healing in Lourdes, and how it all led to an experiential learning opportunity for her first-year writing students
Exploring Disability, Spirituality and Community at Lourdes Sanctuary
No full textLiz Hutter, assistant professor of English, presents on her research topic of therapeutic and spiritual healing in Lourdes. Her presentation is followed by a Q&A session as well as the opportunity to visit the Rituals of Healing: Body, Mind, Spirit exhibit curated in part by students in Hutter’s ENG 100 writing seminar
Letters from students to Liz Case
No full textTwo letters from students thanking Liz Case for talking to their class about World War II
“It Has Always Known And We Have Always Been ‘Other’: Knowing Capitalism And The ‘Coming Crisis’ Of Sociology Confront The Concentration System and Mass-Observation,”
No full textLiz Waldner, 20th Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textLiz Waldner most recently taught at Tufts University in Boston. She is the author of several books of poetry including Bus Stop, Memo (La) Mento, and most recently, Homing Devices (O Books, 1997). In 1994 she received both the Barbara Deming Memorial Award and the Gertrude Stein Award for Innovative American Poetry. Her latest manuscript, Homeseeker’s Paradise, has been selected as a National Poetry Series Finalist
Book Launch for The Present Professor, by Liz Norell
No full textJoin us as we celebrate the publication of The Present Professor, the first book by CETL associate director of instructional support Liz Norell. CETL director Josh Eyler and other invited guests will discuss the key ideas of the book with the author and the audience. Light refreshments will be provided for registered participants
Oral history interview with Liz Blood
No full textLiz Blood, author and editor of the Tulsa Voice, shares her life and job experiences starting with her childhood in Oklahoma City. She explains that though she did not write much she was imaginative and enjoyed reading from a young age. She describes her decision to switch majors from international business to English in college and her experience teaching English abroad in Slovakia and South Korea. Blood talks about some of her more recent projects including her work with a podcast, Seven Minutes in Heaven, and her reporting on the Dakota Access Pipeline protests at the Standing Rock Reservation in the Dakotas.The Deep Roots: Oklahoma Authors Collection is a series of interviews with authors who discuss their lives, work, and creative processes
Defending Democracy: A Conversation with Liz Cheney
No full textLiz Cheney served as the U.S. representative for Wyoming\u27s at-large congressional district from 2017 to 2023. She chaired the House Republican Conference, the third-highest position in the House Republican leadership, from 2019 to 2021, and served as the Vice Chair of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. She was also a member of the House Armed Services Committee, China Task Force, Natural Resources Committee, and the House Committee on Rules.
Cheney served previously at the State Department as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, and in positions for USAID and the Department of State working in Poland, Hungary, Russia, and Ukraine. Cheney practiced law with White and Case and at the International Finance Corporation. A specialist in national security and foreign policy, she is the co-author, along with her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, of Exceptional: Why the World Needs a Powerful America.
Cheney received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Colorado College, and received her Juris Doctor from the University of Chicago Law School. In 2022, Cheney, along with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, received the the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library\u27s prestigious Profile in Courage Award, with a commendation for her "consistent and courageous voice in defense of democracy.
Sustainability Awareness Week 2021: Alumna Spotlight Liz Breuer
No full textIn this spotlight, Daniel Benkendorf (Associate Professor of Psychology) interviews recent FIT alumna Liz Breuer, who is the co-founder of New Normal Bureau, a New York City based marketing agency dedicated to helping brands communicate transparently with consumers in ways that promote pro-environmental behaviors. Ms. Breuer will share how her FIT education prepared her for this high-impact work and she will offer descriptions of the kinds of real-world campaigns and messaging that she works on everyday.Sustainability is a key component of FIT’s mission and is embedded in the college’s curriculum and operations. During virtual Sustainability Awareness Week, we invite our community to learn about recent innovations from leaders in the industry, FIT students, faculty, staff, and alumni; experience FIT’s efforts to make a positive impact on the earth; and discover new ways to live with a smaller footprint
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