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Kevin Nguyen oral history interview and transcript
No full textThis recording and transcript form part of a collection of oral history interviews conducted by the Chao Center for Asian Studies at Rice University. This collection includes audio recordings and transcripts of interviews with Asian Americans native to or living in Houston.Kevin Nguyen was born in Clearlake, Texas in 1985, to Vietnamese parents who immigrated to the US during the Vietnam War. He went to elementary school in Katy, but then moved to New Jersey with his parents, and eventually back to Houston in 2010. Kevin graduated with Bachelor's degrees in Biology (Baylor University) and Health Education (University of Houston), and a Master's Degree in College Counseling and Student Development (Azusa Pacific University). Besides Texas, he lived in New Jersey, California, and a brief stint in Bangkok, Thailand as an English teacher.
Kevin was brought up Catholic, and is still a man of faith and had volunteered in “Q Christian Fellowship” (formerly known as the “Gay Christian Network”) till 2016. Kevin sits on the LGBTQ Advisory Board for Mayor Sylvester Turner, and volunteers on Bunnies on the Bayou, UH (University of Houston) LGBT Resources Center, Pride Houston, among others. Among the awards he was given, there are OutSmart Magazine’s “Gayest & Greatest” 2019 Readers' Choice Award for Most Valuable Male Volunteer, and Inclusion and Advocacy Award presented by UH.
He values the idea of self-discovery and improvement through education and experience and considers himself an advocate for social justice and equity for those in the LGBTQ+ and Asian community
Junior Recital, Kevin Nguyen, cello
Full text linkJunior RecitalKevin Nguyen, celloDaniel Stipe, pianoMagdalena Adamek, pianoFriday, April 11, 2025 at 5:00 p.m.Recital HallJames W. Black Music Center1015 Grove Avenue | Richmond, Virgini
Junior Recital, Kevin Nguyen, cello, video
Full text linkJunior Recital, videoKevin Nguyen, celloDaniel Stipe, pianoMagdalena Adamek, pianoFriday, April 11, 2025 at 5:00 p.m.Recital HallJames W. Black Music Center1015 Grove Avenue | Richmond, Virgini
GAYA KOMUNIKASI KEVIN NGUYEN DALAM MENYAMPAIKAN ISU POLITIK DI MEDIA TIKTOK
Full text linkKomunikasi merupakan kegiatan pertukaran gagasan secara verbal maupun nonverbal antar manusia. Suatu kegiatan komunikasi memerlukan cara penyampaian dan gaya bahasa yang baik. Oleh karena itu dalam berkomunikasi manusia tidak akan bisa lepas dari gaya komunikasi. Begitu pula dengan Kevin Nguyen dalam menyampaikan isu politik di media TikTok Ia memerlukan gaya komunikasi yang baik. Dengan adanya gaya komunikasi yang digunakan Kevin Nguyen, pesan yang disampaikan memiliki daya tarik dan mudah diterima oleh para pengguna media TikTok bahkan di luar media sosial tersebut. Tujuan penelitian ini yakni untuk mengetahui bagaimana gaya komunikasi dan apa saja faktor pendukung gaya komunikasi Kevin Nguyen dalam menyampaikan isu politik di media TikTok. Selanjutnya pada pengelolaan data, penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif. Teori utama yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah teori gaya komunikasi Robert Norton. Dalam teori tersebut terdapat 10 gaya komunikasi yang dikemukakan oleh Norton. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa gaya komunikasi Kevin Nguyen dalam menyampaikan isu politik di media TikTok meliputi gaya komunikasi yang dominan, gaya komunikasi argumentatif atau kontroversial, gaya komunikasi animasi ekspresif, gaya komunikasi meninggalkan kesan, gaya komunikasi santai dan gaya komunikasi bersahabat. Kemudian ditemukan adanya faktor pendukung gaya komunikasi Kevin Nguyen diantaranya, kondisi fisik, peran, bahasa dan hubungan
Kevin Brockmeier, Fiction Reading
No full textOctober 25, 2013, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State UniversityAward winning author Kevin Brockmeier, reads from his work.University Libraries, Department of English, Department of Women's Studies, Watermark Books & Cafe, Ulrich Museum of Ar
Dr. Kevin Pelletier – Faculty Author Interview
No full textDr. Kevin Pelletier, Associate Professor of English, discusses his new book, Apocalyptic Sentimentalism: Love and Fear in US Antebellum Literature, published recently by the University of Georgia Press. The book provides powerful insights into the relationship between nineteenth-century sentimentality, religious discourse, and antislavery reform
Kevin Fenton: A Reading
No full textThe John S. Lucas Great River Reading Series (GRRS) hosts Winona native and author Kevin Fenton. Fenton will read from his new novel Cyan Magenta Yellow Black published by Black Lawrence Press, 2025.
Kevin Fenton is the author of Merit Badges, which won the AWP Prize for the Novel and the Friends of the American Writers Award, and Leaving Rollingstone, which Patricia Hampl called “the most important memoir to come out of the Midwest (or anywhere) in years.” He works as an advertising writer and creative director; in that capacity, he’s published essays in the design quarterlies Émigré and Eye (London), the anthology Looking Closer 2: Critical Writing On Graphic Design, and the UX design blog Boxes and Arrows. He got a slightly better education than he deserved at Beloit College, the University of Minnesota Law School, and the University of Minnesota MFA program. He lives in St Paul with his wife Ellen and his greyhound Evie
'Web of Life' - Profile of Kevin Petrie in Printmaking Today Winter 2024
No full textKevin Petrie, Professor of Creative Practice at the University of Sunderland, uses print to explore the novels and philosophy of Iris Murdoch writes Dr Miles Leeson. This is a 1200 word profile of Kevin Petrie and his recent work for 'Printmaking Today' which is the journal of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers. The piece gives an overview of Petrie's creative practice focusing on the novels and thinking of Dame Iris Murdoch (1919-1999). The piece discusses Petrie's evolving model of creative practice for this project: reading the novels, sketching to visualise elements, developing and combining images in the studio and then reengagement with Murdoch (through the community, literature and archive). Petrie's 'Other Journeys' and 'Web of Life' exhibitions are discussed.
The author, Dr Miles Leeson, is the Director of the Iris Murdoch Research Centre at University of Chichester and Visiting Research Fellow at Kingston University. He is the lead editor of the Iris Murdoch Review, the Series Editor of ‘Iris Murdoch Today’ with Palgrave Macmillan, and has published widely on Murdoch’s work. He published Iris Murdoch: Philosophical Novelist (Continuum) in 2010, the edited collection Incest in Contemporary Literature (Manchester University Press, 2018), the festschrift Iris Murdoch: A Centenary Celebration (Sabrestorm Fiction, 2019), the edited collection Iris Murdoch and the Literary Imagination (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) and is currently writing Iris Murdoch: Feminist.
Four prints by Kevin Petrie are reproduced with the text:
Untangle
2024
Etching from two plates with Chine Collé
Paper 38x29cm Image 14.8x12.5cm
Photo: Dave Williams
Friends
2023
Etching with Chine Collé
Paper 38x29cm Image 14.8x12.5cm
Photo: Dave Williams
Love
2023
Etching with Chine Collé
Paper 38x29cm Image 14.8x12.5cm
Photo: Dave Williams
What lies beneath
2024
Lithograph
38.5x28cm
Printed by Lee Turner at Hole Editions Newcastle
Photo: Dave William
Dr. Kevin Cherry – Faculty Author Interview
No full textDr. Kevin Cherry, Assistant Professor of Political Science,discusses his new book, Plato, Aristotle, and the Purpose of Politics, published recently by Cambridge University Press. In this book, he compares the views of Plato and Aristotle about the practice, study and the purpose of politics
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