Remaking the American college campus : essays / edited by Jonathan Silverman and Meghan M. Sweeney ; foreword by Sharon Haar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Silverman, Jonathan, 1965- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College campuses--United States.

College campuses.

College environment--United States.

College environment.

United States.

Physical Description:

viii, 249 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]

Summary:

"Focusing on the utopian visions and dystopian realities of American campus life, this collection of new essays examine the university architecture from the perspective of faculty and students. Topics include disability, sustainability, first-year writing, underrepresented groups on campus, online education, adjunct labor, and how funding works to physically shape colleges and university"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Space Matters: Rethinking University Spaces for and with Underrepresented Students / La'Tonya Rease Miles Miles, La'Tonya Rease 15

Fifty Shades of Green: The Meshing of Culture, Teaching and Business in College Campuses' Sustainability Efforts / Mauricio Espinoza Espinoza, Mauricio 27

Beds, Baths and Offices at the Johnston Center for Integrative Studies / Kelly Hankin Hankin, Kelly, Tim Seiber Seiber, Tim, Julie Townsend Townsend, Julie 42

A Bridge, Not a Wall: Uses of the Hall of Fame for Great Americans at Bronx Community College / Kate Culkin Culkin, Kate 57

Nice (Icha)Bod: How Washburn University's Mascot Came to Dominate Campus / Kelly Watt Watt, Kelly 79

The Campus That Oil Built: Visualizing the University of Texas' Extractive Wealth in the Age of the Corporate University / Sarah Stanford-McIntyre Stanford-McIntyre, Sarah 91

Keep Morton Weird: Reading a Humanities Building in the American South / Nicholas C. Laudadio Laudadio, Nicholas C. 113

Where (and When) Is College? / Miles McCrimmon McCrimmon, Miles 124

A Sense of Belonging: Using Siftr to Empower Freshmen / Margene Anderson Anderson, Margene 135

Exploring Virtual Spaces Within the Community College Campus / Cristina Deluca Savarese Savarese, Cristina Deluca 141

The Invisible Adjunct: Inverse Panopticism in the English Department / Jane Weiss Weiss, Jane 150

Art Graft: Public Art and State Education / Igor Marjanovic Marjanovic, Igor, Katerina Rüedi Ray Ray, Katerina Rüedi 167

Access, Tradition and Belonging at "the Alma Mater of the Nation" / Jessica Cowing Cowing, Jessica 191

Teachable Space: When the Spaces Where We Teach Become the Spaces That We Teach / Robert M. Bednar Bednar, Robert M. 204

Communitas and Liminal Space in the National Parks / Bill Atwill Atwill, Bill, Dan Noland Noland, Dan 224

West Point's Washington Hall: America's Panoptical Puzzle / William F. Hecker III Hecker, William F. III 234.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781476663333

1476663335

9781476626345

1476626340

OCLC:

951509731