Oklahoma Scholar-Leadership Enrichment Program (OSLEP) Just finished a 5-day intensive workshop on the US Image and America at the University of Oklahoma. The workshop was part of the Oklahoma Scholar-Leadership Enrichment Program (OSLEP), part of a state-wide effort to recruit top students from different colleges so that they can engage in deep academic issues over the course of a week. The OSLEP students were bright, eager, animated, passionate, and engaging. We discussed a number of topics of the course, including: What is America? To what 13 Mar
Just finished a 5-day intensive workshop on the US Image and America at the University of Oklahoma. The workshop was part of the Oklahoma Scholar-Leadership Enrichment Program (OSLEP), part of a state-wide effort to recruit top students from different colleges so that they can engage in deep academic issues over the course of a week. The OSLEP students were bright, eager, animated, passionate, and engaging. We discussed a number of topics of the course, including: What is America? To what
Why this Blog and Site? I was on sabbatical last year in Southeast Asia, taking a year of leave from teaching at the University of Richmond so I could pursue research on understanding more fully the causes and impact of human trafficking, or modern slavery. Although my previous research agenda had been on anti-Americanism, I had assumed that the issue was less salient, given the global popularity of Barack Obama. But when Donald Trump became president, I realized anti-Americanism might become a salient topic once 04 Jan
I was on sabbatical last year in Southeast Asia, taking a year of leave from teaching at the University of Richmond so I could pursue research on understanding more fully the causes and impact of human trafficking, or modern slavery. Although my previous research agenda had been on anti-Americanism, I had assumed that the issue was less salient, given the global popularity of Barack Obama. But when Donald Trump became president, I realized anti-Americanism might become a salient topic once
