IRIS associated faculty-member Greg Fields recently achieved SIUE’s highest academic rank of Distinguished Research Professor. Congratulations, Greg!
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Dr. Johanna Schmitz, Professor in the Department of Theater and Dance and one of our most dedicated IRIS-affiliated faculty, is the recipient of the 2018 Hoppe Award for her research on the Rose Theatre....Read More
In celebration of Black History Month and Women’s History Month, Professor Tisha Brooks and the ENG 477 Toni Morrison class invite you to visit their Digital Humanities Exhibit, Toni Morrison: Beyond Fiction....Read More
While her scholarly interests have evolved through her academic career, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Jessica DeSpain’s commitment to work rooted in service and storytelling has not. DeSpain, PhD, is a respected teacher,...Read More
The Digital East St. Louis project is featured in the new special issue of PUBLIC: A Journal of Imagining America. See the gallery space here: public.imaginingamerica.org...Read More
Student leaders from over a dozen middle and high schools in Madison County attended the second summit on Jan. 9 of the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities (MJCFH) “Conversation Towards a Brighter Future” initiative…Read more from the Edwardsville Intelligencer ...Read More
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded Southern Illinois University Edwardsville a two-year $100,000 Humanities Access Grant for the creation of an interdisciplinary curriculum focused on digital storytelling. By building digital narratives about what it means to be a child,...Read More
Dr. Jessica DeSpain and IRIS scholars lead digital humanities clubs for students from Madison and Venice as part of the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities Foundation’s STEM meets Humanities initiative....Read More
