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The Author’s Corner with Clarissa J. Ceglio

Rachel Petroziello   |  February 14, 2022

Clarissa J. Ceglio is Associate Director of Research for Greenhouse Studio and Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities at the University of Connecticut. This interview is based on her new book, A Cultural Arsenal for Democracy: The World War II Work...

Citizenship is More Than Just the Facts We Learned in Civics Class

John Fea   |  April 6, 2020

History News Network is running my piece on history and citizenship.  Here is a taste: Good students and teachers of history understand full well that history is more than just “the facts.” Yet even they may fail to grasp the...

From the Archives: Education for a Democracy

John Fea   |  October 19, 2015

How did Jefferson understand the idea of an “informed citizenry?” I originally published this piece in March 2012 when I was writing my Patheos column “Confessing History.”  I loved writing that column and still stand by most of what I...

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Episode 51: “The Politics of Tinky Winky”

January 27, 2023 By John Fea

He was Florida’s professor of the year in 2006. Today his courses would be illegal.

January 27, 2023 By John Fea

Zakaria: The nation’s policy on classified documents and “secrecy” is “out-of-control”

January 27, 2023 By John Fea

Teaching John Henry Newman’s “What is a University”

January 27, 2023 By John Fea

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January 27, 2023 By John Fea

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