This week, TU student and OCH fellow Bisher Akel explores play therapy. As a senior studying psychology and biology, Bisher is interested in the potential for play to help children with various challenges, from success in school to emotional growth.... MORE
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Where Do Humanities Majors Find Work?
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences just released a new poster/infographic entitled “Where Humanities Majors Find Work,” as well as additional one-pagers that bring together quantitative data and profiles of innovative humanities programs. With over 7,000,000 humanities majors in... MORE
Tinkering and Making as Play-Potential for Inclusionary STEM Teaching and Learning
This week’s blog post was contributed by Helen Douglass, OCH Fellow and Assistant Professor of Education at TU. Here, Professor Douglass delves into the topic of makerspaces in primary education and the potential benefits of “playing and doing” on young... MORE
Tara Aveilhe, Assistant Director
We are thrilled to announce the promotion of Tara Aveilhe to Assistant Director of the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities and the TU Institute for Bob Dylan Studies. Tara has been with OCH and the Dylan Institute as Administrator for... MORE
Using Analog Games in the College Composition Class
This week’s blog post comes from David Chandler, OCH Fellow and Assistant Professor of English at Tulsa Community College. David is currently teaching a freshman composition curriculum that uses boardgames and the experiences of playing them as the basis for... MORE
Revolutionizing the Classroom with Virtual Reality
Our OCH Research Fellows’ blog contributions on the topic of play continue this week with a post by Akram Taghavi-Burris, instructor at the University of Tulsa and an award-winning designer, writer, and educator. The term play can be defined as... MORE
On Being a Poor Sport
This week’s post is brought to you by Mark Brewin, OCH Fellow and Associate Professor of Media Studies at The University of Tulsa. Mark works at the intersection of politics, media, and popular culture. His current project focuses on the political... MORE
Play, Talk, and Friendships
The Oklahoma Center for the Humanities at The University of Tulsa is pleased to begin its series of blog posts from the fellows of the 2019-20 academic year. The fellows are engaged in wide-ranging creative and research activities surrounding the idea... MORE
Big Ideas at TU: Killers of the Flower Moon
As one of our annual Big Ideas at TU events, the Oklahoma Center for Humanities will distribute 50 free copies of David Grann’s book, Killers of the Flower Moon. In advance of Grann’s Presidential Lecture on Oct. 22, we... MORE
Oklahoma Center for the Humanities at TU Announces 2019-20 Fellows
The Oklahoma Center for the Humanities at The University of Tulsa has announced its annual class of fellows for the 2019-20 academic year. The ten individuals selected from applications submitted earlier this year include TU faculty and students as well as... MORE