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Grace Rowan wrote a new blog post Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and Inner-City Schools in the group American Studies: 9 years, 4 months ago

When Dr. McCoy asked us to “find shelter” outdoors during our class the other day, I had an a-ha! moment. Having felt like the world had shut us out, and it was our job to protect ourselves from the weather and […]
Grace Rowan wrote a new blog post Crime vs. Harm in the group American Studies: 9 years, 4 months ago

During our in-class discussion on Monday, my group focused on what the difference between crime and harm. Our definition constantly evolved as we delved deeper into distinguishing the two. I began to think about […]
Grace Rowan edited the blog post Finding Shelter in the group American Studies: 9 years, 4 months ago

I have been thinking about our activity of finding shelter since our class today. When we all began to share the locations we chose, I found it interesting how each person’s differed for varying reasoning. Kaitlin and I headed over to Brodie where we found an alcove that was locked and had an awning. In my head, I found this to be a perfect…[Read more]
Grace Rowan wrote a new blog post Mythology and Religion in the group American Studies: 9 years, 4 months ago

The other day during our class discussion, we were discussing mythology and religion. This reminded me of my Bible as Literature with Dr. Drake in the Spring 2016 semester. During this class, we discussed how many […]
Grace Rowan edited the blog post The Power of Choice in the group American Studies: 9 years, 5 months ago

After attending Dr. Ken Cooper’s “Small is Beautiful: The Poetics of Relocalization” on March 23rd, I thought about this lifestyle of living using “exactly what you need, and nothing more.” This made me reflect to Henry David Thoreau’s “Walden” and how he lived a minimalist lifestyle in a cabin in the woods. One of Thoreau’s critiques is of t…[Read more]
Grace Rowan wrote a new blog post “On a Sunday?” in the group American Studies: 9 years, 5 months ago

While reading A Mercy, I did not realize the apparent religious undertones until we read it aloud in class last week. Specifically, after reading the line “A trader asked to dine with a gentleman? On a S […]
Grace Rowan wrote a new blog post The Haint and Childhood Trauma in the group American Studies: 9 years, 5 months ago

In class last week, while we were discussing The Turner House, the topic of trauma was brought up. Assuming that the characters encountered no trauma as children made me think of the Xerox Seminar Series titled […]
Grace Rowan wrote a new blog post “$100 Million- Gets Thrown Around Like it’s Three-Digits Instead of Nine” in the group American Studies: 9 years, 6 months ago

During my group discussion today in class, we talked about the fictionalization of the people discussed in this book and how they were more character-like than real people. We found this to be a present theme in […]
Grace Rowan edited the blog post Hurricane Katrina: “A Failure of Initiative” in the group American Studies: 9 years, 7 months ago

As we watched the atrocities of The Old Man and the Storm, I thought about my presentation I did for my GOLD Leadership course last semester where we focused on crisis leadership. The crisis I studied was Hurricane Katrina. My group focused on the pre-crisis, crisis, and post-crisis of how the Federal, State, and local governments helped the…[Read more]
Grace Rowan wrote a new post on the site Digital Humanities at Geneseo 11 years, 4 months ago

This past weekend I attended the Young Authors and Storytellers Festival here at SUNY Geneseo. The children in the community were invited to attend the festival and enter their own poems into the poetry […]

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