Building Public Humanities Ecologies for Critical Computing in LIS
This project brings together researchers from intersecting fields to develop a model for digitally-engaged library and information sciences that is rooted in humanistic inquiry and community engagement.
Co-directors: Benjamin Devane (College of Education), Micah Bateman (School of Library and Information Science), and Lindsay Mattock (School of Library and Information Science)
Planning the University of Iowa College of Education Annual Summer Racial Justice Institute
This Institute will assemble an interdisciplinary team of scholars from Iowa as well as other institutions, students, and community leaders to facilitate learning utilizing research and scholarship to deepen participants’ understanding of race, racism, and racial justice. It will offer K-12 educators, community members, business owners, medical professionals, law enforcement, and concerned citizens a much needed opportunity to gain a holistic understanding of the historical and contemporary experiences of impacting racially minoritized populations in Iowa as well as important opportunity to craft actionable plans to advance racial justice in their own communities.
Co-directors: Ain Grooms (Educational Leadership & Policy), DeeAnn Grove (West Wind Education Policy), and Katrina Sanders (Educational Policy & Leadership)
Differentiate Takotsubo Syndrome & Acute Myocardial Infarction: Machine Learning from Bedside Echocardiography
This project will help to realize the ultimate goal of improving (differential) diagnostic accuracy and efficiency to support frontline physicians’ decision-making under challenging clinical conditions.
Co-directors: Kan Liu (Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine) and Xiaodong Wu (Electrical & Computer Engineering)
Untying Tongues: Tongues United, Black Queerness, and Queer Media Archives
This project centers Black queerness within the American LGBTQ+ media canon in the co-directors' jointly authored book-in-progress Tongues Untied, currently under contract with McGill-Queen’s University Press as part of the “Queer Film Classics” series. The book not only engages the textual features of Marlon Riggs’s groundbreaking documentary film Tongues Untied (1989), but also illuminates the struggles, contestations, and triumphs associated with the film’s production, release, and reception.
Co-directors: Alfred Martin (Communication Studies) and Andrew Owens (Cinematic Arts)
Immersive Virtual Mathematics Education for Teachers (Project VIME)
This group's project builds upon an interdisciplinary effort involving specialists in mathematics, professional development, and computer engineering to build an automated, virtual reality simulation capable of guiding, correcting, and assessing teacher candidates.
Co-directors: Seth King (Special Education — Teaching & Learning), Anne Estapa (Mathematics — Teaching & Learning), and Tyler Bell (Electrical & Computer Engineering)
Educators of Color in Iowa (IDRG Special Project)
This project combines literature, research, and methods from educational leadership, youth and adult development, and rehabilitation counseling to examine the lived experiences of educators of color (EOCs) from paraprofessionals through superintendents across the state of Iowa. Findings will be used to develop evidence-based psychological interventions as well as school-wide professional development trainings.
Co-directors: Ain Grooms (Educational Leadership & Policy Studies), Duhita Mahatmya (College of Education), and Ebonee Johnson (Community & Behavioral Health)
New Grammars for Reproductive Justice
Drawing from current research in transgender studies, feminist studies, and rhetoric, this project makes use of the reproductive justice framework developed by women of color to analyze ongoing debates over language use and inclusivity within reproductive health care and advocacy.
Co-directors: Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz (Communication Studies and Gender, Women's & Sexuality Studies) and Shui-yin Sharon Yam, (Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies at University of Kentucky)