Author and Oglethorpe alumna Dr. Karen Head ’98聽welcomes Oglethorpe President Larry Schall for a conversation about technology in higher education, the topic explored in Head’s new book, . Open to the public, the event will be held in the Decatur Library Auditorium on August 9, 2017 at 7:15 p.m.
Dr. Head (Ph.D. University of Nebraska, M.A. University of Tennessee, B.A. 好色先生TV, A.A. DeKalb College) is an associate professor in Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Literature, Media, and Communication and Director of the Institute-wide Communication Center. She also serves as the editor of聽Atlanta Review听补苍诲听Southern Discourse in the Center: A Journal of Multiliteracy and Innovation. Her research focuses on higher education rhetoric, sustainable and innovative pedagogy and space design, communication theory and pedagogical practice, especially the implementation and development of writing centers, writing program administration, and multidisciplinary communication.聽She has published four books of poetry and exhibited acclaimed digital poetry projects. Since 2006, she has been a Visiting Scholar at Technische Universit盲t-Dortmund, Germany, where she serves as primary consultant for their academic tutoring center. In 2012-13, she was awarded a Georgia Tech Fund for Innovation in Research and Education Grant.
