Kelly Herr – Blogs @ MU

Kelly Herr wrote a new post, THE WARE CENTER CELEBRATES 10 YEARS, on the site Millersville News 3 months ago

Fast forward to 2020 and the 10th anniversary of Millersville University’s Ware Center, a showcase of culture and talent from near and far, with events, sometimes multiple events, happening most day […]

Kelly Herr wrote a new post, A Remote University, on the site Millersville News 3 months ago

WHAT IS A UNIVERSITY?
Is it a place? Is it a collection of students and the staff that supports them? Is it the research and academic work that is completed? Is it a feeling of pride?

When put to the test, […]

Kelly Herr wrote a new post, Open For Business, on the site Millersville News 3 months ago

May was a monumental month for Millersville University. On May 6, 2020, the University announced the first named college in its 165- year history, and three days later, 93 students graduated from the Lombardo […]

Kelly Herr wrote a new post, Ecclesiastes and The Tempest: The Preacher’s Influence on Shakespeare, on the site MUsings: The Graduate Journal 5 months, 2 weeks ago

by Mariah Lynch
“Hebel hebelim! All is hebel,” declares the “Preacher” (or “Qohelet,” as termed in the Hebrew) in the opening lines of his great treatise, the book of Ecclesiastes. In this piece, Qohelet pre […]

Kelly Herr wrote a new post, Performing Black Queerness in the Works of James Baldwin and Danez Smith, on the site MUsings: The Graduate Journal 5 months, 2 weeks ago

By Maria Rovito
Race and sexuality play dominant forces in forming one’s identity, particularly the manner in which both identities intermingle with each other through the formation of one’s character. Spe […]

Kelly Herr wrote a new post, Achieving or Deceiving: Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome, on the site MUsings: The Graduate Journal 6 months ago

By Marie Leatherman

Abstract:

The imposter syndrome goes by many names and affects many people by making hard-earned accomplishments feel meaningless. How does a lack of confidence and ability affect an […]

Kelly Herr wrote a new post, The Portrayal of “Gifted”: A Film Analysis, on the site MUsings: The Graduate Journal 6 months ago

by Sarah Beth Graeff
Gifted is a 2017 American drama which details the life of Mary Adler, a seven-year-old girl with extraordinary mathematics abilities. Mary lives with her Uncle Frank in Tampa, Florida, which […]

Kelly Herr wrote a new post, Analyzing the Psychological Needs of the Gifted in Finding Forrester, on the site MUsings: The Graduate Journal 7 months ago

By Sarah Lawrence
With a backpack filled with journals, the film Finding Forrester begins by introducing Jamal Wallace, a sixteen-year-old young man who can hardly contain the stories within his brain. Jamal, the […]

Kelly Herr wrote a new post, Local Communities as Sites of Study: Postcard Reflections of Lancaster, on the site MUsings: The Graduate Journal 7 months ago

By Amanda Forst
How do our immediate surroundings engage and inspire new ideas through complex content? Can an object inspire questions and provide answers? How can interactive learning stick? What makes content […]

Kelly Herr wrote a new post, Internalized Inferiority: Panoptic Mechanisms in Joyce’s “Counterparts”, on the site MUsings: The Graduate Journal 7 months ago

By Joseph Lacombe
Bleak though the ending of James Joyce’s “Counterparts” may be, Farrington’s rather realistic display of violence not only highlights the unconscious cycles of physical and alcohol abuse in earl […]

Kelly Herr wrote a new post, The Start of a New Era, on the site Millersville News 1 year, 3 months ago

Dr. Daniel A. Wubah was inaugurated as the 15th president of Millersville University on April 18, 2019. In a ceremony on the Quad, the campus celebrated with the splendor of color, uplifting music and outdoor […]

Kelly Herr wrote a new post, From Muddy Floors to the Halls of Harvard, on the site Millersville News 1 year, 3 months ago

Leonel Silva remembers beds floating down the streets in his home country, the Dominican Republic, in 1998 after Hurricane George hit.

“It was cold, wet and our floor was muddy,” says Silva.

Silva was jus […]

Kelly Herr wrote a new post, An EPPIIC University, on the site Millersville News 1 year, 3 months ago

To accomplish the University’s mission of providing diverse, dynamic and meaningful experiences that inspire learners, our campus is shining a spotlight on our six core values – EXPLORATION, PROFESSIONALISM, PUB […]

Kelly Herr wrote a new post, Representative Jordan Harris ’06 – Gives Back, on the site Millersville News 1 year, 3 months ago

Alum & Trustee Makes Way for Those Coming Behind Him
“I was raised as a product of the village mentality,” Representative JORDAN HARRIS says with pride.

“I had a lot of people who were not necessarily blood […]

Kelly Herr wrote a new post, Welcome from the Dean, on the site MUsings: The Graduate Journal 1 year, 6 months ago

Welcome to Millersville University’s Spring 2019 edition of MUsings: The Graduate Journal. Our journal continues to be a creative and scholarly outlet for our graduate students as they explore unique to […]

Kelly Herr wrote a new post, Editorial Board – Spring 2019 Issue, on the site MUsings: The Graduate Journal 1 year, 6 months ago

MUsings: The Graduate Journal
Spring 2019

Publisher
James A. Delle, Dean
College of Graduate Studies and Adult Learning
Millersville University
Millersville, PA

Graduate Editors
Maria Rovito, […]

Kelly Herr wrote a new post, Voice Recording, on the site MUsings: The Graduate Journal 1 year, 7 months ago

By Maria Rovito
Hello. This is Ron’s answering
machine, Marvin, and
I’m so depressed. I have
50,000 times the memory capacity of my owner, but
all I get to do is answer the phone.
Life.
Don’t talk to me […]

Kelly Herr wrote a new post, On Katherine Dunn’s Geek Love from the Perspective of the Gaze, on the site MUsings: The Graduate Journal 1 year, 7 months ago

By Sha Chen
Geek Love reckons with patriarchal themes and the marginalization of “freaks,” represented in the novel by the Binewski family. A close reading of the novel reveals opportunities to apply gaze the […]

Kelly Herr wrote a new post, Catharsis in Poetry, on the site MUsings: The Graduate Journal 1 year, 7 months ago

By Phillip James Bialor

Social Work to Me
We are the Lens
That concentrates all factors into one coherent plan.

We are the Rosetta Stone
Who translates disparity into unity.

Biologic, Psychologic, […]

Kelly Herr wrote a new post, Gifted Talent in the Film Akeelah & the Bee, on the site MUsings: The Graduate Journal 1 year, 7 months ago

by York Williams
Overview
In the film Akeelah and the Bee (2006), directed by Doug Atchison, the complex character named Akeelah, played by Keke Palmer, provides an eloquent portrayal of a gifted student who is […]

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