Interviewees, including Acting Assoc. Director of MITH (Maryland Institute of Technology in the Humanities) Matt Kirschenbaum, describe the student community and the potential for online interaction across a department.YouTube - AMST @ UMD web video #2

Web Resources:The Californian Ideology

Richard Barbrook and Andy Cameron respond, in part, to Reingold's portrayal of an anti-establishment 'virtual class'. This is an interesting analysis of the social, political, and economic forces shaping the internet. This article is dated August 1995, which places it before the current 'Web 2.0' revolution which is taking place online, but the conflicts described are still very relevant.

Web Resources: UO Psychology: Intellectual Communities. Web community at the University of Oregon Psych Department

This website "allows the department to function as a whole rather than as a set of insulated areas". UO has also given their undergraduate honors students a place to share their projects online. American Studies is also made up of a number of "insulated areas". According to the current AMST website, students can have a focus in any of about 18 areas of study. Professors in AMST also have a particular focus or area of specialty. We need to make additional efforts to encourage a "cohesive" community.

AMST @ UMD web video #1
Contextualizing American Studies: Excerpt from my interview with Dr. Vincent Stephens. Vincent describes students' approach to education and the changing nature of the university system.