Christine Henseler
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Johanna Drucker on Identification, Imagination, and Problem-solving to Communicate the Humanities
Distinguished scholar, writer, and artist, Johanna Drucker recently shared her insights with me on designing effective humanities communication to engage undergraduate and high school students. Our conversation began with Drucker’s thought-provoking articulation of a central challenge facing humanities communicators: “We must shift from speaking about the humanities to enabling students to speak for and through…
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Playing to Win: A Diplomat’s Strategy to Communicating the Humanities
André, whose distinguished career focused on tangible global impact, noted that bridging the gap between theoretical understanding and practical implementation often presents the biggest hurdle in communicating the humanities’ relevance. As such, he emphasized the need for a real back-and-forth, moving beyond passive information delivery. Think gamification and immersive environments. These could serve as proving…
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Empowering Humanities Communicators: Introducing the CHC’s Talking Points Toolbox Proposal
Imagine a platform where you could find all the necessary, relevant, and relatable information about the humanities, ready for you to use and apply to your own communication goals. This is exactly what the Center for Humanities Communication (CHC) aims to provide with its innovative advocacy Talking Points Toolbox. Currently in draft form, the CHC…
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The CHC designs prototype of a Social Media Humanities Communication Internship called “The NextGen Co-Creator Internship”
With input from 14 Humanities Councils nationwide and from the leaders of the Applied and Public Humanities internship at the University of Arizona, Stephanie Springer and Brittney Crawford, Christine Henseler and Isabell Sluka of the CHC have drafted a “NextGen Co-Creator Internship” program that focuses on training the next generation to communicate the humanities through…
