Episode 015 - William Pannapacker

In this episode, Stacey Johnson interviews William Pannapacker, DuMez Professor of English and Senior Director of the Mellon Grand Challenges Presidential Initiative at Hope College in Michigan. Pannapacker is a Walt Whitman scholar, and a proponent and supporter of the digital liberal arts. In the interview, he talks about that work, and the program building he’s done at Hope to enable more faculty to teach with technology. He also talks about his own career and the surprisingly limited role technology plays in his own teaching. Links: • William Pannapacker’s faculty page: http://www.hope.edu/directory/people/pannapacker-william/index.html • @pannapacker on Twitter: http://twitter.com/pannapacker • Mellon Scholars Program: http://www.hope.edu/academics/mellon-scholars/ • Grand Challenges Presidential Initiative announcement: http://www.hope.edu/news/2016/academics/grant-to-support-faculty-and-students-in-interdisciplinary-exploration-of-grand-challenges.html • Walt Whitman archive: http://whitmanarchive.org/ • Debates in the Digital Humanities: http://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/ • Palomino Blackwing: http://palominobrands.com/blackwing/