Monthly Archives: July 2014

This is what happened when I drove my Mercedes to pick up food stamps – The Washington Post

This is what happened when I drove my Mercedes to pick up food stamps – The Washington Post.

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Boston institutions try to grab attention with provocative marketing efforts @insidehighered

Boston institutions try to grab attention with provocative marketing efforts @insidehighered.

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“Home Returns Me” by Michael McDonald

Read this wonderful article by my student, Michael McDonald expressing the challenge of returning home, especially when home is the U.S.: “Home Returns Me” in the ND Magazine.

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“I Am Musa”–L’Arche, Kenya

Here is a must-see video made by my student, Michael McDonald, of his friend Musa from the L’Arche community in Kenya. I Am Musa–L’Arche, Kenya

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Home returns me // News // Notre Dame Magazine // University of Notre Dame

Fabulous article by a student in my Rhetorics of Gender and Poverty course about the challenge of transitioning back to the U.S. after global travel.  Home returns me // News // Notre Dame Magazine // University of Notre Dame.

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Poverty: The History of a Measure – U.S. Census Bureau

Love this Census Bureau infographic on the history of the poverty measure.  Poverty: The History of a Measure – U.S. Census Bureau.

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How Census Measure Poverty – U.S. Census Bureau

Love the Census Bureau’s infographics on measuring poverty.  How Census Measure Poverty – U.S. Census Bureau.

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