Project Group:

• Alan Liu (Professor) & Jamal Russell ("Arnhold Graduate Collaborative Research Advisor")
• Student participants in the CRG ("Arnhold Collaborative Research Fellows")
• Darya Behroozi
• Phi Do
• Sydney Hannum
• Noelle Leong
• Claire Lowinger-Iverson
• Karina Lucero
• Sonia Htoon
• Francisco Olvera
• Melani Sarhadi
• Justin Shieh
• Bella Solorzano
• ENGL 199RA: Pass 3 Opens March 17 
• Possible next meeting date? March 15, 16, 17?

1. Continued Discussion of Newspaper Articles, Topic Models, and Anthology:

• 2010-2014 Topic Model- 50 Topics
• Anthology spreadsheet for the 50-topic model (ranked topics, plus top articles associated with each topic). New: The anthology now also includes visualizations of the top words in each topic in word-cloud format. (Students in CRG need a password to access the articles.):
• Online version of anthology (as Google spreadsheet)
• Downloadable Excel version of anthology (if you prefer to work locally on your machine)

• 2010-2014 Topic Model- 100 Topics

• Initial Topics and Teams:

1. (Francisco, Bella, Karina, Justin) 

   What does an overview of the public discourse on the humanities look like?

2. (Darya, Claire, Noelle)
   How do articles focused on the humanities in particular intersect with other topics (for example, what other topics does a “humanities in crisis” article link with)?
3. (Sydney, Phi, Sonia, Melani) 
   How is the humanities represented in other areas of public discourse (for example, how do the humanities factor into a discussion of, say, climate change)?

• Topics coming out of Third Meeting:

• Value and Cultural Capital in relation to discussions of the Humanities
• Representations of the Humanities (How? And for whom?)
• STEM/Humanities narratives (STEM vs. Humanities constructions particularly) 
• Risk and Insecurity in relation to the Humanities
• The Humanities and the everyday life of the public

• Based on these topics and findings, what are the main findings and main recommendations re: Humanities discourse that should be included in the white paper?

2. Planning the White Paper:

• Structure of White Paper: 

• "Executive Summary"
• Context of issues
• Description of materials and methods we used
• Main findings
• Main recommendations.
• "Action Briefing"

• Questions to consider while putting together white paper: 

• What are your main findings and recommendations?
• How will you contextualize the questions we are asking and the insights gleaned from those questions?
• What should the "Executive Summary" and "Action Briefing" look like? What should be included in those sections of the white paper?
• Writing the Executive Summary
• Action Briefing: How do you plan on implementing your suggestions? What tools and/or methods would you use to implement your recommendations?

• Developing the White Paper:

• Division of Labor
• Possible meeting and discussion of writing
• Team collaboration tools
• Slack
• Ryver

For Winter Meeting 5:

• Collaborate on producing a draft of the white paper.

Winter Meeting 5 Agenda:

• Discussion of the white paper
• Initial brainstorming of project ideas for Spring quarter
• Brainstorming of materials, expenses, etc. that Professor Liu can include in a FRAP funding request for spring quarter