La Vida Flamenco
Photo-journal by Dr. Vickie Hall Stevens
Dr. Vickie Hall Stevens’ global-mindedness resulted in her dissertation, Student Perceptions on Issues […]
Kia Ora: From Sydney to Rotorua
SPC Communications Chair, Lillien Tunceren, joined SPC students to explore the cultures of Australia and New Zealand with special emphasis on Aboriginal and Maori experience in 2017: “The cultures of Australia and New Zealand offer a unique opportunity for students to understand their literary conventions and communication practices and juxtapose those practices with other world […]
On Escape: Summer Travel Issue
The summer IQ offers both faculty and student perspectives on travel & exploration as they relate to interdisciplinary learning and education. Our IDS students have been globe-trotting. IQ has the summer beat covered from the Côte D’Azur to Costa Rica.The faculty have been on the move as well. Professor Antonia Lewandowski invites us to […]
Renaissance Florence from Sunrise to Sunset
Photo-journal by Dr. Brandy Stark
Dr. Brandy Stark has long had an affinity for antiquity. She has studied ancient and Renaissance Italy (in particular) and traveled to Florence recently. Florence is unique in terms of its preservation as a Renaissance gem: “Built on the site of an Etruscan settlement, […]
Hola Amigos!
Spanish Professor Lori Madden and her students enjoyed an excellent experience in Costa Rica via SPC’s Costa Rica Study Abroad Program in 2017. They visited volcanoes, rainforests, beaches, museums, and coffee plantations while gaining the tremendous benefits of cultural and linguistic immersion. To many, “Costa Rica’s charm lies in its lush rainforests, unspoiled beaches and […]
Submit Your Travel Photographs!
The summer IQ shall offer both faculty and student perspectives on travel & exploration as they relate to interdisciplinary learning and education.
We shall explore the ways in which travel enhances global insight. Interdisciplinary teaching and learning benefit from travel.The Interdisciplinary Studies Program at St. Petersburg College celebrates travel abroad opportunities and seeks your travel photographs […]
The Golden Mean of Leadership in Lord of the Flies and Ender’s Game
By David Glandon
The “golden mean” is a concept made popular by Aristotle, one of the greatest philosophers of all time. This idea involves setting up an imaginary scale between two personality traits that are opposite from one another, and saying that the center between those two extremes is the optimal way to live. One […]
On Social Issues
The most recent IQ offers student perspectives on interdisciplinary social issues. Points of departure include race, class, economics, and politics. We explore the ways in which socioeconomic dynamics inform and shape identity—from the past to the present. We also consider the ways in which characters struggle to make a difference despite injustice and oppression from the margins of […]
Materialism and Identity: Economic Dissolution in Robinson’s “The Mill”
By Max Matheu
Identity loss and acquisition is a crucial aspect of the human condition. To define oneself through different cultural, religious, and social lenses remains a fixture of Western Civilization. In the contemporary period, the resurgence of tribalism and the creation of identity politics have both played roles in furthering identity beyond antiquated definitions […]
George Orwell’s 1984 and the Twenty-First Century
By Megan Attwood
Big Brother is already watching, but does the warning in George Orwell’s 1984 still hold true in the twenty-first century? In 1984, the ministries of Truth, Love, and War controlled Oceania by lying to the public, monitoring their actions and thoughts, and maintaining a constant war no matter the enemy. Today, those […]