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About Katherine Wikoff

I am a college professor (PhD in English, concentration rhetoric) at Milwaukee School of Engineering, where I teach film and media studies, political science, digital society, digital storytelling, writing for digital media, and communication. While fragments of my teaching and scholarship interests may quite naturally meander over to my blog, this space is intended to function as a creative outlet, not as part of my professional practice. Opinions are my own, etc.

Fiserv Forum roofline, south side, late afternoon

Posted on July 18, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

So many photos of this building are just waiting to be taken. There’s one image I’d like to capture along the north side looking west, but I don’t think my equipment is good enough to get it 😦

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Arrangement in Black and White No. 1

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

Photo taken in my parking garage this morning. Lots of cutesy titles suggested themselves, among them: “Rule of Thirds” – because there are three white pillar bases and three white lights. Plus the “Rule of Thirds” concept. “Figures 3 and … Continue reading →

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The individual vs. society – Joseph Campbell, Gandhi, and JFK weigh in

Posted on June 14, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

I’m cleaning out my office today, throwing out old student papers and old lecture notes from courses I no longer teach. One of the files I came across was from a one-off course on mythology that I taught in the … Continue reading →

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On the breezy shores of Lake Market Street 😄

Posted on June 13, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

I didn’t think we’d had all that much rain last night, but I’ve also never seen a puddle this large outside my parking garage, so I guess we must have. And you can tell from the high-water mark that the … Continue reading →

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The Story of “Smooth”

Posted on June 3, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

Remember “Smooth,” the Santana–Rob Thomas megahit from twenty years ago? Rolling Stone has a fabulous article out today recounting how this unlikely collaboration between artists of such different musical genres and generations came about to result in the classic single … Continue reading →

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Interview of Jean Hatfield at Sarah Ann, WV (2001), Part 4

Posted on June 1, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

Interview of Jean Hatfield at Sarah Ann, WV (2001), Part 4 Interview of Jean Hatfield at Sarah Ann, WV (2001), Part 4 — Read on brandonraykirk.com/2019/06/01/interview-of-jean-hatfield-at-sarah-ann-wv-2001-part-4/ 😀

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Interview of Jean Hatfield at Sarah Ann, WV (2001), Part 3

Posted on May 29, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

Interview of Jean Hatfield at Sarah Ann, WV (2001), Part 3 Interview of Jean Hatfield at Sarah Ann, WV (2001), Part 3 — Read on brandonraykirk.com/2019/05/29/interview-of-jean-hatfield-at-sarah-ann-wv-2001-part-3/ In case you’ve read Parts 1 and 2 already (which I shared the other day) … Continue reading →

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Interview of Jean Hatfield at Sarah Ann, WV (2001), Part 2

Posted on May 28, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

Interview of Jean Hatfield at Sarah Ann, WV (2001), Part 2 Interview of Jean Hatfield at Sarah Ann, WV (2001), Part 2 — Read on brandonraykirk.com/2019/05/28/interview-of-jean-hatfield-at-sarah-ann-wv-2001-part-2/ And here is the link to “Part 2.” If you’re a history buff, you might … Continue reading →

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Interview of Jean Hatfield at Sarah Ann, WV (2001), Part 1

Posted on May 28, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

Interview of Jean Hatfield at Sarah Ann, WV (2001), Part 1 Interview of Jean Hatfield at Sarah Ann, WV (2001), Part 1 — Read on brandonraykirk.com/2019/05/26/interview-of-jean-hatfield-at-sarah-ann-wv-2001/ I follow some super interesting bloggers, and Brandon Ray Kirk always posts interesting history (lots … Continue reading →

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“Not so much costumes as a bit of plumbing and general automobile engineering”

Posted on May 15, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

So said John Mollo in his acceptance speech at the Oscars after winning the Academy Award for Costume Design in 1978 for his work on Star Wars. What reminded me of this marvelous quote was a vehicle I walked past … Continue reading →

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