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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.

Writing exercise – “Christmas Gathering” (yes, another ChatGPT adventure)

Posted on December 17, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

Well, I’m starting to see ChatGPT’s tics and tells more clearly. On the plus side, this tool works well as a means of casting a wide research net quickly executing a rough draft providing “feedback” and suggestions for oneself on … Continue reading →

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Moonlight in Vermont

Posted on December 14, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

Listening to this song tonight, which I’ve always liked, I suddenly realized that its verses are haikus I always sensed that its structure was different from most other songs, and I’ve also always found the lyrics evocatively poetic. But never … Continue reading →

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Grohmann Museum, Friday, December 13, 2024

Posted on December 13, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

At 2:38 PM, to be precise 😂 My office at Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) is on the second floor of the Grohmann Museum. Today was the last day of regular classes before final exams begin next week. My last … Continue reading →

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Awaiting Restoration

Posted on December 9, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

Took this photo on the drive home from work tonight. I believe this building was once a theater and suffered fire damage at one point, and now a nonprofit is redeveloping it and its neighbors on the block. Actually, I … Continue reading →

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Me 🎵 and my shadow 🎶

Posted on December 5, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

Just an image I liked from my week😀

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Writing exercise – “Bridges” (brought to you by ChatGPT and me!)

Posted on November 30, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

Lately, I have been trying two things as an experiment with my writing group exercises. First, I’ve been using every prompt as a jumping-off point to initiate a scene for my novel. Second, I’m setting every scene up with a … Continue reading →

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Why the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys always play on Thanksgiving

Posted on November 28, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

I have wondered about this for years. It seemed like my dad and grandfather watched the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving afternoon every single year of my childhood. Do the Lions always play on Thanksgiving, or is my memory just playing … Continue reading →

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Bloom where you’re planted!

Posted on November 23, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

I thought of that saying right away about two weeks ago when I saw these cheerful flowers (um, weeds) growing out of the crack at the base of this brick wall where it hits the sidewalk (and took a picture, … Continue reading →

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Abstraction: Efflorescence on a Concrete Wall

Posted on November 22, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

This caught my eye this morning, and I immediately envisioned it as something that might make a nice abstract image in a photograph. I know what “efflorescence” is only because when I worked as a litigation paralegal many years ago, … Continue reading →

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Writing Exercise – “November Rain” (co-authored by my writing buddy, ChatGPT)

Posted on November 20, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

As I’ve mentioned before, I’m in a small “Community of Practice” group at Milwaukee School of Engineering, the college where I teach, and am trying to immerse myself both in reading the current scholarship on generative AI (or, “GenAI,” as … Continue reading →

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