Reese Hollister Research, Teaching, Building

Projects

Projects

The larger projects where research, teaching, and design meet — from a reconstructed African-aviation dataset to a tactile Arabic learning system and a capstone on infrastructure and sovereignty.

Selected Work

Main projects

A simple index of the larger projects featured on the site.

Huruf La'b Arabic letter tiles — close view of the hand-crafted wooden tiles that form the core of the tactile learning system.

Huruf La'b

Teaching & Learning / Product / Design

Tactile Arabic puzzle system that turns early script learning into a hands-on classroom routine.

  • Award
  • Product
  • Arabic
  • Teaching
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A mural in Sidi Ifni depicting the 1975 Green March — a procession of trucks and marchers beneath the Arabic oath of the march.

Western Sahara Highways

Research / Public Scholarship

Research on how highways, logistics corridors, and territorial administration helped Morocco convert claims over Western Sahara into durable control.

  • Deck
  • Map
  • Timeline
  • Roads
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Historic route map showing European airline connections across Africa.

From Colonies to Carriers

Digital History / Research

Dataset and digital history project tracing how newly independent African states used national airlines and route networks to make sovereignty operational — with Royal Air Maroc as the close case.

  • Deck
  • Paper
  • Dataset
  • Map
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Title slide for Truth After Tazmamart: Lawfulness in Morocco's Equality and Reconciliation Commission.

Truth After Tazmamart

Research / Public Scholarship

Research on Tazmamart, Morocco's Equity and Reconciliation Commission, and the political limits of truth-seeking when accountability remains constrained.

  • Deck
  • Paper
  • Justice
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The Sahara dunes near Merzouga, Morocco — sweeping sand ridges with camels at the base, a landscape tied to mobility and fieldwork.

Fulbright Morocco

Research / Teaching & Learning / Public Scholarship

Fieldwork and language-study archive from a Fulbright year in Morocco — connecting archival research practice, Arabic and Darija study, and public historical interpretation.

  • Fieldwork
  • Arabic
  • Teaching
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A small group stands on the overhanging rim of Jebel Shams at dusk — the highest peak in Oman — above the haze of the Wadi Ghul canyon.

Oman / Arabic Study

Teaching & Learning / Public Scholarship

An immersive Arabic program in Manah, Oman — language study carried into the mountains and markets of the interior.

  • Arabic
  • Immersion
  • Fieldwork
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Elsewhere

Public work and supporting links

Other parts of the public record that support the projects here.

Public Scholarship

Historical Method Man

Educational video work that translates historical method for a broader audience.

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Research

Selected presentations

Conference, workshop, and digital-history presentation work spanning Moroccan history, tutoring pedagogy, and postcolonial African airlines.

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Writing

Selected publications

Journal articles and essays in venues including History Matters, Gettysburg Historical Journal, and the Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History.

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