In no particular order, these tenets are: 1. Race, class, and privilege deeply divide people. Humans are still just babies on the evolutionary scale of this universe. Humans have an urge to assert their (self-awarded) superiority and to create and then protect their corresponding privileges. Indeed systems of white privilege, male privilege, cis-gender privilege, heterosexualContinue reading “13 Tenets to Seeing and Understanding the World as a Scholar”
Monthly Archives: October 2013
Demographic Questions, Surveys, and Thoughts – Hidden Power of Words Series, #2
What’s the boundary between reasonableness, political correctness, and correctness and wrongness? I am specifically wondering about the language related to demographics on all the surveys we have to complete. (Everywhere you go now there is a survey to take on the computer!) This posting is somewhat experimental. I pose many different questions. I am hoping yourContinue reading “Demographic Questions, Surveys, and Thoughts – Hidden Power of Words Series, #2”
The Anatomy of How I Teach: Effective Academic Writing, A Look at Words
Each semester for the last few years I’ve given a version (I change it some every semester) of this presentation discussed below to two Advanced Writing classes at the University of Houston Clear Lake as a guest speaker. I love teaching, and my goal when teaching (or guest speaking) is to always use active learningContinue reading “The Anatomy of How I Teach: Effective Academic Writing, A Look at Words”
Boycotts and Protestors, Companies, and (Sad) Realities of the World
The Information Age made possible by the computer’s revolutionary power has made having a much more informed and vocal citizenry possible and usually a reality. In particular, discovering that yet another company has engaged in practices deemed immoral by contemporary mores has become an everyday occurrence. Just this week we found out that Hobby LobbyContinue reading “Boycotts and Protestors, Companies, and (Sad) Realities of the World”
An Open Letter to Scholars and Thinkers
Anti-intellectualism is far too pervasive in our world. Although, it is not a new problem. We regularly complain about anti-intellectualism existing among our students. We say, “they can’t think,” “they don’t know how to question and evaluate information,” or “they believe everything they are told, especially if it’s on the computer.” We say the nation’sContinue reading “An Open Letter to Scholars and Thinkers”
Dr. Andrew Joseph Pegoda 