I had another article come out today, “Welcoming Activities That Work.” This one in Inside Higher Ed with the headline “Professors, think again before having students simply make rules on the first day of class, and instead create ways to… Read More ›
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The World of Acting: Meryl Streep and Her Films
This summer I’m teaching ENGL 2315: Literature and Film (among other classes). For a while now, I’ve been slowly learning more about video editing and doing more videos. Given that everything will continue to be online for the foreseeable future,… Read More ›
A Vision of College Students Today
Please note: I first wrote the following article in December 2019. I kept making tweaks to it and submitted it a number of places in December, in January, and in February with no takers. I thought about tweaking it to include the COIVD19… Read More ›
Kindergarten Goes to the University Classroom: The Educational Value of Show and Tell
My latest article is now live! History News Network published this one. It details a new activity my students in Secularisms and Atheisms did last semester. I encourage other professors to adopt the practice, too! Please give it a read, like,… Read More ›
The “Big Idea” Gender Studies Syllabus
This is the third installment in my “Big Idea Syllabus” series inspired by Dr. Michael Wesch’s “Big Idea” Syllabus for Anthropology. My “Big Idea” Syllabus for History can be found here, for Writing here. The “Big Idea” Syllabus for Gender… Read More ›
Fall 2019 Class Pictures
The tradition continues! We’re doing more silly ones, but here are the end-of-semester pictures for the Fall 2019! The last day of classes were before Thanksgiving this year! This semester I taught Sexuality and Queer Theory, Introduction to Women’s Studies,… Read More ›
239 visits. 180 hours. Office Hours.
I continue to really love office hours (and even thrive on them!), and I had another semester of wonderful and very busy office hours, even busier than last semester! Here’s the data breakdown for the Fall 2019 semester. (Added 11/29… Read More ›
Summer 2019 Class Pictures
This summer I taught three classes: Theologies from the Margins: Gender, Race, and Sexuality (online); Introduction to Women’s Studies; and First Year Writing I: Representations of Social Justice. Like last summer, I invited the online students to send their picture… Read More ›