My latest article is out. Columbia University’s The Hechinger Report published my article about how COVID-19 has prompted professors to spend thousands of their own money to effectively teach at home. Please check out “I’m one of the professors spending… Read More ›
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 ›
I wrote an article back in June that was published in Inside Higher Ed today. It talks about race, theory, pedagogy, and the past. In particular, it outlines suggestions for talking about race in our current historical moment. Please find it… Read More ›
My latest publication, “People Really Do Get Their Civil Rights History From Movies Like The Help. The Problem With That Is Clear,” is live in Time. You can read it here. Please read, like, and share. Comments always welcome, too. Thanks!… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
COVID19 has presented challenge after challenge. (And let’s not forget that our ever-more evil POTUS knew about its threat and had options to minimize its impact, but chose to ignore them.) For a blog post here, I wanted to briefly… Read More ›
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 ›
