Please check out my latest article in History News Network – “Examining Christian End Times Rhetoric in the Time of COVID.” The topics explored in this essay give us more insight as to how History is the study of the present and how… Read More ›
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Forgiveness Is A Toxic Practice
I just had another article — “Forgiveness Is A Toxic Practice” — go live. Please check it out! Like many of my articles, this one goes against popular mores and has a potentially surprising take. Please read it here. Thanks!… Read More ›
Pale Blue Dot (Carl Sagan Cover)
Please check out my latest video editing project. A reading from Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot with music and video footage added. Thanks! Dr. Andrew Joseph Pegoda
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 ›
I’m an Ordained Minister.
In my Secularisms and Atheisms class, students are reading Living the Secular Life. In one place, the author talks about the Universal Life Church that allows people to easily become ordained. Curious, I Googled “Universal Life Church.” The website asks… Read More ›
Waiting Room Conversations
I just wanted to make a brief post about an interesting waiting room conversation I overheard while at M.D. Anderson recently. An older White man was talking with another older White man and said: Trump has done what he can… Read More ›
Spring 2019 Class Pictures
Another semester has concluded! The class picture tradition continues! This semester I taught Introduction to Women’s Studies; Comparative Creation Myths; Introduction to GLBT/Queer Studies (two sections); and Sexuality and Queer Theory! Dr. Andrew Joseph Pegoda
