Words with friends: Collaboration makes better writers
I love the stereotypical image of a writer: A solitary figure, holed up somewhere chain smoking and drinking buckets of booze coffee, …
#NCA15 Org Comm top paper fabulousness
The nerves started to set in a week before. While chopping veggies for dinner, I observed: “I’m going to be presenting to …
Why I appreciate veterans in the classroom
At the end of last semester, one of my students handed me a small, but weighty envelope. When I opened it, I …
Slow clap for Canada (and gender equity)
I dropped the F-bomb in class this week. No, not the one that autocorrect turns into ‘duck,’ but ‘feminism.’ I started the …
13 things writing students need to know
It’s obvious when a class’s honeymoon period is over. It happens after the first essay is graded and it feels like deflated …
Guess who’s a Wildcat?
I was a good 25 minutes up the road when I realized I’d left my cell phone on the bathroom counter. After …
What I wish someone had told me at graduation
Last weekend, I attended Sacramento State’s Arts and Letters graduation ceremony. It was my first time on the faculty side and it surprised …
Making a SacStatement
Whenever I teach about organizational culture, I start by asking students to identify important elements of their school culture like physical artifacts, …
Sky Ops Surprise: That one time I was an under-cover agent
The goddamned rivets blew my cover. For nine months, I ran a quiet operation. I blended in, asked around a little, mostly …
An introvert in the classroom
Stock photo used with permission. Thursday night when I rolled in near 9:30, it was all I could do to get to the …