Keep Calm, Teach On: Leading in the midst of uncertainty
If you haven’t been in a room with 25 anxious graduating seniors on exam day, only to receive a confusing message from …
20 goals for 2020
Amid the debates about whether we’re starting a new year or a new decade, I saw a Twitter thread last week about …
Confessions of an erstwhile blogger
“Please save me a seat!” I texted, frantically hustling down Pratt Street towards the Baltimore Convention Center. Naturally, when I had cut the …
Talking identity, prejudice and discrimination in class: An open letter to my students
Over the last several years, I’ve started to take a much more critical approach to my pedagogy. I’ve chosen more complex and …
On classroom alchemy and awkwardness
If I were a basketball coach, they would’ve sacked me mid-season. They would’ve blamed the lack of chemistry, the apathy, the mediocre …
Doing something good: The one assignment I actually LOVE to grade
Finals week. That point in the semester where I’m looking at the stacks of (physical and virtual) papers to grade wondering WHO …
A step-by-step guide to finding sources on Google Scholar
At least a few times per semester, I have a conversation with a student, usually undergraduate, that goes something like this… Student, …
New semester resolutions
Ask any educator. August is a month full of intense ambivalence. The last vestiges of summer feel tinged with anxiety over to-dos …
The emotional roller coaster of graduate advising
I wasn’t supposed to be in the office that Tuesday morning, but the deadline for a conference paper was looming, and I …
Calming the monkey mind
Friend who’s staying over this weekend for airshow practice: “What are you up to today?” Me: “Writing my section of a joint …