An Open Letter to My College Freshman, Part 4
Dear M****, Your college years are such an amazing time, and I want you to enjoy every single moment. I honestly don’t think there is...
An Open Letter to My College Freshman, Part 3
Dear M****, I promise this is my last letter dedicated to the academic side of the college equation. I imagine as you read these...
An Open Letter to My College Freshman, Part 2
Dear M****, The closer we get to your move-in date, the more I find myself ruminating on tidbits of advice that I wish I had known when I...
An Open Letter to My College Freshman, Part 1
Dear M***, It is currently mid-July, and my time is divided between my administrative work in the Honors College (which at this time of...
Becoming. Teachers and Students
Becoming. I use this word a lot when working with teachers and students. Something about the perpetual change it suggests, the constant...
The Hoo-Hahs
In 2011, I attended my first CWPA Conference in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I had recently accepted an interim director of composition...
A Borrowed Phrase
A friend calls it the rhyme of circumstances. The way pieces of our lives are marked by constants we cannot explain. My daughter was born...
When Your Tweet Is Too Long
Almost two years ago my daughter’s history teacher and I planned a Mississippi history trip. It was an unbelievably moving trip for me...
We Are From: FYC Voices
The week our semester started, NPR published a crowd-sourced “Where I’m From” poem that included submissions from people all around the...
Running, Rare Disease, and Insurance Obstacles
My daughter is going to run in two different events at a track meet today. The fact that I spent the morning preparing to sit outside on...
