Summer and Bringing the Happy
“I'm the person who likes creating more than completing, who answers the Meyers-Briggs question about whether you prefer starting to...
Weighty Decisions
Since Wednesday, February 14th, my social media outlets have been filled with responses to the tragic school shooting at Marjory Stoneman...
Digital Rabbit Holes
I am teaching a digital literacies class this semester, and the first writing assignment asks students to consider their reliance on...
Day One and a Mentor
It is the first day of classes, and, as is typical, my mind is racing with thoughts and ideas about the new semester. Excitement about...
Making 2018
I was scrolling through Facebook today when I saw that a friend and colleague of mine wished his friends a happy new year saying “here’s...
Pondering "Me Too"
I am sitting in my office preparing for my classes this week. Tomorrow we will discuss excerpts from bell hooks’ Teaching to Transgress...
Writing in Online Spaces
This year, my institution is switching LMS platforms, and this has meant a considerable amount of additional work for me over the summer....
Brief Musings on Home
My father always told me it did not matter where we buried him because his soul would be in heaven. Then a few years ago, he told me he...
Different Perspectives
I was excited when I woke to discover that Sheila Black had an opinion piece about living with X-Linked Hypophosphatemia (XLH) published...
A Mishmash: Writing with Students and Resistance
I always do my best to write with my students. I do not like assigning writing tasks that I have not attempted myself, and I have never...
