At the beginning of the summer, as I settled into planning for this fall, I made the decision to jettison the traditional research paper assignment–which…
Last fall, I began teaching a section of my department’s Medieval World course, a prospect which made me equal parts nervous and excited, as I…
It’s mid-August, the time at which every academic has to quit hitting the snooze button on their internal clock. That’s right; another academic year is…
As the cost-funding-value-sustainability debates careen along their courses in higher education, those of us in the academy who are actually: a. trying to follow these…
Higher education is in trouble. The Humanities, the Liberal Arts–more so. It’s been a rough year or so for colleges and universities throughout the United…
I had the distinct pleasure of being the guest on the Teaching in Higher Ed Podcast this week. Thanks to Bonni Stachowiak for the great…