Given the current moment, the worldwide pandemic, the uncertain future of the halls of democracy in the US–colleges and universities, public spaces and the arts, even voting and the election, the turn to thinking about…
It has been about a week since my posts about online teaching and teaching online: Part One: “Managing Expectations,” Part Two: “Low Tech is the Best Tech,” and Part Three: “Wrangling Content.” Thanks to everyone…
This is my final (and hopefully still helpful) installment on my approaches to and experiences with teaching online, following Part One: “Managing Expectations” and Part Two: “Low Tech is the Best Tech.” Again, these are…
Building on yesterday’s post on “Managing Expectations,” today’s musings on teaching online are about how and why and when we use technology, what form does that technology take, and the benefits of thinking and doing…
I am heartened by the quick response of colleges and universities to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, but I am also deeply worried and saddened by the intended and unintended impacts of the tumultuous shift…
Given so much of the current scholarly and higher education landscape is filled with dystopian think pieces, pessimistic statistics and reports, assaults against academic freedom and academic labor, urgent calls for action against harassment, xenophobia,…
Over the past two years, I have worked with the LGBTQIA Scholars Academic Residence Community (ARC). During my first year, I taught classes designated as ARC courses, including WGS 201: Introduction to Queer Studies and…
One of my friends Christopher Morrison and his friend Dominic Mah have a podcast/vidcast called Elevating the Genre. According to EtG’s site, the show is about: Any element in any “genre” (re: geek) piece of…
Just the first few hours into Dragon Age: Origins, I find myself distracted–deeply so–in both a good and bad way. Chalk it up to being a video game scholar or maybe just an older, more…
A little bit of time on my hands is a dangerous thing (and a rare thing for a junior faculty member and struggling academic), and instead of spending said time on a Star Trek: Voyager…