Let me start by saying….I loved the new Netflix documentary, Will & Harper. In the midst of the semester, I was feeling bogged down, and with social and political conflicts whirling around, Will & Harper was the breath of fresh air that I didn’t know I needed. Will & Harper, follows Will Ferrell and Harper Steele. […]
In so many ways, the 2024 election is about gender. There’s the obvious – if Kamala Harris is elected, she will be the first woman to be President of the United States. There’s also the fact that our political divide has become gendered. A poll from ABC news/Ipsos published on August 30th found that women […]
Gender is playing a very important role in this election cycle. In this post (as well as in one later this month), I want to muse about some of the gender dynamics of this election and think about ways that it could be discussed in the classroom. In this post, I’ll focus on what this […]
The first time I listened to the podcast, The Retrievals, I knew I was going to teach it in Psychology of Women & Gender. The five-part series chronicles the story of dozens of women who sought fertility treatment at the Yale Fertility Center starting in 2019. The women featured in the story underwent IVF treatment. […]
This academic year was challenging. In my Psychology of Women & Gender class, students appeared angry, tired, and ill-equipped to engage in controversial conversations. Topics that were particularly challenging were ones about racism, the violence in Israel and Palestine, and the increase in anti-trans legislation. Recognizing that I wanted to teach skills that could help […]
In this post I want to talk about my use of “extension assignments” as a way to extend student learning in class and give students the ability to focus their learning, in a relatively low-stakes assignment, on material that interests them. My extension assignments are 5-10 minute presentations on a topic of a student’s interest […]
