I wanted to take a moment to comment on the 2024 Presidential campaign since it feels as though we are in a truly historic moment. I write this as Kamala Harris has recently become the presumptive democratic nominee and has vetted potential Vice-Presidential choices. There is so much one could say about this related to […]
I am writing this post a day after my son’s college orientation, and I want to reflect on how the gendered dynamics of parenting influenced how I responded to this event. As a quick refresh – mental load includes planning and organizing what needs to get done to keep a household running smoothly. It’s distinct […]
Last week, Kate talked about an activity she developed to help make the idea of intersectionality more concrete for her students. I’ve love this since the first time I heard about this from her, but I don’t have a kitchen handy for cake making and baking, so I’ve adapted it to fit a more traditional […]
In previous posts I talking about how I encouraged discussion by posting Questions to Consider and using Question Papers. My newest discovery is the use of Perusall. After I gave up on Question Papers for my first-year seminar, I wanted to try something new. I had read about Perusall on a variety of teaching Facebook […]
We cover research methods in the latter part of Chapter 1 in the 1st edition of our textbook. We moved and expanded our research methods coverage to Chapter 3 in the 2nd edition of our book. In both of these chapters, we have a feature where we challenge students to find a news story talking […]
I tend to be fairly skill-development-focused in my teaching, and this has led me to make a number of my classes writing intensive (WI) or speaking intensive (SI). Most schools have some kind of writing intensive equivalent, but the speaking intensive designation is more rare. It means there are a certain number of required oral […]
