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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
