Every fall term since the start of the pandemic, I’ve expected that students will come to class with more energy than the semester before. Yes,
Deadlines are a blessing and a curse. We need them to get things done, but they often loom and approach faster than we anticipated or
I often wear sunglasses on my walk from my parking spot on campus to my office. I recently realized that when I have them on,
On a recent walk across campus, I ran into a student who had taken my class last year. She is Latina and a first-generation student
In a world of deepfakes, it’s not uncommon to see videos of famous celebrities saying or doing things that the real celebrity did not say
Like New Year’s Day, new academic semesters start with effervescent promise. Students and instructors recalibrate their sleep and wake cycles, set new routines or modify
In one of the most memorable courtroom scenes in cinematic history, Tom Cruise is Lieutenant Junior Grade Kaffee questioning Jack Nicholson’s Colonel Jessup. Jessup asks,
It happens every time. Months ahead of the event, I sign up to attend a teaching conference and essentially commit to spending three days (sometimes
A common piece of teaching advice—“Teach them like they are your own children”—takes on new meaning when a close friend’s children, one of your relatives,
“When You’re Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You),” first published in 1928 by Shay, Fischer, and Goodwin, has been recorded by many artists. My
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