Finding new paths in academia and outside the ivory walls. Awkward encounters in the halls of the ivory tower are certainly not unusual. But then one day I was the perpetrator of an awkward encounter with a prospective PhD student visiting campus.

Saturday, June 4, 2016. Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Beginning with Wise Blood,. Saturday, August 17, 2013.

Writing a book about Dany Laferrière, one blog post at a time. Dany Laferrière, the Académie française, and Identity Politics. Great news today out of Paris. Dany Laferrière has been elected. And so he now sits with a select few, guardians of the French language, an honor he campaigned for.

The outcome? Better student-prof relationships, improved grades, confident and competent communication skills for college and beyond. The opinions expressed are my own or those of commenters. All student situations described are real and carefully disguised to protect student privacy.

What if things change around you? You change with them. All of us seem to think that we have become someone else, someone a little different, a bit more complete in different fashions.

One Friday in May of 2011, I locked up my shared office, went to the pub with some colleagues and students, and said goodbye to my job as a senior lecturer in psychology. Anyway, so lunacy, right? Maybe But maybe it saved my life. I cannot possibly supply a complete list of the things that drove me out of higher education. Not being allowed to reform teaching on a large scale, because timetables. Prioritisation of commerce over cr.

Saturday, January 5, 2013. The winter of 2011 could be considered mild. A couple of snowplow days. Cold weather but not frigid. I shoveled the walkways and paths maybe twice a month. Last winter there was almost no winter in Vermont. I wore my serious winter coat for a few days here and there. I shoveled the walkways and paths maybe twice.

It all began from there, nearly 11 years ago now. Those two moments planted the seed of interest.

Racial Slur in White Sport. Annual report on public higher education finance shows more states relying more heavily on tuition, even in a year when appropriations rose nationally. Modest Gains in Faculty Salaries. Tenure Under Threat in Kentucky. A Racial Slur in a White Sport.

So, now, as great as a wordpress. com blog has been, this blog has been moved to. All previous posts have already been migrated. I like the ability to upload all kinds of stuff and not worry about space requirements and such. If there is anyone out there who is reading this blog, thanks. I hope you find the info useful.