Things which now get buzzed as “AI” (“artificial intelligence”) — large language models, statistical predictionRead More
The Trick of Teaching: Magic and the Classroom
Since the title of my recent book is The Last Vanishing Man (and the titleRead More
He Gave Us Each Other: In Memory of Jeffrey Pratt Beedy
Today, I gathered with friends, colleagues, acquaintances, former students, former teachers, and former staff membersRead More
When It’s Fun to Grade
This morning I was grading work for a 2-credit, half-semester course I teach called ClusterRead More
Disciplined Making
This was going to be a short post about a couple ideas from a singleRead More
Academic Integrity?
The ChatGPT handwringing of late has bothered me, not least because it is cloaked inRead More
Generous Thinking Now
“We’re in a bad time for everybody. There are very few models as to ourRead More
The Strength of Kindness
1. Take a moment, settle yourself, and note your immediate emotional response to these words:Read More
Poor Queer Studies for a Society of Outsiders
At this year’s MLA Convention, I am honored to be on a panel devoted toRead More
The Good, The Bad, and the Interdisciplinary
Interdisciplinarity is one of those words, like openness and diversity, that many people in academiaRead More
