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Category: higher ed
Academic Integrity?
The ChatGPT handwringing of late has bothered me, not least because it is cloaked inRead 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
Thinking Hope Under Erasure
Hope Long ago, when the Earth was young, I enrolled in a poetry workshop ledRead More
Poor. Queer. Studies.
Matt Brim’s Poor Queer Studies is the most exciting book about academia that I haveRead More
The Value in the Public Good
The coronavirus pandemic has revealed many fissures and failures in U.S. society, some of whichRead More
The Value of Uselessness
I’m participating in Plymouth State University’s Cluster Pedagogy Learning Community (CPLC), and this post isRead More