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Shifting Expectations
Our 3rd Grade Classroom on The First Day of Snow Often as teachers, we mask our emotions. We are suppose to be peppy all the time. For the most part, I am a glass half full person. For teacher wellness, I need to also share when things are just, meh. I saw a meme the […]
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Introduction: Putting the PhD to Work—for the Public Good
In the introduction to Putting the Humanities PhD to Work, Katina L. Rogers notes the broad remit of her book. Its intended audience includes not only PhD students, but also anyone who might consider getting a PhD, as well as, of course, those responsible for shaping the futures of graduate programs and graduate students. I’m […]
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Conclusion: Building a University Worth Fighting For
Throughout Putting the Humanities Ph.D. To Work, Katina Rogers considers two organizing questions which form the backbone of her book: How might a broader understanding of postgraduate success improve the humanities as interconnected fields, and how can we think beyond existing institutional structures in challenging “default” careers for postgraduate humanities PhD students? (14-15). Rogers embarks […]
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Canceled: HASTAC Conference at UT Dallas
Note from the HASTAC Team: Unfortunately, the HASTAC conference originally planned for Fall 2020 at the University of Texas at Dallas has been cancelled. ATEC Dean and HASTAC Executive Board Member Anne Balsamo would like to share the letter below with HASTAC members. Please join us in thanking Dean Balsamo, along with Kim Knight and […]
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What does the City of Newark have to offer?
http://archive.pov.org/streetfight/newark-a-brief-history/ Newark, New Jersey’s largest city and industrial area is where I reside and would like to talk about today. Newark’s population since founded in 1666, has dropped dramatically since the 2000s due to 31% of its population living in the poverty line and unemployment rate which was 12%. Also, 15% of teenagers between the […]
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A Walk Into The History Of My Neighborhood
As I took a break from social media and my phone, it suddenly struck me that I had errands that I needed to run so I got my dog & I ready and headed out. I realized that after moving to a new place, I had no idea about the history of where I […]
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A walk through the history of Aclimação
For our English Composition class, each of us went on a walk, without technology to distract us. The goal was to get to know the history and populations (human and non-human) of our neighborhoods. I was born and raised in the neighborhood of Acimação, in São Paulo, Brazil. Its history is quite interesting: back […]
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Rocking the Academy podcast episode: On hope as a practice
It was a privilege to join Roopika Risam and Mary Churchill to record an episode of Rocking the Academy. If there’s one thing I want to hold onto from the interview, it’s what I said at the end: That hope is a discipline, something we can practice even—and especially—in difficult times. The episode and notes […]
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Is Higher Ed “Insatiable” or Sucked Dry? A Response to @Chronicle of Higher Education
There are some serious problems with the recent Chronicle of Higher Education op ed by UVA administrators and professors Adam Daniel and Chad Wellmon, “Why the University’s Insatiable Appetite Will Be Its Undoing” (July 29, 2018)–the biggest flaw being its “click bait” title (a title that, as I learned later, was written by CHE, not […]
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Advice for aspiring feminists?
Rep Finney says “just do it” Stephanie says “let the loud voice be the one that we all have the right to be treated equally” Paulette shares that you have to expect conflict sometimes – working as an advocate isn’t always easy! Sometimes you have to walk away. Surround yourself with people who love you […]