“Good teaching cannot be reduced to technique; good teaching comes from the identity and integrity of the teacher.”
Parker Palmer, The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life
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Grace, too
I write just three days out from submitting grades for the Spring 2021 semester – the end to an incredible 15 months of teaching and learning. And for the first time since March 2020, I returned to campus. I am now fully engaged in this transition to my role as director of faculty development andContinue reading “Grace, too”
Bread, Rubik’s Cube, and Intellectual Humility
I started baking bread about 3 years ago. I have always loved bread but baking it myself was something that proved to be elusive. Then life gave me a serious set of twists and turns, and I decided that, to focus my mind and my spirit, I would give it a solid try. My birthdayContinue reading “Bread, Rubik’s Cube, and Intellectual Humility”
Moving Forward: Teaching Philosophies in a Post-COVID Era
“Looking at the past must only be a means of understanding more clearly what and who you are – so you can more wisely build the future” – Paulo Freire Across higher education as well as my own institution, the question of what college will look like “post-COVID” is front and center. Any week theContinue reading “Moving Forward: Teaching Philosophies in a Post-COVID Era”
About Me
Associate Professor of Sociology at Eastern Illinois University
In June 2021, I will become the Director of the Faculty Development and Innovation Center at Eastern Illinois University
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3139 Blair Hall
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, Illinois 61920
