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Summer "Vacation" Time
It's summer in academia. Doesn't meant we get to take much time off.
Is It The Shoes?
It's the end of the semester, so it's time to get trivial!
Grading + Blind Peer-Review = #FAIL
It's that time of year (mountains of FYC essays) but I also had to do a blind peer-review for a journal submission. It doesn't go well.
Guest Post: The Inferiority of Blackness as a Subject
A guest post from a Tweep on the recent controversy on the "value" of Black Studies.
Peer-Driven Learning: Quick on My Feet
Reflections on a second semester using peer-driven learning, and how social media makes me a better teacher.
The Chaos of Being Young, Black, and Female – Before and After the Apocalypse
Nalo Hopkinson's latest YA novel, The Chaos, is a moving and fantastical examination of race, gender, bullying, slut-shaming, and identity.
Sustainable Parenting
What the current round of the Mommy Wars could mean for higher education.