For the last two weeks I’ve been leading graduate student writing workshops. When I conceived the idea of an interdisciplinary graduate writing course in the fall, I didn’t know what to expect. I was responding instead to what I perceived as a need. So I thought I’d try to the Full Article
A New Year of Teaching
My silence on my blog reflects the late December news that I would, indeed, be working in January. And not just one or two courses but a full-load of 4 classes, 3 different courses, none of which I’d taught before. So amidst the Christmas, News Years and birthday festivities I Full Article
Lessons Learned
A potpourri of the lessons I’ve learned this term: 1)Thinking of the student workload and letting them hand in all their major assignments on the last day is INSANE, especially when one is teaching three writing courses. It is also not appreciated by the students, the majority of who complained Full Article