I’ve been reflecting on my student evaluations from last fall. My aim in doing so is to plan this fall’s courses and I always find student experience to be, for the most part, the best gauge of what worked or didn’t. As per the nature of a perfectionist, I focus 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
Why I Teach Writing
I promised that I would write an entry that was not a rant (all agreed they were getting a bit grating). So I thought I would write about why I teach (and research) the art of learning to write. People are all too often skeptical when I tell them I Full Article