A few days ago, someone asked me a question that made me stop and think. The person asked, “What do you produce as an English teacher?” The inquisitor did not posit the question in a derogatory manner; in fact, I firmly believe that the person asking the question wanted to legitimately understand what I do as an English teacher at a university. I paused … Read More “What do you produce as an English teacher?”
+ academic freedom, amanda ochoa, contingent faculty, higher education administration, Pedagogy, technology
Currently, I’m taking a class in higher ed administration. Part of the class requires me to read articles and watch videos then respond to them. Last week, we covered faculty in the university and various issues arose from technology in the classroom and academic freedom to contingent faculty. Most notably, these are the issues that stuck out to me and resonated the most due … Read More Contingent Faculty, Academic Freedom, and Technology
+ black panther, christopher priest, comics, dc comics, deathlok, don mcgregor, dwayne mcduffie, graphic novels, jack kirby, marvel, marvel cinematic universe, marvel comics, Pedagogy, race, stan lee, swamp thing
Over the past couple of years, I have really started to dive into comics and graphic novels. Initially, I would just look through the local library to find books on the shelf. Here, I found texts such as Southern Bastards, Scalped, Bayou, I Am Alfonso Jones, and more. Since then, I have started looking at these texts more, especially series such as Black Panther and … Read More Comics and Race Syllabus
For my literature courses this semester, I am tweaking a previous assignment and starting a new practice that will hopefully assist students in learning the material throughout the semester. Today, I want to briefly cover the ways I plan to change my discussion board and my incorporation of post-class memos after each class.
+ brown v board of education, composition, Kleinknecht v Gettysburg College, McLaurin v. Oklahoma, Pedagogy, sweatt v painter, tinker v des moines
Note: Featured image is George McLaurin in class at the University of Oklahoma. At the end of each semester, I look back and reflect upon what worked throughout the course and what could possibly go better. Part of this examination involves considering what assignments and readings to incorporate into the upcoming semester. Today, I want to discuss the tweaks I made this semester in … Read More Looking at Court Cases in the Composition Classroom?
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