- July 1, 2018Inspired by Sonya Huber's (2014) Shadow Syllabus, written as a free-writing exercise for myself, with an eye to adapting it…
May 14, 2018After four years of teaching as a part-time lecturer at Rutgers University's School of Communication and Information, as I prepare…- August 23, 2017One week into tapering off Savella, which would not have been possible save for my paranoid hoarding of medicines I'm…
- April 27, 2017It's the last week of classes, and my course announcements, as usual, have stacked up like this: Hey class,Due to travel…
- April 8, 2015In any city, in any country, in any university in which you have been enrolled, go into any classroom and…
August 27, 2014Been watching this unfold in my inbox on WPA-L all day. As one such adjunct, I have not the words yet,…- June 3, 2011The ultimate in motivational speeches, found while I was peeking at Project Mayhem 2012. Makes me wish I were more…
- July 9, 2010Wednesday was my first day with the rising 9th grade (the students who have just completed 8th grade) at the…
- June 16, 2010"As I got to know my adjunct colleagues better, I began to see these largely invisible, voiceless laborers as a…
- June 1, 2010Last Wednesday, there was a shoot-out at our site. A few coworkers, kids, and I had entered the center. I…