activism… Why You’re Scared and Why It’s Not A Personal Failing 24 Oct 202525 Nov 2025 Several years ago, before the pandemic, the Institute for Precarious Consciousness released a zine: "We Are All Very Anxious." The thesis of the zine was that capitalism generally has a…
Teaching… Generative AI in the Classroom 13 May 2024 From personal observation, I'd say that roughly 15-25% of my students this semester used AI to complete most or all of an assignment. By casually skimming, I can usually tell…
activism… Banned Books 2 Oct 20233 Oct 2023 The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 was met by my students with tepid interest at first. In the characters they sometimes saw themselves, a parent, a sibling, or a…
Teaching… Public Funds, Private Schools 21 Sep 202321 Sep 2023 On Glensford Drive here in Fayetteville one could be forgiven for not even noticing Montclair Elementary School, lost as it is in the enormous shadow of Berean Baptist Church. Across…
Uncategorized A More Open Door 1 Mar 20231 Mar 2023 In January, I presented “A More Open Door: Teaching & Advising Undocumented Students” to faculty and staff at my college. The focus of my presentation was to highlight the unique…
Memoir… Retention 22 Dec 201825 Jul 2021 I begin the semester with a plea, a sermon, a prophecy: "Y'all are adult students. Stuff happens. Stuff is going to happen. People will get sick, bosses will work you…
Teaching A Letter to My Students (circa 2010) 14 Feb 201826 Jul 2021 I maintained a blog on Open Salon when I was a high school teacher from 2008 to 2011 (when I was laid off). It’s gone now because Salon decided to ax the…
An Unhappy Consciousness 