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I have a long-standing theory about the culture wars and was going to write current book about it but decided #InsurgentAcademics needed to be written first. But it goes something

Apropos of a conversation on contract grading, which followed on the heels of a conversation about teaching with my partner, in which we concluded that I am basically a hippie,

It truly frustrates me that university faculty don’t always recognize that other student-facing areas of universities, like student affairs, are disciplines, with research and curricula. Or talk about “retention” like

Pretty sure a divorce is impending after my partner’s eyes bugged out of his head when he read the part of the preface where I explain to white readers what

Today, I’m struggling with how university boards work and how faculty engage with board members, as our board deferred their decision on tenure and promotion to consider their fiduciary responsibility