Today is the last day of 2021. The major academic hiring window closes soon. Schools will conduct interviews early in the new year, followed by…
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Education issues in general, beyond the teaching of rhetoric and writing.
Teaching during the 2020-21 academic year has been an exhausting experience. I had one, yes, only one, student show up for any of the scheduled virtual…
Comments closedAs readers of this blog and colleagues familiar with my approach to rhetoric know, I argue consistently that rhetoricians should be as familiar with statistics…
Comments closedIt’s been a decade since an academic supervisor wrote that my various creative and non-fiction writings were all of little value. He took my sarcasm, my…
Comments closed“You really should be speaking out about…” a colleague will begin. I recognize the opening and anticipate the polite “suggestion” that I take a public…
Comments closedMy syllabus asks people to respect differences and how individuals wish to be addressed. And yet, I managed to offend a colleague who previewed recent…
Comments closedStudies consistently find that academics today embrace “left-leaning” political views. However, we also know that this varies by discipline and type of institution. You’re more…
Comments closed“What is your opinion of the #BlackLivesMatter and George Floyd protests?” a follower asked, rhetorically. “You’re not commenting on your blog or publicly on social…
Comments closedNow that every educator is supposedly delivering an online education to students, we need to educate parents, students, administrators, politicians and even some of our…
Comments closedDemocratic primary debates, of which we’ve now had ten, are exemplars of what debates should not be, how not to persuade people to change opinions,…
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