Professional Raconteur: The racket of Professing

raconteur \rack-on-TUR\, noun: One who excels in telling stories and anecdotes. Raconteur is from French, from raconter, "to relate, to tell, to narrate," from Old French, from re- + aconter. Higher education in all its "glory": teaching, writing, politics (when it's possible to be discreet, of course), and anything I have to profess or confess.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Grey Collars: The "Mechanics" of Teachings

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Full disclosure: This isn't an entry about how to teach (hence the ironic quotes around the word "mechanics"). I like to tell ...
Saturday, October 16, 2010

In-Class Versus Online Teaching: A (Dis)Embodied Enterprise

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I train and supervise the graduate student teachers in our department who teach the basic course (a hybrid of theory/overview and public spe...
Saturday, July 10, 2010

When research and teaching isn't enough

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Getting tenure this past Spring has got me re-evaluating my role of as a professor (Associate Professor, to be more precise). I'm sure e...
Thursday, October 22, 2009

Top 10 Plagiarism Scandals of All Time | Online Classes.org: Find the Right Online Class Match

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Ah, so this is where the students learn it's okay to plagiarize... Top 10 Plagiarism Scandals of All Time | Online Classes.org: Find the...
Friday, September 4, 2009

Work-Life-Furlough Balance

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It finally happened. After months of speculation swirling like a hurricane off the coast, California State University Employees (faculty and...
Friday, April 17, 2009

The Department of Compartmentalization

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One of the reasons I think I've been successful at--and enjoyed--my teaching career so far is my ability to compartmentalize. While the ...
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Monday, March 23, 2009

Stories as Teaching Tools

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It's been a while since my last post. I've been busy with writing and teaching. In the first case, I've gotten caught up in the ...
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