I was recently treated to a very protracted Multi-Directional Leadership talk by Dr. James Anthony of the University of Washington. His assertion was that "anyone can be a leader" - you are not necessarily born a leader, you become one. I eyed him a bit...
I took a course put together for GO-MAP ambassadors at the University of Washington this past quarter. One of our assignments was to write a Mentor Memo to help other grad students through the trials and tribulations of graduate school. I'll admit, i stumbled blindly...
It's week 10 of a 12 week quarter (if you include finals week as a week - it's 11 of instruction). And, as happens with every quarter, the madness is ensuing and we are all becoming frazzled. This is not a complaint. Really. It's simply the...
I could not be prouder of my students this week. This entire quarter has been about building up the tools to speak about the 'veil' and the War on Terror. What struck me, after i was asked to teach the class, is that most of the...
Our department had a Climate and Diversity Retreat today. A few things on what that is, first: As neoliberal restructuring continues to erode the academy, and particularly, as the academy (in the U.S.) continues to whiten at extraordinary rates through the erasure of loan and grant programs...