One of the most difficult things to deal with in teaching and TAing is racism in the classroom. I'm not just talking about un-recognized privilege, but actual coded racism (and sometimes not so coded). But i have to thank Sara Gilbert for the best advice...
I made the mistake of looking at More Deleted Comments from White Readers on the United Black America website this morning. The question at the end, from the author, was, What's your comeback to these comments? My first instinct was none. Absolutely no comeback - just compassion....
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...
Teaching the Gender and Geography course is ...
This has been an interesting quarter. It's my first teaching on my own, and i felt that the students should own their process. So - with all the eagerness that only a naive new instructor could have, i proceeded to construct a course without construction....