In which I mostly SoTL….
On ‘Learning Styles,’ Again (or Oh Dear, What’s This On My Shoe?) — Again
Originally posted on 2/15/2019 on the ROLLINSpire, the faculty development blog at Rollins College–now posted…
Demystifying SoTL, Part II
In January 2023, I facilitated an equity-in-teaching workshop called “Demystifying Success” based on the principle…
Demystifying SoTL, Part I
In January, I facilitated an equity-in-teaching workshop called “Demystifying Success” based on the principle that…
What Can Faculty Do about Students’ Classroom-Based Anxieties? More Than You Think.
originally posted Aug 4, 2014, on Vanderbilt University’s Center for Teaching blog Last week, The Princeton Review released…
‘Educationally Purposeful’ Thoughts about Race on Campus
originally posted June 18, 2014, on Vanderbilt University’s Center for Teaching blog This week, Vanderbilt…
Shelfies: The Bibliophile’s Selfie
originally posted Dec 23, 2013, on Vanderbilt University’s Center for Teaching blog Oxford Dictionaries recently…
SoTL Spotlight: A Great Conference in Banff
originally posted Nov 11, 2013, on Vanderbilt University’s Center for Teaching blog I’m on a…
Summer Reading Recommendations, 2013
originally posted June 4, 2013, on Vanderbilt University’s Center for Teaching blog For many of…
Ask Professor Pedagogy: A Mountain of Grading
originally posted Nov 30, 2012, on Vanderbilt University’s Center for Teaching blog Ask Professor Pedagogy is…
Reflections on the 2012 ISSOTL Conference
originally posted Oct 30, 2012, on Vanderbilt University’s Center for Teaching blog I just returned…
SoTL Spotlight: What’s In It for Me?
originally posted June 5, 2012, on Vanderbilt University’s Center for Teaching blog In my last…
Summer Reading Recommendations, 2012
originally posted June 1, 2012, on Vanderbilt University’s Center for Teaching blog As the year…
On “Helping Future Faculty ‘Come Out’ As Teachers”
originally posted February 28, 2012, on Vanderbilt University’s Center for Teaching blog In “Helping Future…
Talking with Faculty About Cognitive Science & Learning
originally posted February 16, 2012, on Vanderbilt University’s Center for Teaching blog In “Talking with…
Teaching, Difference, and Power—with Our Language
originally posted Sept 12, 2014, on Vanderbilt University’s Center for Teaching blog I’ve been thinking…
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Drawing from the Research to Teach in the Pandemic: Pt 1: Stereotype Threat
My mind is swirling with ideas, so I’m going to capture them here when I…
Working from Home: Helpful Tips from Tom Chick While He's Also Working From Home
As many of us have had to shift to working from home, I asked my…
Understanding Today’s Students, 5
Part 5 (and Last) in the Series: Implications for Our Teaching Read Part 4 “Trying…
Understanding Today’s Students, 4
Part 4 in the Series: Implications for Our Teaching Read Part 3 “They may comfortably…
Understanding Today’s Students, 3
Part 3 in the Series: Implications for Our Teaching Read Part 2 Yesterday, I described…
Understanding Today’s Students, 2
Part 2 in the Series: Implications for Our Teaching Read Part 1 Technology as part…
Understanding Today’s Students, 1
Part 1 in a Series Originally, I set out to write a few paragraphs in…
A Simple Guide to Design Thinking
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Web Design Trends for 2020
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5 UX Principles for Creating a Great Website
Introduction Readymade godard brooklyn, kogi shoreditch hashtag hella shaman kitsch man bun pinterest flexitarian. Offal…
SoTL as Public Scholarship
Earlier this year, I spoke with a few groups of faculty at Elon University about…
SoTL Immersion
by Joanna Rankin Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies (Cummings School of Medicine), University of Calgary…
What It Looks Like: Experience as a Guide to SoTL Inquiry
by Emma Spooner In this excerpt from her final essay for the SoTL Foundations Program for Graduate Students, Emma…
SoTL Foundations Reflections on International Graduate Students
by Galicia Blackman In this post, Galicia Blackman shares some of her initial reflections from her…
Toward an Ethos of Attribution
Recently while driving home, I was listening to an academic podcast and was struck by…
Toward an Ethos of Attribution
Recently while driving home, I was listening to an academic podcast and was struck by…
A SoTL Primer
How many times did you introduce SoTL to someone new in the last year, and what…
A SoTL Primer
How many times did you introduce SoTL to someone new in the last year, and what…
Expanding the Roles of Engagement
One of my strategic principles for SoTL highlights multiple levels of engagement. Of course, we encourage and support our…
Expanding the Roles of Engagement
One of my strategic principles for SoTL highlights multiple levels of engagement. Of course, we encourage and support our…
Humanities & SoTL: 2 Bibliographies
After a lively discussion of “Controls in SoTL” on the POD listserv in early July,…
Humanities & SoTL: 2 Bibliographies
After a lively discussion of “Controls in SoTL” on the POD listserv in early July,…
The SoTL Lit Review, The SoTL Librarian
I can’t remember the last time I got so many queries about an event being…
The SoTL Lit Review, The SoTL Librarian
I can’t remember the last time I got so many queries about an event being…
My new blog
Thanks to my Obi Wan Kenobi (D’Arcy Norman), I now have this new blog and…
Sitting Down & Staying Still
The progressive breakdown of my computer and resulting residencies of IT guys have conspired to…
A Room of One’s Own
I have a new favorite place on campus. It may not look like much–small room…
Homing In
My post-semester sabbatical from blogging lasted a bit longer than I’d anticipated. Nothing bad happened:…
Reading Here & Now
I’ve used the phrase “be here now” to describe what mindfulness looks like. It’s bumper-sticker-ease…
In Case of Emergency
Before flying, we’re told to locate our nearest emergency exits. If we’re sitting in the…
On Another Planet
Last year, Forbes declared university professor the Least Stressful Job of the Year (Adams). The…
It’s About Our Students
Today is my last day of class, and I feel a little antsy, even a…
Looking into the Fire
In preparation for a talk next week, I was sitting on my floor next to…
Up in the Clouds
I’ve finally done it. I’ve missed my deadline for posting to The Mindful PhD for…
Revisiting Boice
I’ve been preparing a one-week summer workshop in humanities pedagogy for a few post-docs starting…
The Continual Unfolding of Our Work
This week was an especially stressful time of the semester. Some of you are looking…
About Time
This work of mindfulness–in essence, focusing awareness on the present moment–has me noticing more clearly…
Busy-Shaming
My Women & Gender Studies class talked about “slut shaming” recently, and I’ve since been…
Opening Our Eyes
In the rhythm of academia, right as we began this semester, we also selected our…
Daydream Believer
I’ve previously written about the specific kind of meditation that leads to “Inspiration, Creativity, &…
Time, the Superbowl, & Bandwagons
This past week brought a kind of harmonic convergence of mindfulness in popular culture. First,…
After the Honeymoon
My class is still in the “honeymoon phase,” those carefree weeks in the beginning of…
Doodling & Knitting
Last week, I had a great conversation about class participation with SoTL Scholar Hasina Mohyuddin…
Enduring Effects
I recently announced on Facebook that I take requests. My friend and former colleague Marnie…
Support for Stressed Students
The new semester started yesterday here at Vanderbilt. My students were bright-eyed and enthusiastic, though…
2013 Top 10
I just realized this will be my last entry for 2013.* As my social media…
Difficult Discussions
Several recent campus conversations have focused on facilitating difficult discussions with students in and out…
Inspiration, Creativity, & New Ideas
In “The Science of Inspiration” (2013), Eric Ravenscraft highlights the neuroscientific view of inspiration, epiphanies,…
Gratitude Journals
It’s the Thanksgiving break on campuses in the United States, and I’m recovering from another…
Labyrinths & Learning
I’ve been reading everything I find about mindfulness, but I’m eager for more evidence-based work…
Reading Like Bruce Lee
I teach literature. My students read a lot, and I want them to read well—closely,…
How It Works, IV
This is the fourth and final post about how mindfulness works, or the documented effects…
How It Works, III
This is the third of four posts about how mindfulness works, or the documented effects…
How It Works, II
This is the second of four posts about how mindfulness works, or the documented effects…
How It Works, I
My recent posts have been focused on issues of stress, mostly because I’ve seen the…
Stories of the Slow Professor
Last week, I attended my 10th consecutive conference of the International Society for the Scholarship…
This Embodied PhD
Two weeks ago today, I had a lumpectomy, and October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month,…
Playing with Others
I recently received an email that, in another time, would have tested me. It’s a…
Being Fully Present in the Classroom
A recent study on students’ laptop use in the classroom has brought a lot of…
Reducing Stress
In recent weeks, I’ve talked with quite a few colleagues–faculty (full-time and part-time) and graduate…
Paying Attention
I hope my first two posts whetted your appetite, and now you’re wondering how to…
The Easy Way & The Easier Way
I came to mindfulness only in recent years—first through a regular yoga practice and a…
A Beginning
I’ve never been much of a blogger—I don’t even follow many blogs—but here I start…
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