Punk DIY as Sustainable Pedagogy
Published: Dec 5th, 2022
I’m wrapping my PostPunk Cultures courses on the British 1980s this week. And I’m wrapping my head around the amazing work my students did for their DIY craft projects. Our… Read More
Articles Tagged “pedagogy” 
1950s Yearbook Highlights: Tapping Digital Archives for Student Projects
Published: Oct 28th, 2021
Do you remember how it felt to begin another full semester of remote learning in January 2021? While my students were scattered and attending class through their laptops or… Read More
What Is Sustainable Pedagogy?
Published: May 8th, 2019
The Humanities have become a sustainability study in these STEM-driven times for higher education. How does our hive survive the academic climate changes of a shrinking professoriate, curricular compression, and… Read More
What If my Students Don’t Like a Text?
Published: Nov 16th, 2018
As my unit’s Director of Graduate Student Teaching, I write an advice column for my staff. I generate my topics from their questions and my own experience. Here’s this week’s… Read More
ArchiTextures: Stories and Stanzas
Published: Nov 11th, 2018
When a building stands complete and in use, it seems to want to tell you about the adventure of its making. – Louis I. Kahn What manner of building shall… Read More
Hearing the Whole Choir in Your Classroom
Published: Jan 25th, 2017
I’ve recently assumed an administrative position that involves mentoring over 100 graduate teaching assistants. They include new and seasoned instructors. They include MFA and PhD students who teach a range… Read More
Dubbing the Page: Teaching Linton Kwesi Johnson
Published: Sep 25th, 2016
This week I taught Linton Kwesi Johnson again in my PostPunk Cultures seminar on the British 1980s. (I also teach him in Modern British Poetry). Each time I return to… Read More
Which Teaching Persona Are You?
Published: Aug 20th, 2016
Here’s a conversation starter I tried out for new TA Orientation, co-sponsored by UF English and the University Writing Program. Feel free to play along! Whichever teaching persona you are–or most decidedly… Read More
Sonnet Ascent! (a teaching adventure)
Published: May 29th, 2016
Imagine arranging your students in vertical rather than horizontal space. Imagine them traversing the tower stairs in iambic rhythm, working the meter into muscle memory. Imagine composing a carillon piece from sonnet forms,… Read More
Museum Pedagogy: Musings at the Harn
Published: Oct 23rd, 2015
The Harn Museum of Art, located here at UF, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. So I’ve been musing on how the Harn has inspired my recent teaching. Although… Read More