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It's November 2016, the day after Thanksgiving. I'm at an amusement park with my family, and my kids and their cousins are all grins and laughter a...

I'm guessing that many WIHE readers are familiar with the idea of the inner critic—that voice that lives in our heads who is just no fun. They crit...

Dr. Kelly Lytle Hernández was already an award‐winning author, scholar and academic, but in September 2019 her career took another step forward whe...

Last November, I attended an annual conference of religious studies scholars, which I’ve attended on and off for the 17 years I’ve been a member of...

There is increasing interest in films from South Asia, and Priyadarshini Shanker finds great satisfaction in giving her students insights and conte...

As I considered how to write a holiday piece that would benefit WIHE readers, I thought of the following groups: trans* folx, disabled individuals,...

About a month ago, a producer of a new podcast emailed me to ask me to participate in a show on zombies. This isn't as strange of a request as it f...

Are your thoughts really your own? Or are they the product of your social network? Are screens destroying the fabric of society? Will we ever be ab...

Much like scientists, artist Carol Prusa seeks new ways of explaining the world around us and beyond. She originally studied chemistry, using a lab...

On my birthday, in August, an essay on sexism in the academy was published in the online version of a prestigious magazine. It appeared again and a...

Dr. Brené Brown is a multilevel phenomenon. There's her TED Talk on vulnerability (43 million views and counting), several New York Times bestselle...

Beauty is often considered to be in the eye of the beholder. But who gets to define what's beautiful? For some, beauty is the whole package: person...

Recently, I attended Digital Pedagogy Lab (DPL), hosted at the University of Mary Washington, which I'll write more about later. One conversation a...

Born in the Republic of Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) on the coast of West Africa, Dr. Terza A. Silva Lima‐Neves brings a transnational perspective to ac...

Women's Resource Centers (WRCs) have been an important piece of feminist history in the United States since the first ones opened on college campus...

I'm standing in front of a classroom that's not mine. It's June in Florida. The temperature outside is supposed to be in the 80s, but when you step...

Have you ever wanted to write a book? If you're an academic and you want to write a book, do you feel like your only choice is to write a scholarly...

Dr. Christine Mangino , provost and VP for academic affairs at Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College of the City University of New York (CUNY),...

There have been a few articles over the last couple months that captured my attention, but not in a reassuring way. These articles all revolve arou...

Across the span of 22 years in higher education, I've taught a variety of different English courses that feature readings by white women and women ...