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- Dec 31, 2019
- Kelly J. Baker
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... -
- Dec 31, 2019
- Karen Costa
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... -
- Dec 31, 2019
- Lois Elfman
Dr. Kelly Lytle Hernández was already an award‐winning author, scholar and academic, but in September 2019 her career took another step forward whe... -
- Dec 2, 2019
- Kelly J. Baker
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... -
- Dec 2, 2019
- Lois Elfman
There is increasing interest in films from South Asia, and Priyadarshini Shanker finds great satisfaction in giving her students insights and conte... -
- Dec 2, 2019
- Karen Costa
As I considered how to write a holiday piece that would benefit WIHE readers, I thought of the following groups: trans* folx, disabled individuals,... -
- Oct 30, 2019
- Kelly J. Baker
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... -
- Oct 30, 2019
- Karen Costa
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... -
- Oct 30, 2019
- Lois Elfman
Much like scientists, artist Carol Prusa seeks new ways of explaining the world around us and beyond. She originally studied chemistry, using a lab... -
- Sep 30, 2019
- Kelly J. Baker
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... -
- Sep 30, 2019
- Karen Costa
Dr. Brené Brown is a multilevel phenomenon. There's her TED Talk on vulnerability (43 million views and counting), several New York Times bestselle... -
- Sep 30, 2019
- Mary Lou Santovec
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... -
- Sep 10, 2019
- Kelly J. Baker
Recently, I attended Digital Pedagogy Lab (DPL), hosted at the University of Mary Washington, which I'll write more about later. One conversation a... -
- Sep 10, 2019
- Lois Elfman
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... -
- Sep 10, 2019
- Sam Saucier
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... -
- Jul 31, 2019
- Kelly J. Baker
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... -
- Jul 31, 2019
- Katie Guest Pryal
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... -
- Jul 31, 2019
- Lois Elfman
Dr. Christine Mangino , provost and VP for academic affairs at Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College of the City University of New York (CUNY),... -
- Jul 3, 2019
- Kelly J. Baker
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... -
- Jul 3, 2019
- Donelle Dreese
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 ...