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As a new year begins, I can't help but evaluate the year before, and 2018, for so many reasons, was a dumpster fire. It was a year I already wanted...

New Year's resolutions exist to tell us there's something wrong with who we are now.

I am a recovering perfectionist. OK, that's not entirely true. I'm a perfectionist who is working against these tendencies. My desire for things to...

On my desk is one of those clichéd felt boards with white plastic letters graced with inspirational quotes. Right now, my board reads, “Your silenc...

Recently, my children asked to watch the original Ghostbusters (1984) because they both love the Ghostbusters reboot from two years ago. My kids re...

Almost two months ago, one of my former students emailed me to tell me how much my class—Apocalypses and American Religions—meant to him. It was a ...

In early July, NPR reported that the Trump administration rescinded Obama administration guidance “that encouraged schools and colleges to promote ...

In the June issue of WIHE , I wrote an article about how to start a writing practice this summer. In part two of this special series, I've collecte...

People keep asking me when I am going to write about #MeToo. They ask if I wrote about #MeToo in my recent book, Sexism Ed , but I didn't. They ask...

“Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” appear in the U.S. Declaration of Independence as “unalienable Rights,” the kind of rights that are su...

The dismal state of the academic labor market has been critiqued for years at this point. Those of us who began our doctorates before contingent la...

“I wish I were easygoing,” I say to my partner, as he drives our ancient, lumbering SUV, with a camper in tow, to the beach for spring break. It’s ...

There was much media attention given to the Women's March on Washington in 2017 and the local marches across the nation and the globe. Over a year ...

It was the tentative knock on my office door that made me realize something was wrong. It wasn't quite time for office hours, and students rarely s...

Sitting in a home economics class in the sixth grade was the first time I realized that the clothes I wore were a problem. Our class was between pr...

In November 2017, I—along with more than 2,500 other attendees—showed up for the annual conference of the National Women's Studies Association (NWS...

Take a moment to really consider this: If women make up 10% of the leadership positions, men feel like their workplace has achieved gender diversity.

I can’t read her letter without a fear that schools will move backward on how to manage and adjudicate sexual assault on campus.

When I get threats like this, I wonder if writing about white supremacy or sexism is worth it.

To be unruly is risky because you are shaking the foundations. You are questioning patriarchy.