15 Tuesday Oct 2013
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Grace Ji-Sun Kim
What are your favorite pastimes? Does it include a night with friends at your favorite restaurant or is it watching a movie at home, on the sofa, with snacks? Imagine your college class with movie and a grade. That’s the good life. Continue reading
26 Thursday Sep 2013
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I am so pleased to be participating in another Wabash Blog Series. The first one was called, “Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda”. This blog series is called, “Lecturing Less and Teaching More.” Check out all the different weekly posts by each blogger.
This series, moderated by Roger S. Nam, will begin September 24, 2013. Gene Gallagher, Karyn Wiseman, Bobby Williamson, Lea Schweitz, Israel Galindo, Kameron Carter, Eric Barreto, Wil Gafney, Kwok Pui-Lan, Greg Carey, Brooke Lester, Grace Ji-Sun Kim, Kate Blanchard, Monica Coleman, Lynn Neal, Deepak Sarma, and Roger Nam will provide blog entries to spark your imagination and perhaps fuel Continue reading
12 Tuesday Mar 2013
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This is a repost of my blog for the Wabash Center’s blog series called, “Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda”…..
It was the second week of January, and I was alone with the three kids as my husband was off to sunny California on business. The first night he was away, my youngest son had a little fight with his older sister. He was so upset that he came to me and asked if he could sleep in my room. I automatically said “no,” as I have never allowed my kids to sleep in my room and wasn’t going to start now. Continue reading
30 Wednesday Jan 2013
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Adam Mansbach, books, college, course syllabus, learning, New York Times Bestseller, Rage is Back, teaching
This Column first appeared in Salon and is reposted here with permission.
As your professor, I plan to take your money, never read your essays and pretend you’re not checking Facebook. By Adam Mansbach
The following syllabus is for my new class, English 401: The Short Novel, meeting Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:10-2:50pm.
Course Description In this class, we will analyze some of World Literature’s greatest short novels in an attempt to interrogate the essence of plot and character while reading as few words as possible. Each class session will begin Continue reading
22 Tuesday Jan 2013
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blog, Debra Mumford, Eric Barreto, grace ji-sun kim, Kate Blanchard, Kent Brintnall, Lisa Hess, reflections, regrets, Rob Muthiah, Roger S. Nam, teaching, Tony Finitsis, Wabash Center
Wanting to use social platforms to continue the conversations that facilitate excellence in teaching, the Wabash Center is launching its first blog on the first years as a theology or religion professor. The blog will run over the next eight weeks, with a new blog post every Tuesday by a recent alumnus of the Wabash Center pre-tenure Continue reading
