Writing

Hope is Not Enough

Published in Women in Higher Education on June 30, 2020: We don’t achieve freedom for all by hoping it into existence; we have to make it happen.

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We All Have to Push the Van

Published in Women in Higher Education on June 9, 2020: Now, however, I’m thinking about this scene in Little Miss Sunshine differently. I’m stuck on the broken van and the Hoovers’ efforts to get it moving. They push and push and push. They have to work together or the van won’t move.  

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Schooling Amid a Pandemic

Published in The National Teaching and Learning Forum on May 11, 2020: This isn’t home schooling; it’s crisis schooling. I’m trying not to panic.  

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The Juggle is Unreal

Published in Women in Higher Education on April 20, 2020: But, right now, I’m not even close to good enough. Good enough has left the building. I’m a juggler who can’t keep a single ball in the air. The balls are falling all around me and smacking me in the face on the way down. […]

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It’s the End and Nothing Feels Fine

Published in Killing the Buddha on April 1, 2020: I can feel my anxiety buzzing under the surface of the skin like bees that are plotting their escape. Sometimes, I can only faintly hear the buzz, but other times, it’s less a buzz than a roar. My body vibrates in time to the beat of […]

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