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Reflections on Charleston, White Supremacy, Misogyny | Ph.Dilettante
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Stuff I think and write about. June 18, 2015. Reflections on Charleston, White Supremacy, Misogyny. Photo from thegoodmenproject.com. Last night, a white twenty-one-year old named Dylann Roof opened fire on worshipers at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. The details of the incident. From which the poisonous roots of organized bigotry sprang forth. Many people have and will and continue to refuse to acknowledge this shooting as a hate crime. They might say it’s the actions of a per...
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Spotlight on Jobs for English Majors: Getting the Interview | Ph.Dilettante
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Stuff I think and write about. June 2, 2015. Spotlight on Jobs for English Majors: Getting the Interview. Literal Landscape, 2011. Picture this: you’ve applied for a teaching job, you’ve sent emails to follow up, and still haven’t been invited for an interview. What’s a person to do? Here are some thoughts on best practices for getting your timing right for receiving that coveted call to show up in the flesh:. Keep in mind the cycle of academic year when you contact employers. Looking for teaching jobs.
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Spotlight on Jobs for English Majors: Moving from Adjunct to Full-Time | Ph.Dilettante
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Stuff I think and write about. May 26, 2015. Spotlight on Jobs for English Majors: Moving from Adjunct to Full-Time. Painting by Stanford Kay. This post is the first in a series I’m writing for former students and recent grads. From where I used to teach. I left full-time academic work two years ago to become a full-time dilettante. And remain connected to higher education through my clients and my work in course development, design, and online writing instruction. What helps get there:. Feel free to lea...
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Young Leaders for Justice. Jobs, Volunteering and Interning. Young Leaders for Justice. Jobs, Volunteering and Interning. CFS deeply values partnerships and collaborations as important opportunities for advancing the field of youth-led social change and movement-building. Current collaborations include:. Education for Liberation Network. To donate to the Education for Liberation Network, please visit their site here. Chicago Desi Youth Rising. Liberation Education and Facilitation (LEAF). Liberation Educ...
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Tips for New Instructors: The Attendance Poll Question | Ph.Dilettante
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Stuff I think and write about. August 17, 2015. Tips for New Instructors: The Attendance Poll Question. I ever taught: the attendance poll question. I didn’t invent it, but like all instructors know, teaching is all about drinking from the endless well of collective wisdom and experience shared by every teacher who’s ever done something that’s worked in the classroom. In brief, the attendance poll question is a query that the instructor asks every student at the start of. 1 Where does your name come from?
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Spotlight on Jobs for English Majors: If it’s not teaching, then what’s next? | Ph.Dilettante
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Stuff I think and write about. June 17, 2015. Spotlight on Jobs for English Majors: If it’s not teaching, then what’s next? My Back Pages (Grey), painting by Stanford Kay. Keep going. And then you probably had days when writing a single paragraph was agony, when your thoughts were muddy, when your advisor diplomatically said, I’m not sure what you were trying to say here. The good news is that you can apply exactly the same toolbox to writing your thesis to finding work. Here’s how:. In the same way you ...