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Practice and Performance: Teaching Urban Literature at the Less than Liberal Arts

Practice and Performance: Teaching Urban Literature at the Less than Liberal Arts

“Literature can be our teacher as well as our object of investigation” —Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak To say that being the only African American woman professor at a small, liberal arts college in the rural United States is a series of racial microaggressions [http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/microaggressions-in-everyday-life/201010/racial-microaggressions-in-everyday-life]

Bonds of Difference: Participation as Inclusion

Bonds of Difference: Participation as Inclusion

As teachers who consider the whole world a virtual classroom and community, many of us sometimes mistakenly assume that if we create space for representing the “voice” of the marginalized, all will be fine. But as long as the classroom or community is founded on the principles of learning/teaching

Bonds of Difference: Illusions of Inclusion

Bonds of Difference: Illusions of Inclusion

A bull that went blind during the monsoon forgets that the world is not always green. — Nepalese proverb Thanks largely to the advent of MOOCs, more scholars around the world are engaged in conversations about cross-border higher education today than ever before. As teachers who are interested in the prospects

Breaking Binary: Facebook and Teachable Moments

Breaking Binary: Facebook and Teachable Moments

I was in my car, pulling into the driveway after picking up some takeout. The radio was tuned to NPR, but I wasn’t paying that close of attention. I was exhausted after a long day of teaching and meetings. The next day’s lesson was ready to go. I

Culture, Education, and Difference: Negotiating a Pedagogy of Shared Experience

Culture, Education, and Difference: Negotiating a Pedagogy of Shared Experience

“To the naked eye, I may seem normal just like another student or individual; however, behind the mask, I am constantly reminded that I am different from everybody else. I am not sure when I will be able to overcome these fears and doubts because I sometimes feel like I

An Encounter with Pedagogical (H)alterity

An Encounter with Pedagogical (H)alterity

I am stuck with the following story — not only with it, but by it. My decision to articulate it is always marked by haltings and hesitations, whether I’m inscribing it here or speaking it to friends and/or colleagues. It is, for me at least, a story of my

Finding My Voice as a Minority Teacher

Finding My Voice as a Minority Teacher

As a high-school teacher, I kept quiet about my sexuality because I didn’t want to draw attention to it. Instead, I created a deafening silence, a vacuum that tugged on everything around it and demanded attention by its absence. I was silent because I thought my sexuality shouldn’t

The Pleasures, the Perils, and the Pursuit of Pedagogical Intimacy

The Pleasures, the Perils, and the Pursuit of Pedagogical Intimacy

Intimacy lacks a satisfying definition. It is, according to the New American Oxford Dictionary, “a close familiarity of friendship; a private atmosphere; or an intimate act (especially sex).” To be intimate with someone means you’re closely acquainted. These are not satisfying descriptions, as they fail to touch at all