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Making the Invisible Visible

Making the Invisible Visible

Simplifying people to stereotypes rarely has a noble purpose. In narrowing and propagating unnuanced definitions for human experiences or identities, the already marginalized can be dehumanized, the othered can be villified, and diversity can be politicized [https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/steve-king-thinks-im-a-threat-to-american-civilization/519399/?utm_source=atlfb] for

Intersectionality in the Classroom: My Experience Teaching at the Crossroads of Ethnicity and Gender

Intersectionality in the Classroom: My Experience Teaching at the Crossroads of Ethnicity and Gender

I may have created a racist. I am an adjunct instructor at a large, public university in a rural area of the country. Given the media attention surrounding the death of Margaret Mary Vojtko [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Mary_Vojtko], now those outside academia know the general powerlessness

Contingent Mother: The Role Gender Plays in the Lives of Adjunct Faculty

Contingent Mother: The Role Gender Plays in the Lives of Adjunct Faculty

I am a mother. I am also a PhD in philosophy. And, finally, I am a contingent college professor at two universities. I am an example of how being a mother in that environment significantly affects a woman’s academic career. In addition to the struggles faced by the average

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