I’ve been sporadic around here for a bit, which I regret. It’s simply been atrociously busy hereabouts. We’ve been interviewing candidates for an open position in the English Department (18th century specialist), and that’s been taking up a lot of time. On top of that, the Hobbit and Wife have …
Went to the Citadel basketball game this afternoon, in which the Bulldogs pounded their cross-town rivals: the College of Charleston Cougars, 72-63. It was a great, loud game — all the better for the cadet victory.
Yesterday brought news that I’ve had another Tolkien article accepted for publication. This one was co-written by one of my very good friends: A. Keith Kelly, an Assistant Professor at Kutztown University, who specializes in Old English and Old Norse. Keith’s a terrific fellow medievalist who I met at the …
I’ve mentioned previously my love of the Shift Happens 2.0 clip on YouTube. Well, it’s been updated to what’s being called “4.0”: I still think this is the simplest, most concise statement about the importance of critical thinking, which is what I’m ultimately teaching in my classes. After all, critical …
Reading student evaluations is never a fun process for me. I am, by nature, someone who shakes off positive feedback in order to focus like a hawk on anything negative (of which there are, thankfully, usually not many). This weekend I was going over my course evaluations from this past …