One of the best sounds I have ever heard as a professor: the sound of coughing and pages turning and pencils and pens moving during an exam. I heard all of that this morning during the Final Exam in my “American Civilization to 1865” course. And just like that, save the grades that still need… Continue reading tick tock..and it was over
One exam to proctor and then it’s over. Highlight of the day: an email from a purported sixth grader in Pike Road, Alabama, who wants to know about the future of humanities. I hope he becomes my pen pal. It’s not my area of expertise, but I shared what could. In my favorite Harriet Tubman… Continue reading Musings
I returned to Alabama last night with an Ebertfest high. Just what the doctor ordered – literally – after very stressful recent weeks. Five days of films and panels and warm conversations with old and new friends. I first met Mr. Ebert in 2002 when I was a volunteer for the Sundance Film Festival.… Continue reading ebertfest high
Just two weeks left in the semester. We’re all limping or somedays skipping to the finish line. I just returned from New Orleans where I attended my first Association of American Geographers (AAG) conference. It was great meeting new people including professors and students from the University of North Alabama. This conference had some of… Continue reading musings
And there it was. I was wandering through aisles of books with words like “semiconductor” in search of a geography title mentioned in Stephanie Camp’s study on spatial politics in the plantation South. Through the window of the University of Alabama’s Rogers Library, where our engineering and science holdings are held, I saw the… Continue reading musings
As we march toward the end of the semester, I have started retweaking the syllabi for two courses I haven’t taught in awhile: Antebellum America and American Civilization Since 1865. Both courses push my thinking as I approach my next book project, which explores the spatial politics in Florida from the Seminoles’… Continue reading prepping for Fall 2018 …already
I am still thinking about the films I saw last night at Lunafest, a traveling film festival focusing on women and gender issues. The University of Alabama’s Women and Gender Resources Center hosted the event at Bama Theatre. It was a good chance to see many friendly sister-friends I haven’t seen in a while. The… Continue reading Lunafest…great sister-moment
