Questions to Ask (& Answer) When Onboarding New Faculty

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Reflecting on Teaching amid a Pandemic

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Hello! I realize it’s been a minute since I last wrote here. It is now February 2022, and I’m in…

It’s halfway through July now, and I feel as though I’m just catching my breath. (How poignant is that colloquialism…

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Dear all, I hope that this message finds you safe and well. At the time of this writing, it is…

Well, I’ve been in this role (Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management) since July 1, 2020. In a nutshell,…

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An Update: On 30 March 2020, I defended my dissertation on Zoom, whilst sitting on a stool in my kitchen.…

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This past summer went by entirely too fast, and now autumn is nearing its end. The nippy cool breezes hint…

Well, the Spring semester has been over for a month now, and this summer has been very go-go-go as I…

“A racist society will give you a racist science.” — R. M. Young (1987). Racist society, racist science. In D.…

I. ’Placing’ myself in the field of Geography I transferred into a Geography PhD program after earning my BA in…