Questions to Ask (& Answer) When Onboarding New Faculty

Hello! I hope this finds you and yours safe and well. I am writing from the beginning of the Fall … More

Reflecting on Teaching amid a Pandemic

In February 2022, I wrote brief reflections on my second year on the tenure track. It has been 2 months … More

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

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

Hello! Can you believe it’s February already? I just wanted to pop in with a few links to some of … More

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

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

Thirty-six days ago, I defended my dissertation from my kitchen on… Zoom. It was a far cry from the dissertation … More

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

Picture in your mind’s eye a typical doctor’s office. What do you envision? Often, when we visualize the beginning of … More

The last time I wrote here, it was mid-October, and I was working on a full draft of my dissertation … More

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

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

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

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