A few months back, I wrote a short piece that was part accountability and part declaration about how I would be spending my summer writing. I’ve had several articles in various stages that I hoped to complete, and I’d planned on finishing a full rough draft of my book manuscript…

This fall marks my twentieth year in the classroom as an educator. I’ve spent most (practically all!) of my life in school, and no matter what I have going on, the first day of class almost always brings excitement. Don’t get me wrong; some semesters have been challenging. My first…

As a graduate student, I attended a talk where the speaker began by asking us: “How did you get here?” Even though it’s been over a decade since that question was asked (sadly, I don’t remember the rest of the talk), I’ve never forgotten the question. At the time, I…

This is a short reflection written in response to a journal prompt from #PTD_LA_ProjectSpaceship, a project run by an ARMY to help ARMYs prepare for the endings of the BTS #PTD_ON_STAGE_LA concert series. The question I am responding to in this reflection is: Celebrate & Amplify: What helps you celebrate…

BTS’s 2021 address to the United Nations General Assembly during the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Moment offered both a reflection of the grief felt by many as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and encouragement for hope. …

(I originally published this in November of 2020 as a blog post on my website.) “The artist’s job is to think about the future.” Nam June Paik, “Random Access Information” (1980) “The teacher is of course an artist but being an artist does not mean that he or she can…