I agree. This was a terrific class and I’ve already been reading more poetry to find inspiration for a title for my book!

I love this film (and the hand flex), but after watching Succession, I have a hard time watching Darcy and not seeing Tom Wambsgans!

I think about the fact that she is married to him EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.

This is the one I’m taking:

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I love Saaed Jones.

Ah no. But that sounds good!

Oh I’m signed up for a writing workshop in a few weeks too! I wonder if it’s the same one. But that’s great that they reached out.

I’m very excited for this (already signed up!).

As someone who is writing her first book and teaching a new course this spring, I’ve loved Jocelyn Bartevicius’ chapter, “On Failure: Notes Towards a Pedagogy of Risk.” So many gems! Here’s to everyone’s “little failures” this semester!

And I appreciate the Press's willingness to publish my graphic illustrations to accompany each chapter of the book, many of which were inspired by my interactions with my creative, precocious, and curious daughter.

I'm so grateful for the support (and patience!) @derekkrissoff.bsky.social and @aberzanskis.bsky.social have shown me over the past few months, including answering many of my (curious) questions. They are terrific people to work with if anyone is considering writing a book for college instructors.

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I’ve read your chapter many times! I was struck that you wrote about your child in that chapter and my daughter (now 4) sparked a lot of my thinking about the topic.

My answers--Radiohead, the movie Amelie, and the TV shows Lost and Succession--reflect a certain pop culture sensibility of a geriatric millennial/gen-x cusper. (2/2)

CELEBRATION—At the last fellowship mtg of the fall we prioritized celebration. Think sparkling cider in champagne flutes, fancy chocolates, and origami dragons. I’d like to think we started a little tradition that will bring me joy for years to come.

ENERGY—I piloted a new program called Listen to Learn, which is essentially a podcast club. Faculty liked the idea but attendance was lackluster. At the last session, only a first-year student and instructor showed, but watching the two of them talk was truly the highlight of my semester (5/6).

PLAY— @sevello.bsky.social and I developed a game based on the book Emergent Strategy for creating new approaches to fac dev programming. We piloted the game at the NEFDC Conference and received such lovely feedback from fac developers who felt stuck in a rut and needed the space to be curious.

RENEWAL—I met with a music faculty member and learned he loved podcasts. I sent him a link to the podcast Dissect. He told me he liked the pod because he realized it was easier to understand music concepts when you hear them and now he’s considering a podcast-as-text Gen Ed pop music class.

SURPRISE-I offered to plan a CTL retreat with an outside facilitator. Planning these types of things is always a crapshoot. The facilitator introduced us to the SCARF model and boy has it made a difference and given us a language to use when conflict comes up (2/6)
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