Brad G. Knight
@bradlyg.bsky.social
Nebraskan. Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Education at American University. MA Media & Public Affairs, GWU. BA Comm & English, Nebraska Wesleyan. Husband to @kajaxknight.
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My essay for The Teaching Professor, "How Faculty Fool Themselves about Teaching and Learning" now freely available at ResearchGate
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(PDF) How Faculty Fool Themselves about Teaching and Learning
PDF | Last month I wrote about how students fool themselves into thinking they have learned concepts when they really haven't. This month I focus on how... | Find, read and cite all the research you n...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:57 PM
My essay for The Teaching Professor, "How Faculty Fool Themselves about Teaching and Learning" now freely available at ResearchGate
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www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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"Disarming Girls" runs at Greenberg Theatre 10/16-10/26. Read our story to learn about the playwrights’ workshop with AU student cast & crew member, and how the production is featured in AU Core programming—meaning every AU freshman will experience the play. www.american.edu/cas/news/dis...
October 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"Disarming Girls" runs at Greenberg Theatre 10/16-10/26. Read our story to learn about the playwrights’ workshop with AU student cast & crew member, and how the production is featured in AU Core programming—meaning every AU freshman will experience the play. www.american.edu/cas/news/dis...
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one academic view i hold is that declared helplessness surrounding administrative tasks is both rude and non-credible
July 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
one academic view i hold is that declared helplessness surrounding administrative tasks is both rude and non-credible
It's worth weighing whether "excellence" is a helpful or counterproductive term. Reading Christopher J. Richmann's Problems with “Excellence”: Reflections on
a Ubiquitous Concept in Educational Development doi.org/10.1080/0009...
a Ubiquitous Concept in Educational Development doi.org/10.1080/0009...
Problems with “Excellence”: Reflections on a Ubiquitous Concept in Educational Development
Published in Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning (Vol. 57, No. 4, 2025)
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August 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
It's worth weighing whether "excellence" is a helpful or counterproductive term. Reading Christopher J. Richmann's Problems with “Excellence”: Reflections on
a Ubiquitous Concept in Educational Development doi.org/10.1080/0009...
a Ubiquitous Concept in Educational Development doi.org/10.1080/0009...
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one of the things that gets me about so many of the pundits who pontificate about "higher education" when they really mean a handful of elite private institutions is that most of them live within driving distance of either a community college or a non-selective public institution
July 16, 2025 at 12:42 PM
one of the things that gets me about so many of the pundits who pontificate about "higher education" when they really mean a handful of elite private institutions is that most of them live within driving distance of either a community college or a non-selective public institution
“Walking my dog, I feel free to wear the most unhinged outfits – and nobody minds” www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Walking my dog, I feel free to wear the most unhinged outfits – and nobody minds
I’ve found a loophole, says Kate Leaver, who despairs of the limited opportunities to look an absolute mess in public
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July 7, 2025 at 12:57 AM
“Walking my dog, I feel free to wear the most unhinged outfits – and nobody minds” www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Every July 4 I like to recall the political philosopher Benjamin Barber's observation that this country was created not by individuals but by neighbors - and therefore what we really need is a declaration of interdependence. Never more important than now, with purveyors of hatred and fear in power.
July 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Every July 4 I like to recall the political philosopher Benjamin Barber's observation that this country was created not by individuals but by neighbors - and therefore what we really need is a declaration of interdependence. Never more important than now, with purveyors of hatred and fear in power.
"'Full ownership comes only when you have made [the book you’re reading] a part of yourself.' This process isn’t passive — it only occurs when you focus, reflect, and write down your thoughts."
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How to Remember Everything You Read
Tips from an American philosopher
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May 21, 2025 at 11:34 AM
"'Full ownership comes only when you have made [the book you’re reading] a part of yourself.' This process isn’t passive — it only occurs when you focus, reflect, and write down your thoughts."
www.theculturist.io/p/how-to-rem...
www.theculturist.io/p/how-to-rem...
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Watch: Audra McDonald and the Broadway Cast of Gypsy Give a Tiny Desk Concert
Watch: Audra McDonald and the Broadway Cast of Gypsy Give a Tiny Desk Concert
The 1959 Stephen Sondheim-Arthur Laurents-Jule Styne musical is back on the Main Stem at the Majestic Theatre.
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April 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Watch: Audra McDonald and the Broadway Cast of Gypsy Give a Tiny Desk Concert
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My latest in Working Better: I explore higher ed's paltry investment in training its own leaders and interview of a bunch of people to understand what a well-designed leadership development program includes. www.chronicle.com/article/high....
Advice | Higher Ed’s Paltry Investment in Training its Own Leaders
What does a well-designed leadership-development program look like?
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April 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
My latest in Working Better: I explore higher ed's paltry investment in training its own leaders and interview of a bunch of people to understand what a well-designed leadership development program includes. www.chronicle.com/article/high....
Paused on my afternoon run to snag some photos of the signs of spring in the District.
March 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Paused on my afternoon run to snag some photos of the signs of spring in the District.
I remember Heartbreaking Work being a cultural signifier in the English Dep’t when I was an undergrad, and I wasn’t immune to feeling its impact at that point in my life. slate.com/culture/2025...
It Was a Work of Staggering Genius—and a Sensation. Then It Went Away. What Happened?
Dave Eggers’ debut made us all lose our minds. Now we’ve mostly forgotten it. Maybe we shouldn’t have.
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March 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I remember Heartbreaking Work being a cultural signifier in the English Dep’t when I was an undergrad, and I wasn’t immune to feeling its impact at that point in my life. slate.com/culture/2025...
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Repeated calls for *efficiency* in HE are forcing us to think where we can compromise & what is non-negotiable.
To answer this question, we need a good understanding of & suitable ways of measuring the quality of education.
Here are some of my thoughts: educationalist.substack.com/p/how-do-you...
To answer this question, we need a good understanding of & suitable ways of measuring the quality of education.
Here are some of my thoughts: educationalist.substack.com/p/how-do-you...
How do you measure the quality of education?
The Educationalist. By Alexandra Mihai
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February 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Repeated calls for *efficiency* in HE are forcing us to think where we can compromise & what is non-negotiable.
To answer this question, we need a good understanding of & suitable ways of measuring the quality of education.
Here are some of my thoughts: educationalist.substack.com/p/how-do-you...
To answer this question, we need a good understanding of & suitable ways of measuring the quality of education.
Here are some of my thoughts: educationalist.substack.com/p/how-do-you...
"The goal, of course, is to enshittify public works to the point that they become unusable — and then sell them to the highest bidder, who can transform them into a profit center. [...] If we want more than that future, we have to fucking fight for it." annehelen.substack.com/p/this-is-ho...
This is How We Fall Out of Love with the World
The Twilight of the American Passion Job
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February 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"The goal, of course, is to enshittify public works to the point that they become unusable — and then sell them to the highest bidder, who can transform them into a profit center. [...] If we want more than that future, we have to fucking fight for it." annehelen.substack.com/p/this-is-ho...
"We're all band kids here." www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
High-School Band Contests Turn Marching Into a Sport—and an Art
Band kids today don’t just parade up and down the field playing fight songs. They flow across it in shifting tableaux, with elaborate themes and spandex-clad dancers.
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February 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
"We're all band kids here." www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Nicole’s vocal/breath control impresses in this Late Night performance: youtu.be/r9vsvjHWbSQ?...
"As If We Never Said Goodbye" - Nicole Scherzinger - Sunset Blvd. (LIVE on The Late Show)
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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January 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Nicole’s vocal/breath control impresses in this Late Night performance: youtu.be/r9vsvjHWbSQ?...
Hello from day two of our long-running annual campus wide conference on teaching, research, and learning (year thirty-six!).
January 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Hello from day two of our long-running annual campus wide conference on teaching, research, and learning (year thirty-six!).
Late afternoon walk with our beagle after today’s snow in DC.
January 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Late afternoon walk with our beagle after today’s snow in DC.
Monday’s a DC snow day. ❄️ And it sure seems like there will be real snowfall this time. ☃️
January 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Monday’s a DC snow day. ❄️ And it sure seems like there will be real snowfall this time. ☃️
Grateful to have found enjoyment in running during college. In 2024, I recorded a solid 1,483 miles (and with a handful more I missed when I failed to record the workout).
December 31, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Grateful to have found enjoyment in running during college. In 2024, I recorded a solid 1,483 miles (and with a handful more I missed when I failed to record the workout).
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When somebody points out that something is unconstitutional and you say “doesn’t matter, it’s whatever they say it is!”, you concede a very important point, which is … reality.
December 15, 2024 at 7:07 PM
When somebody points out that something is unconstitutional and you say “doesn’t matter, it’s whatever they say it is!”, you concede a very important point, which is … reality.
I have such unrealistic expectations for the upcoming winter break. 😭🤣🤗
December 10, 2024 at 1:47 AM
I have such unrealistic expectations for the upcoming winter break. 😭🤣🤗
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“Positive social change results mostly from connecting more deeply to the people around you than rising above them, from coordinated rather than solo action… Our largest problems won’t be solved by heroes. They’ll be solved, if they are, by movements, coalitions, civil society.”
Rebecca Solnit: When the Hero is the Problem
For an embodiment of the word singlehanded you might turn to the heroine of the recent movie Woman at War. It’s about an Icelandic eco-saboteur who blows up rural power lines and hides in scenic sp…
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December 1, 2024 at 4:23 AM
“Positive social change results mostly from connecting more deeply to the people around you than rising above them, from coordinated rather than solo action… Our largest problems won’t be solved by heroes. They’ll be solved, if they are, by movements, coalitions, civil society.”
I wasn’t persuaded to Faiz’s POV on the whole but this was spot on: “What is a Democrat? What does it ask of you? It asks nothing of you. It says: Give me $20…It is a fund-raising vehicle…I think it has to be reconstituted to be of service in communities.” www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/o...
Opinion | Would Bernie Have Won?
Faiz Shakir makes a case for the Democratic Party to embrace economic populism.
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December 1, 2024 at 1:42 PM
I wasn’t persuaded to Faiz’s POV on the whole but this was spot on: “What is a Democrat? What does it ask of you? It asks nothing of you. It says: Give me $20…It is a fund-raising vehicle…I think it has to be reconstituted to be of service in communities.” www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/o...
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I’m super excited to announce I'm part of an amazing team (<3 @williambrady.bsky.social @killianmcloughlin.bsky.social @mjcrockett.bsky.social) that just published a paper in @science.org on the role of outrage in spread of misinformation
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November 29, 2024 at 10:06 AM
I’m super excited to announce I'm part of an amazing team (<3 @williambrady.bsky.social @killianmcloughlin.bsky.social @mjcrockett.bsky.social) that just published a paper in @science.org on the role of outrage in spread of misinformation
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