Emily Pitts Donahoe
@empittsdonahoe.bsky.social
Associate Director at the University of Mississippi's Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning. Pedagogy, alt grading, teaching writing and lit. Substack: Unmaking the Grade. Opinions are my own. https://t.co/8ABfZoim4C
I'm one of the facilitators for the institute, along with my fab colleagues @derekbruff.bsky.social, @drew-lewis.com, Michael Palmer, Adriana Streifer, and @lindsaymasland.bsky.social. We're looking forward to working with a great group of educators on their alt grading practices!
October 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I'm one of the facilitators for the institute, along with my fab colleagues @derekbruff.bsky.social, @drew-lewis.com, Michael Palmer, Adriana Streifer, and @lindsaymasland.bsky.social. We're looking forward to working with a great group of educators on their alt grading practices!
Thank you, Bonni, I am so honored that you thought of me for this episode 😭
September 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Thank you, Bonni, I am so honored that you thought of me for this episode 😭
Thank you, Cyndi, I was so honored that Bonni asked me to participate!
September 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Thank you, Cyndi, I was so honored that Bonni asked me to participate!
I overlapped with the instructor, Melissa, as grad students in Notre Dame's English department. One of her former ND colleagues has started a GoFundMe for her: gofund.me/3f5b12078
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September 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I overlapped with the instructor, Melissa, as grad students in Notre Dame's English department. One of her former ND colleagues has started a GoFundMe for her: gofund.me/3f5b12078
Thank you, Nicole! It was a pleasure to speak with you all. I’m glad we’re able to connect here!
August 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Thank you, Nicole! It was a pleasure to speak with you all. I’m glad we’re able to connect here!
Someone once asked me why it took me 11 yrs of higher ed to earn a PhD in English when I could have been a neurosurgeon in roughly the same amount of time. The implication was: it shouldn’t take me that long to learn all those Shakespeare facts. He fundamentally didn’t get what studying lit *was*.
August 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Someone once asked me why it took me 11 yrs of higher ed to earn a PhD in English when I could have been a neurosurgeon in roughly the same amount of time. The implication was: it shouldn’t take me that long to learn all those Shakespeare facts. He fundamentally didn’t get what studying lit *was*.
“Anything an instructor can do to promote acquisition of skills over acquisition of certification is…disruptive to the technofeudal model of education.”
July 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
“Anything an instructor can do to promote acquisition of skills over acquisition of certification is…disruptive to the technofeudal model of education.”