The Daily Pixel: Just a week in summer
Since school let out in May, it’s shocked me how different my life/schedule/work has been week to week. I’ve flown for research …
The dissertation downhill
It just hit, the dissertation anxiety. I’m mid-data collection and just looked at my timeline. Really? I said I would have my …
She touched my junk!: A perilous “opt out” pat-down
Photo credit. “I’d like to opt-out,” I said, repeating my familiar refrain to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer directing traffic to …
Nerdgasm: Honors at the International Communication Association convention
Accepting my Top Paper award from Janet Fulk at the International Communication Association Organizational Communication Division business meeting and feeling a bit …
Communicating with your college professor: 13 Dos and Don’ts
With the end of the semester last week, I completed my fifth year as a college instructor. Five years and hundreds of …
Thursday 13: April 2012 Snapshot
This just in: Yours truly is now 75% doctor. The door closed on another academic year this week (finals not withstanding) and …
Stripper turns award-winning college instructor? Hardly. Welcome to my most embarrassing moment in the classroom.
For an actual academic (and fascinating) discussion of stripping, see here. Photo credit. “You were a stripper?!” he exclaimed, brown eyes wide as …
“Losing my train” in front of my idols: Contending with public speaking anxiety
Photo credit. It’s common knowledge that no one attends the last session of an academic conference. So color me surprised when, as …
Giving an inner-city school some TLC: “Giving back” feels really great
My first visit to Crockett Elementary shocked me. Nestled within a Phoenix neighborhood punctuated by barbed wire and window bars, the school …
No “perishing” today: On becoming an academic author
Bzzzzz. With a push of a button, I summon the butcher. Smiling broadly above his white apron, he asks, “How can I …