The emotional roller coaster of graduate advising
I wasn’t supposed to be in the office that Tuesday morning, but the deadline for a conference paper was looming, and I …
What I wish someone had told me at graduation
Over the weekend, I attended Sacramento State’s Arts and Letters graduation ceremony. It was my first time on the faculty side and …
It’s FIXING the little things in life that matters
For weeks, I stared at the seed packets on my kitchen counter and thought: Yeah, I should plant those before any hope …
#100HappyDays: Another use for research handbooks
Mr. T balancing precariously on research handbooks in order to wipe smashed bug guts off the ceiling. June 8, 2014 Door stop. …
Why National Pi Day means so much to me
Breakfast of champions, really. We’re having significant leftovers for dinner. Yes, significant. Two kinds of pie–the beefy guinness-y pot pie variety, and …