One more promotion selfie.
One more promotion selfie. 
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My final academic promotion!
They gave me a name tag that says ‘Honoree,’ so I guess I can consider myself officially promoted. My final academic promotion! My title is a little odd — I’m Clinical Professor now. What does that mean? Well, typically in academia, on the tenure-track, you’d be Assistant Professor, then Associate Professor, and finally, just Professor
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Fall semester, here we go!
First day of the semester outfit is unusually beachy for me, mostly due to its being 93F currently, with an expected high of 98F. It does nicely show off my fire lizard — appropriate, since I’m teaching two sections of SF/F literature this semester. Fall semester, here we go!
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Look how productive I am!
The semester at UIC starts this week, and I teach my first classes tomorrow. Have I finished finalizing my syllabus? No. Have I decided which readings I’m going to start them off with tomorrow? Also no. Have I at least decided what cute outfit I’m going to put together for the first day? Alas, not
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A brief recap from Novel Bookcamp
Only a brief recap from Novel Bookcamp for today, because it’s been a busy day and I am pooped. Morning teaching (POV and conflict), followed by prepping for student conferences, followed by lunch out because I rather desperately needed a change from Wisconsin food (sorry, Wisconsin! But there wasn’t even crushed red pepper with the
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I’m used to moving through my life to a soundtrack
Finished teaching my morning session on plot, and I think I’m unscheduled for the rest of today, though I have to spend some time catching up on reading student manuscripts, and there are various optional activities I could attend throughout the day. Yesterday went pretty well getting here, though I did manage to slash my
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Yoga in the morning, then teaching plot
Settled in at Sienna Retreat Center for a week of novel workshop. Met the students, had orientation and dinner, played an icebreaker game. Yoga in the morning, then teaching plot. Bed now.
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The students hate quizzes, so I’ve switched to reading journals
A quick repost of a teaching thing I posted on someone else’s thread, just in case it’s helpful. I know a lot of teachers have had increased difficulty with students not doing the reading in recent years (it’s gotten worse post-pandemic). I used to assign quizzes to help with that, but both I and the
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An app for recording short audio?
Hey, teachers — I think I might try sending recorded audio feedback instead of written for this round of papers. I have an iPhone — is there an app you recommend for recording short audio? Or something built into the iPhone already.
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